Cherry Blossom Embroidery Tutorial Who doesn’t love cherry blossom? Although I love winter, I’m looking forward to spring now. I spotted a daffodil last week, and I’ll be keeping a close eye on the cherry trees round the corner from my house! For a few weeks every year,…
How to Sew a Log Cabin Quilt Block I’ve been planning to make quilts for my boys for ages, and before Christmas I finally got my act together and started on the first one. Having the attention span of a gnat (I’m really starting to think I might…
DIY Reusable Bags For Bread and Veg I’m not one for making New Year’s resolutions, but one of the things I want to do this year is cut down on the amount of plastic we use. I don’t think anybody who heard that plastic has been found in…
Negative Space Embroidery Clasp Purse Negative space embroidery is a fun way to create letters and other simple shapes. Instead of embroidering the letter or the shape, you embroider the space around it. You can do this on all kinds of things (I’ve seen lovely embroidery hoop art…
11 Things I’ve Learnt in 2017 Happy New Year! So 2017 is over and 2018 is just beginning. 2017 was anΒ odd year for me and not an entirely easy one. My place in the world has changed as my situation has changed, and one of the things I’ve…
How To Plan a Patchwork Quilt One of the things that has been on my sewing to do list for several years is to make quilts for my boys. My boysΒ like wrapping themselves up in blankets when they’re at home, especially in the evening when they’re watching Canada’s…