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    Cherry Blossom Embroidery Tutorial

    February 2, 2018September 22, 2023 Blog
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    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,…

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    How to Sew a Log Cabin Quilt Block

    January 27, 2018June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    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…

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    DIY Reusable Bags For Bread and Veg

    January 20, 2018June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    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…

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    Negative Space Embroidery Clasp Purse

    January 12, 2018September 22, 2023 Blog
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    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…

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    11 Things I’ve Learnt in 2017

    January 7, 2018 Blog
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    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…

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    How To Plan a Patchwork Quilt

    December 9, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    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…

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Wild Blossom Companion: A Gentle Beginning

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I've been thinking about how easily we can slip in I've been thinking about how easily we can slip into comparing our lives with other people's and feel that we are failing because our lives don't look like theirs.

In the end, we are all different, our circumstances are different, our children are different, our home lives are different. What might work brilliantly for one person at the moment, in the season of life they are in, might just not work for you right now.

Sometimes the best we can do is accept that the current situation is what it is. Sometimes particular things need to take priority, or there might be a weird phase we have to live through. 

But it is worth remembering that growth can look like stillness, care can be keeping things simple, wintering is a thing, letting go is sometimes necessary, and tending what is can be as necessary as cooking up something new.

This is what Wild Blossom Life is about. It's not about making huge changes to your life. It's about doing little things that help, slowing down, getting outside even if it's only for a few moments, remembering to breathe, noticing what is there, then having some kind of creative thing for your hands to do if that is what you need, without pressure or expectation.

#wildblossomlife #autumn #lettinggoofperfectionism #peacefulmoments #changingseasons
From October's Wild Blossom Companion: "This is a From October's Wild Blossom Companion:

"This is a season of layers. 

Leaves drift down to form a rustling tapestry on the forest floor. 

The hedgerows become textured with sloes and rosehips. 

The fields lie stubbled and still. 

The skies stretch wider.

There's a richness in the layering of scent and sound: damp earth, woodsmoke and the call of migrating birds."

#creativelife #wildblossomcompanion #october #slowdownandlook #autumn #imspiredbynature
Painting leaves πŸπŸ‚πŸ§‘ After making an Octo Painting leaves πŸπŸ‚πŸ§‘

After making an October colour palette with water colour, I wanted to do something else with the paint. 

So I painted some leaves πŸπŸ‚

If you feel that you are not much of an artist, it can be difficult to try, even if you really want to. Often we have this expectation that what we make, draw or paint has to be perfect.

One thing that is very clear from looking at autumn leaves is how beautiful they are in all their imperfections! The colours are blotchy. They look like they ought to be symmetrical, but they often are not. The edges are wiggly and the lobes are uneven. So if you don't paint perfect, neat little watercolours, your leaves will probably be lovely!

I already had the colours, so that was one less thing to think about. It was a joyful experiment, not an exercise in perfection. Blotchiness is required! And a pro tip if you are new to this, let the leaves dry before painting the veins πŸ˜‰πŸ§‘

#creativelife #paintingautumnleaves #creativeinvitation #octobercolours #colourpaletteforoctober #lettinggoofperfection
A colour palette for October πŸπŸŒ°πŸ‚πŸ§‘ Mak A colour palette for October πŸπŸŒ°πŸ‚πŸ§‘

Making a colour palette is one of my favourite creative invitations. October is an especially good month with all its lovely colours, tthe leaves of course, and also the berries in the hedgerows, the rosehips, the sweet chestnuts, the conkers and the acorns. The light is beautifully golden, but the grey misty days are lovely too.

Mine is based on the colours of the leaves and things I collected, but making a colour palette doesn't have to look like this! You could use acrylics or gouache, coloured pencils, scraps of fabric, yarn or thread. You could use other objects that make you think of autumn colours, or a photo.

If I was to make another, I would definitely include grey for the misty days. What do you think?

#creativelife #colourpaletteforoctober #imspiredbynature #simplecreativity #wildblossomlife
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