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    How to Turn a Pillow Into a Box Cushion With Piping

    April 7, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    How to Turn a Pillow Into a Box Cushion With Piping One of the things I would love to have in my home is a reading nook. Lots of us living in a small house means that at the moment, there isn’t space for the any of the…

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    How To Sew Piping

    April 5, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    How To Sew Piping Piping is a fab way toΒ give a professional looking finish to your sewing projects. But it’s alsoΒ something that can be a little bit intimidating if you haven’t tried itΒ before. I felt intimidated by the idea of sewing piping until I tried it! But I…

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    How To Applique: A Beginners’ Guide

    April 1, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    How To Applique: A Beginners’ Guide Applique is a a french word that means apply. It’s generally used to describe the technique ofΒ sewing pieces of fabric to something to decorate it. There are lots of uses for applique, and lots of fun, easy projects you can try. It’s…

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    Tea Towel Projects: Quick and Easy Messenger Bag Tutorial

    March 24, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    Tea Towel Projects: Quick and Easy Messenger Bag Tutorial Tea towels areΒ a great source of inexpensive fabric, especially for small projects. They’re usually made from good quality cotton fabric, they come in a variety of prints and colours and if you buy a set of them, they all…

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    Setting Yourself Up For Success: 15 Tips for Successful Sewing

    March 22, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    Setting Yourself Up For Success: 15 Tips for Successful Sewing The idea of setting yourself up for success is one of my favourite things at the moment. I suspect people might think I have it all together. I really don’t! Recently I started the Flylady thing again as…

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    Cross Body Bag Tutorial

    March 18, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    Cross Body Bag Tutorial One of the things I find about being a parent is that I don’t really take less stuff out with us now that my boys aren’t babies any more. It’s just different stuff. I no longer need nappies and spare clothes (although wipes are…

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Wild Blossom Companion: A Gentle Beginning

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What does late summer feel like to you? I find i What does late summer feel like to you? 

I find it a weird time of year. In some ways it feels like summer still. The weather is still warm and will hopefully be a while before we're back into winter coats again. But the light has changed, the hedgerows are full of berries, the early mornings are colder and the nights are drawing in.

It feels almost sad, but not really because autumn is lovely! πŸπŸ‚

I've written a post about it on Wild Blossom Life. The link is in my bio if you want to read it πŸ’–

#wildblossomlife #seasons #latesummer #mononoaware #creativelife #nearlyautumn
Today I should have done housework and attacked th Today I should have done housework and attacked the garden, so I went for a walk and took a nap.

I would not feel better if I had done the things I should have done instead of the things I wanted to do.

Sometimes the boring things can wait πŸŒΈπŸ’–πŸŒΏπŸŒž

#norfolk #summer #creativelife #getoutside #fieldnotes
July... 🌸 Blackberries that are starting to lo July...

🌸 Blackberries that are starting to look ripe, although they might still be a bit zingy for most people's tastes!

🌸 Fields full of wild flowers 

🌸 Lots of sunshine!

🌸 Some of the wheat is nearly ready for harvesting. 

🌸 Shady lanes are blissfully cool

🌸 The wild and jungly buddleia in my garden is covered in butterflies

If you like the idea of slowing down a bit and noticing the seasons changing, along with some ideas for gentle, open ended creative things you can do that reflect the seasons, you might be interested in the Wild Blossom Companion. It's a themed, monthly guide for creative people and is available as a subscription or as standalone months. There are links in bio, or DM me if you want to as anything. πŸ’–πŸŒžπŸŒΏ

#july #creativelife #seasonalinspiration #summer #norfolk #enjoyingtheseasons
A new project! It was years ago that I realised A new project! 

It was years ago that I realised that the landscape here in Norfolk is so often stripy. Fields, hedges, lanes, the sea, clouds, all manage to arrange themselves into a series of stripes.

The idea of making a neat little drawing or a painting might feel like too much, especially if you are somebody who likes the idea of making art but are afraid of doing it wrong.

Making a picture by assembling stripes can feel much less intimidating. Some of the decisions have already been made, and the stripes mean that one thing in particular is the focus, rather than all of it and not knowing where to start because it's all too much.

The next thing I'm going to do is sew the stripes together, then I might add some embroidered poppies to the foreground. At the moment it is under a tea towel to protect it from the cats!

This idea is a creative invitation from June's Wild Blossom Companion. I've assigned a theme to each month, but plenty of the themes can be revisited at other times of the year as well.

If you'd like more information about the Wild Blossom Companion, there is a link in my bio πŸŒΈπŸ’–

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#wildblossomlife #wildblossomcompanion #stripes #Norfolk #seasonalcreativity #creativeinvitation #creativeideasforsummer
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