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Happy Mothers Day

To mothers everywhere, a very happy Mothers Day. Mine was spent employed in the most unlikely of activities ... mothering :) My littlest bloss remains unwell & in need of nursing. And The Boy req...

13 Mai 12

Mesenteric adenitis anyone?

My ten-year-old daughter has had constant abdominal pain for the last 7 days. It is not relieved by paracetamol, ibuprofen or naproxen. It is a recurring pain and keeps her away from school. Yesterda...

08 Mai 12

For the fabric tragics

The latest & perhaps loveliest marketing ploy to entice us all to buy more fabric ... ... lusciously shot, imaginative and clever films on YouTube ... ... by Art Gallery Fabrics. Tempted? Ooooh, ...

04 Mai 12

Coquetterie

I have something a bit special to show you today. Months ago, I made this cosmetic wallet for Australian Homespuns Girls Club issue. I was especially happy with how this project turned out, as it inc...

28 Apr 12 1 person likes this

A tova top & a case for a fabric hoarding gene

My grandmother always cautioned my mother and me that, when she died, we were to get to her house quickly and remove her fabric stash before Grandpa found it! With the online popularity of the W...

18 Apr 12

Seeking beauty

The first week of the Easter break has flown by for us in a flurry of travelling and spending time with family, thereby causing a blog hiatus - apologies! Weve spent the last few days at the farm, an...

16 Apr 12

Meet Amelia

Id like to give a shout out to a lovely young girl I met at a local market on the weekend. Amelia Herbertson is in the last throes of her university degree in Graphic Design, and is newly establishin...

03 Apr 12

A mini menagerie

One of my local quilting haunts, Marally Craft, generously provided me with some fabric to make up a sample for an upcoming craft fair.   This cot quilt is an adaptation of the small quilt in my...

01 Apr 12

Critters

On my work desk today, some cute little critters. More news of their escapades soon I hope :)Bloom http://bloomandblossom.blogspo t.com/

26 Mär 12

Hard copy patterns available

After what seems like an eternity wrestling with Adobe Illustrator, I have this little icon to show for my troubles.Thankfully, the icon is of more significance than the making of it. Due to demand, ...

24 Mär 12

Something blue

Something old, something new,Something borrowed, something blue,And a silver sixpence in her shoe. I whipped up a little blue keepsake for a friend who was married on Saturday. Evidently the rhyme is...

20 Mär 12

Waste some time with me and my boy ... OK GO!

If you dont have the privilege of living with a thirteen year old boy who can educate you about OK GO and Goldberg machines, then allow me to do you a favour! Courtesy of my boy, sit back and enjoy ....

12 Mär 12

Happy happenstance

Happenstance? Happenstance you say Bloom? Hmmm, I am reading Charles Dickens at the moment, so my use of happenstance is his fault. Motivated by the wonderful adaptation of Great Expectations on...

09 Mär 12

An inheritance

Last Friday was the fifth anniversary of my Dads passing. He has been on my mind. In fact, not a day goes by when I dont think of him. Of my many passions, two are directly attributable to his influe...

01 Mär 12

Back in the saddle

Having been away from my sewing machine for too long, I needed a quick project to get my eye back in. I found some log cabin blocks from too long ago in the cupboard. These were made with the in...

22 Feb 12

Daybook entry #12

Outside my window ... the lavender is flowering, the day is clear, but in the manner of late summer in Australia, the clouds will build during the day and threaten storms in the evening. From the kit...

14 Feb 12

Perhaps Jamie is a godsend after all!

While having a 16-year-old daughter is not always plain sailing, we are reaping the benefits of her insatiable interest in learning to cook. High on her Christmas list was a copy of Jamies 30-Minute ...

05 Feb 12

An explanation of sorts

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31 Jan 12

The manic gardening mother

Happy 2012 to everyone, and what better way to welcome in a new year on Bloom than to share with you a most spectacular garden!It seems the older I get, the lengthier my bucket list is becoming. Howe...

12 Jan 12

My blooming best to you for Christmas

In my travels, I found some blooms to share with you for Christmas. The Botanic Gardens at Ballarat had some stunning seasonal displays resplendent in red and white.There was also a collection o...

25 Dez 11

A meeting of minds

After a two week absence from the blog while we travelled about the countryside, I have so much news that Im not sure what to post first. But the undisputed highlight of our travelling, for me, has b...

23 Dez 11

Layer cakes and shortbread

After working with Joanna Figueroas Str awberry Fields to make this quilt, I knew I would find her next line all but irresistible. Didnt I tell you?! And so a layer cake of California Girl a...

08 Dez 11

School is out

It was Speech Day for our school today, and weeks of summer holidays lay ahead. Some will be spent busily travelling to spend Christmas with family. And lots of it will hopefully be spent at the...

03 Dez 11

Summers Blush - a new quilt pattern

My quilt that I have been making from Fig Trees Strawberry Fields range is finally bound and ready for snuggling under. The weather has been dismally wet, and it has been tricky getting some goo...

30 Nov 11 1 person likes this

Paper Kites and rain ... so much rain

My find for this week is a gorgeous song called Bloom (!) by The Paper Kites, an up-and-coming Indie band out of Melbourne. If you enjoyed that one, then try Featherstone - sweet film clip; watch it ...

30 Nov 11

Sixteen and stepping out in style

How is it that 16-year-old girls today are SO beautiful and SO sophisticated? Here are some photos from my daughters Year 10 Formal on Saturday. Lovely, lovely dresses - all short, but thankfully not...

29 Nov 11 1 person likes this

A class with Sarah Fielke

I spent five glorious hours on Saturday at Patchwork Orange in a class with Sarah Fielke. We had a wonderful day that passed far too quickly, blissfully absorbing Sarahs knowledge, and talking about ...

23 Nov 11 1 person likes this

Marally workshop

I had the pleasure (yes, pleasure!) of teaching my first ever workshop yesterday at Marally Craft.As you all assured me, there was absolutely nothing to worry about, the girls were all just lovely an...

17 Nov 11

I ♥ my quilter

My Strawberry Fields quilt is back, and as usual Belinda (Eucalypt Ridge Quilting) has magically transformed it. She adds a beauty to my designs that is impossible for me to achieve.As I was picking ...

15 Nov 11

Turning cants into cans

I have been asked by the lovely girls at Marally Craft in Orange to teach a workshop. Yep, quietly terrified about that prospect, but Ive stepped out of my comfort zone and accepted!We will be workin...

13 Nov 11

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