I spent a great morning with my favourite students sewing at Free Range Living! Who wouldnt want to sew, and talk about Offspring with friends in a beautiful store that sells only Australian made pro...
Dont you just love a good chevron stripe? I do! Instead of doing it on fabric, its now a wood veneer stitch panel. I started stitching the sample panel last night, but got very distracted by the new ...
new repeat (150cm wide)original designoriginal design in cushionsIn Yardage!!! Yes, well almost. I have laboured over this repeat for a long, long time. Did a bit, packed it away. Thought a bit and e...
Playing around with my first love, felt.
neworiginalThe little owls design was my 2nd ever print produced under my own label in 2007. I had decided last year to retire this print to make way for the new. But felt unsure about this decision....
After a long search for at least one of these original Kokeshi dolls, I was recently spoiled for choice and picked these 2 girls from a group of 6. I love, love, love the one that has an actual branc...
Ill be here selling fabrics and some hand made products.
Getting ready for The Finders Keepers market on Friday!This is what today looks like on my kitchen table. Not much space for breakfast bowls. There will be lots of sewing going on here, but...
The boy and his new quilt are united.
It is really hard to capture the intensity of this colour in a photograph. Lets just say its highly visible. Last night I showed my boys the new winter nest print in fluorescent orange on cream hemp/...
I cant tell you how hard it is to take a decent photo using a mirror and not getting the camera in the picture. The kids werent at home to do the job, so heres my poor attempt at capturing the gorgeo...
Getting ready for The Finders Keepers market this month in Melbourne. Theres a LOT of sewing going on here. Some new green and grey Fang Monsters zip purses and pencil cases. Even some orange FLURO w...
Last year I turned up to The Finders Keepers market in Melbourne very excited about my products and especially my new wooden laser cut brooch designs. That was until I looked around and... every seco...
Why just stitch on fabrics, when you can use red panels? My new designs as art. Stitch in any colour and place around the house. Ive also ordered these in wood veneer and should have them ready for T...
photo by tindale imagesphoto by tindale imagesOn Wednesday Ill be hanging out and chatting with a small group of crafters at Free Range Living, Kurnell. The class will include an introducto...
Designed by Claire and part of the Meet Me at Mikes book I contributed to a while back... I made a little soft toy from the pattern for my God daughter. And of course, now that its too late, Ive noti...
One panel of hand printed fabric.Half an hour spare sewing time.Four drinks coasters for a house-warming gift.
Roughly once a month we manage  ;to pull off a craft group and its always great. Though missing this girl since she started back at work.
My holiday embroidery in black and grey sits in its hoop and waits hopefully for me to pick it up. But catching up on work and getting 2 kids ready for school each day means its not at the top of the...
Once a week I pack the boys clothes and shoes into two bags and they spend the night with their Dad (and his mystery girlfriend that I have never met). It was time to update the old overnight bags an...
Heres a picture of the new issue of Better Homes & Gardens featuring my holiday simple backstitch cushion. Thanks again to Frankie & Swiss for helping me out on the quick turnaround digital p...
1&2: mustard and grey yarn for home. 3: greens for Isaac4: grey/red/blue/cream for Max.Holiday crochet projects. Some finished, some still to begin. If you have never done crochet, learn. An...
Recently I was asked to submit a quick and easy hands on project for holiday crafting to a magazine. The deadline was tight, but after returning from our UK holiday I knew immediately the design I wa...
Ill be there... will you be?
Its a rainy day in Sydney. Ive been at the sewing machine all day, my favourite thing to do when a new fabric print joins the ranks.
My new print to be released next week at this market.Then this market.And saving the best till last... this market.Yes, its market season time and Ive been busy sewing and not much else. This new pri...
Stitching early in the morning (before the boys wake up) and sometimes late at night tucked up in bed. A time to reflect on life as the stitches grow slowly into dolls.
I really cant remember how long ago I stitched this embroidery. It was done, photographed for packaging and maybe hung on display at my local shop for a while. It was to be a part of a square for a q...
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