Only a couple of days to go before Im off to the Fat Quarterly Sewing Retreat in London. Im not fully prepared yet but I think I have most of the stuff I need for the classes sorted now!In the backgr...
Im still happily experimenting with shading in my Rabbit embroidery. I think I wrote earlier that Im not looking to stitch very realistic stuff, I just want to add some subtlety to the fill stitching...
For some reason whenever I do a swap I am always incredibly lucky with my swap partner! This time I got these gorgeous goodies from Moira (I think, had a hard time deciphering the card haha) for the ...
Recently I bought this book called Sunday Morning Quilts (a nice comforting title isnt it?) written by Cheryl Arkinson and Amanda Jean Nyberg. Primarily because it deals with scrap sorting and ...
Just a random pic of 2.5 inch squares: these will most probably not be in the stacks Im going to send!There were more than three entries for my tiny giveaway (which was kind of a surprise to me!) so ...
I know some of you are enjoying seeing this embroidery develop step by step so heres another furry update! I must give these posts a better title than furry update so if anyone has a good suggestion ...
Here are (some of) my quilts in various stages of completion. In the back two lap quilts for my daughters (so thats at least one thing they dont *need* to quarrel about) both in an easy and quick cro...
In less than a months time I will be attending the Fat Quarterly Sewing Retreat in London and Im very much looking forward to it. And Im a bit anxious too about going all by myself and not having act...
Ive been spending some quality time with my furry friend in the past few days, a couple of dozen minutes here and there...Somehow the photo makes him look much more textured than he really is. The re...
Attempt at subtle shadingI am always looking to improve my embroidery techniques and inspired by Trish Burrs wonderful book Colour confidence in embroidery (find a book review I wrote about it h...
Its been a bit hectic in the past week two weeks or so. Two birthdays (myself and my youngest daughter), the release of my Abel the Stitch explorer pattern (which had a wonderful warm welcome and Im ...
Finally finished with the Abel the Stitch Explorer pattern (aka Abel the Balloon flying Mouse)! It was a bit of a struggle in the last few days to sort out all the details. I had to get used to using...
There was a crow in my mailbox yesterday...and a rather awesome one too! A little while ago Lee of Dancing Crow Designs contacted me if I wanted to receive one of her circle a day stitcheries and I w...
I have been using a lot of this Colour Variation Floss in the last couple of weeks, including some in my new Abel, the Stitch Explorer pattern. I actually used a ridiculous number of different colour...
Besides my work for the second issue of &Stitches (its out on the 17th of April, yay!) I have been busy with a new pattern. Its a big one and Im now working on the last couple of details. I have ...
Wow, what a great response to my Princess and the Pea Pattern Giveaway! Sixty entries (not counting doubles and my own replies etc) in only a few days...I love reading your comments about your favour...
Surely its not a coincidence that my Flea Market Fancy Charm pack (and some fat quarters) arrived in the same week that I noticed this tutorial for a Granny Square Quilt block (again via the ins...
Well guess who turned three this month? My Princess and the Pea pattern! I sold my first copy of this pattern on the 19th of March 2009 and I am happy (and grateful) that I have sold quite a few more...
Just this morning my friend Katy (from the Monkey Do blog) launched a fun contest where you have to put together a bundle of fabrics from this store to have a chance to win your very own bundle!...
The Bullion Knot is a fun stitch to have in your stitch repertoire. I especially like to make cute (slightly kitschy) roses with them. Now the Bullion Knot is feared by some stitchers but its really ...
No not from the Floss Stash this time...its from the (also ever growing) fabric Stash. See that ueber gorgeous Heron Fabric (from Cloud 9 fabrics)? I received that from Brie in the Secret Santa Swap....
I thought it would be fun to incorporate some Bullion Knots in the pattern Im working on. I know some people find Bullion Knots kind of scary, almost as scary as the French Knot. And to be hone...
After reading all the encouraging comments to my Sorting post yesterday (thank you!), I immediately felt motivated to do something about The Floss Situation. So yesterday evening and this...
I was reading a post on BariJs blog yesterday about organizing your embroidery stuff. Id love to be organized (I want to write that word with an s instead of a z but Blogger doesnt let me!) but Im pr...
Guess where this Bunny was hiding for the past couple of days? We were enjoying a short break in the snowy Bavarian Alps! Even though it was a little too warm, the youngest bunnies enjoyed their ski-...
Detail from Princess and the Pea embroidery (my version)Ill be taking a short break from blogging while the kids are on Spring Break (and it really does feel like Spring here at the moment!) but will...
As Luna is about to lose her first milk tooth, we started a project together to make a small Tooth Fairy bag. I cut the fabrics, Luna (with a little guidance) does the sewing on her mini Janome. &nbs...
This is the embroidery I made for the Phat Quarter Embroidery Swap on Flickr. The theme was Its not the end of the world and I almost immediately thought of stitching these dinosaurs having a casual ...
...well not literally through the keyhole because there isnt even a door on the spot where the photo is taken (on top of the stairs) but a peek into my new studio/craft room anyway. The make-over of ...
This is an hand embroidered card my grandmother sent to my grandfather a long, long time ago, probably in the 1930s. Im assuming this took many hours to stitch and Im delighted that it was kept...
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