Hey there! Just a quick check-in to let you know that I slipped out of town yesterday while everyone was at work, school and the dog-sitter. Ive returned to the fabulous 70s lake house with my pals f...
Today is a play day. Im off sewing with some kindred stitchy gals (however, I have the distinct feeling from the email thread that there will be a lot more eating than sewing goin on)! I wanted...
My SIL had a birthday a couple of months ago while we were busy living the good life over in France. I promised to make her a new bag so that she can take it along when she heads to France hers...
Hello! Welcome to Poppyprint and my entry to the Bloggers Quilt Festival. I am so happy to share this quilt with you. Its been over a year in the making, with cutting freezer paper templates, piecing...
First, heres something that I made yesterday. A colourful Churn Dash, for the lovely Felicity. Well see each other tonight at the VMQG meeting, so I figured I might as well save a couple bucks ...
Without further ado, I give you the Centre Stage girls 5 unicycle act "Satellite". Mine is the blondie on the unicyclePardon any gerbil-cam shakiness. I take photos, not video!
Life is returning to normal. I actually made dinner last night. D and I figured out that we spent about 65 hours at the circus gym last week for the big spring show Blue Sky Circus. It was amazing, i...
It is no secret that Ive done my fair share of swapping in the two and a half years since I started blogging. I love exchanging special handmade items with other creative people all over the wo...
I read about Craft Hopes latest initiative over at Maureens lovely blog the other day. When Craft Hope ran their first fundraiser on Etsy for Haiti, I donated a small art quilt. Turns out the p...
Have you heard about the Zakka Style Sew-along at Lindseys? Ive had the Zakka Style book for a few months now, having purchased a copy from my friend Laurraine who has a project in, and on the cover ...
Thanks to your encouragement, I am super excited to offer my very first .pdf downloadable pattern for sale!! Ive written several patterns for magazines, a book and workshops I teach, but this one is ...
Do you have those days where you simply cannot tear yourself away from your sewing machine and suddenly it is 6 oclock and the natives are restless? Hungry? Opening and closing the fridge every 5 min...
When I look at this wild pillow, I see a Caribbean Mardi Gras parade: giant feather headdresses, (lots of) sun-kissed skin, gold body paint, blingd-out bikinis, and smiles.Cabana Blooms charm packs, ...
When Megan announced her Festival of Half Square Triangles, I got pretty excited. Not because I had anything to enter, or time to make something especially for the festival, but because I was really ...
Windham Fabrics kindly shared some charm packs of Melissa Ybarras new fabric line Cabana Blooms with me recently and I thought it would be fun to make up my Dresden Pillow pattern with these vibrant ...
My friend Cindy spent a lot more than 30 seconds making the most beautiful auction quilt for charity last year. Recently, that incredible quilt sold for an even more incredible amount of money. Pleas...
Its pretty hard to feel sorry for Louis and Marie-Antoinette when you get a look at the way they lived their lives before they (literally) lost their heads. Although Versailles was built and re...
Just a few posts ago, I showed you one of my entries in the Aurifil designer thread box contest over at Lilysquilts inspired by birthstone colours. There are so many incredible collections entered in...
Before our trip, B brought home an iPad, thinking it would be super helpful and much more portable than the laptop for web searches, photo management, keeping in touch with email...etc. He was so rig...
So we went to Paris. We walked miles. We saw tons. I thought Id share some of my favourite photos from that incredible city with you. I mentioned in this post that our guide book of choice was ...
While we were away I received a flickr message about a new swap starting up. An easy one. An afternoon of sewing one. A swap for 4 very useful items my family uses daily: cloth napkins!Building on he...
The travel posts kick off here with one of the oldest sites we visited in Paris, the magnificent 12th century Sainte Chappelle. These are not necessarily the best photos I took on the trip (it ...
Im still at it. All I can think about it thread colours. Over a year ago, I made this sweet apron out of Rashidas book I heart Linen.I was testing out my idea that fuschia and butter yellow actually ...
Hello! Were home! I believe this is the longest blog absence ever at Poppyprint, but the family break was much needed, and our time in France much too full for blogging. I trust you understand ...
Comments are now closed and it seems Ive inadvertently lost the post altogether, but luckily the comments for the Brrr! giveaway remain. Phew!We lost track of croissants consumed so I have to rely on...
Were on our way in the morning. Just wanted to let all of you know that the eagle has landed. Therefore, B can take-off!So many of you checked in via twitter and email today (so sweet, thank yo...
Oh my, your comments on my last post were so great. Some made me laugh, while a few gave me a stomach ache! Thanks for sharing your stories. We have our fingers, toes and just about everything else c...
What is the deal with passports? How can such a tiny little book be the undoing of so many travelers? We have four people in our family. We have four passports. I use mine regularly to cross th...
I woke up early yesterday, and by 8:30 had fashioned myself a new camera strap using a few bits from the commercial one that came with my Nikon.If you want to know how, I took a few photos and made a...
Theres been some Paris and France chitchat here lately. My family is very excited about our upcoming travels.But this is where we live. Wont you come and visit?
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