First up, the winner of the Japanese fabrics was blondie19012k! Congrats! I’ve sent you an email 🙂 We’ve had a long weekend here – Friday was Japanese National Thanksgiving Day – and it’s been a beautiful, calm weekend. Sometimes it’s hard on weekends, when we’re both tired and just want to rest, and the kids magically know this and act… Read More
Sew WIP Me Up Something Seasonal!
 I am making all 25 of the Sew Seasonal patterns. So far, I’ve made 4… I’m way behind schedule to get this done for revealing for the Sew Seasonal linky at the end of November and I blame the kids for making me too tired and frazzled to sew during naptime lately! That and it’s so cold at night… Read More
Catch up on Giveaways and Hops!
We had such a nice, relaxed weekend that I’m going to continue it into today and have a fun day with the kids and do some more Sew Seasonal sewing. Talking of which, I’ve been blown away by what the hoppers have already come up with! Cushions/pillows, Christmas trees wall hangings, coasters… and I’ve seen some sneak peeks of those… Read More
Know Thy Machine: Meet Ellie
I received an email from Shruti a few months back asking if I’d like to participate in this fun blog hop talking about my sewing machine. Well, who doesn’t love a good Q&A?! 1. What machine do you have? Â I have an Elna 1000. She may be little, a runt if you will, but she gets the job done… Read More
Travellin’ Pic Stitch Blog Hop: A Postcard from Japan
I don’t know why I agreed to this blog hop as I’m not a die-hard fan of EPP… probably because it’s such a cool idea and I knew I had to offer up a Japanese input! Even though I’m still not convinced about the supposed joy EPP is… But nevertheless, I agreed, so I did! And I actually enjoyed it… Read More
Sew Seasonal: Beginning with a giveaway!
Kristy at Quiet Play and myself are super excited to welcome you to the Sew Seasonal blog hop!! We’ve been busy bees designing some Christmas block patterns. Kristy has designed 13 paper pieced blocks, and I’ve designed Ornamental – 12 rotary cut, machine pieced Christmas ornaments! Together, that makes 25 Christmassy blocks to mix and match and use as you… Read More
Sew Seasonal Blog Hop
Kristy at Quiet Play and myself are super excited to announce the Sew Seasonal blog hop!! We’ve been busy bees designing some Christmas block patterns. Kristy has designed 13 paper pieced blocks, and I’ve designed Ornamental – 12 rotary cut, machine pieced Christmas ornaments! Â Together, that equals 25 Christmassy blocks, perfectly versatile to work together or individually – pick and… Read More
Sweet Treats Blog Hop: Grand Finale Giveaway!
Wow what a week! Six amazing bloggers have shared some fantastic mini charm pack patterns. Quilted wine tote | Rainbow mini quilt |Â Photo frame mini quilt Kids’ book bag | Paper pieced cushion cover | Christmas wall hanging Thanks to the Fat Quarter Shop, each blogger also has a $25 gift certificate up for giveaway – go and enter… Read More
TGIFF: Blue Birds Fly
On Sunday, I shared my finished Sweet Treats blog hop project, ‘Blue Birds Fly, and promised to come back and share all the nitty gritty details. So here they are… I had such a blast making this! Working out which arrangement would be best both aesthetically, rainbow-ally and efficiently with the mini charms I had to use; then piecing it… Read More
Chicken or the Egg? Writing or Making?
What comes first, the pattern writing or the pattern making? Or both? Source: Totoro via BlossomHeart on Craftsy When I designed the Totoro pattern (well, sketched up and sent to Kristy to put it through EQ7!), I wrote the pattern after I had made it. Right now, I’m writing up a new pattern. Twelve of them in 2 different sizes…. Read More
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