When we were children, we would fill our lives with creativity, whether through drawing, playing imaginary games, or cutting up cardboard to make… things marvelous creations to impress our parents! As we got older, our creativity became much more focused into either what we really enjoyed doing, and become quite proficient in our chosen medium of creativity. Although from our… Read More
How To Find Time For Sewing
Hands up who has a bucket list of quilty projects and crafts you’d like to try and make someday? All of you? Yep, my hand is up too. After having tried and not particularly clicked with crochet, next up on my non-quilting crafts to learn is knitting. I had hoped to do so this winter with the help of local… Read More
Four Projects I Made Little By Little
Want to know a secret? Even though quilting is my job, it’s still exactly that – a job. And sure, I might be able to squeeze in a little extra sewing time for fun at times of the day when other people with jobs can’t, but the truth of the matter is that I too still struggle to make time… Read More
5 Lessons I Learned From Creative Burnout
Happy October! Well, as it’s 2020, I hope it’ll be a happy month… but nevertheless, October is here, and I am back, baby! I have spent the past three months resting, playing, surviving, and sometimes thriving. It has not been an easy year for anyone, but a quick recap of the past three months since I last posted (read that here)…… Read More
#aussiequilter – An Instagram Challenge
Well, hasn’t 2020 been a year already?! December and January have been some rough months for Australia. And with school now back, well, I don’t about you, but I feel a little dazed and like getting back into regular routine is a little harder this year. My friend, Jane, and I have been talking for a couple of months now… Read More
Setting Creativity Goals: Conquering Your Fears
As a recovering perfectionist, I have let the quilt police AKA my inner critic win far too many times in my quilty journey. That fearful voice that said, “You can’t sew curves”. That worried voice that said, “You NEED a ruler”. That sneering voice that said, “The quilt is not good enough to finish”. Hands up who else has heard… Read More
Setting Creativity Goals: The Why
Each year when it’s that odd week between December 25 and the New Year, and it’s kinda the holidays, but kinda still busy, and you start to think about what resolutions you want to set for 2020. Perhaps you’re how I used to be, and start to think about what you should set, getting distracted by weight loss ads that… Read More