Monthly Archives: August 2010

Can you imagine that I started this blog four years ago? That means that I have managed to sustain my attention and shown commitment for four whole years. For someone like me, with easily distracted syndrome, this is an amazing … Continue reading →

Do you think that if I kissed this ambitious little guy chasing an enormous dragonfly… he might whisk me away to here. I’m sure that’s where all Frog Princes would take their lady friends…

I had four seams left to finish a quilt top. A total of fifteen minutes of sewing was all that was needed when I found this… My maths was wrong and I cut the white border half an inch too … Continue reading →

The very crafty and very sneaky Jodie had a competition on her blog. She didn’t tell me she was having a competition. She didn’t tell anyone she was having a competition. She drew her winner from her various entrants and … Continue reading →

For the past five months I have been doing some consultancy work that involves, once a week, taking a fifteen minute flight on an eight-seater plane to a nearby island. Today as we took off the air was clean and … Continue reading →

I love the interplay of colours here… Every pond should have water lilies.

IF I finish quilting feathers on a client quilt… THEN I can play with appliqued birdies on my pond quilt. Hurry up, me, hurry up!

It has arrived.. My birthday present from my indulgent husband. Thanks, my darling. I love it. (and you too)

The most useful tool I know for designing my own quilts is the multi-function printer attached to my computer. I have no idea how I worked in the times before this printer. After piecing together a quilt top I start … Continue reading →

This happened… my parents left to spend eight weeks in Europe Ashy moved out of home to house-sit for my parents for eight weeks Pip drew an amazing steam-punked self-portrait and began to write a story and create a world around … Continue reading →