Lola the orphan

Her name was Lola. She was a showgirl an orphan block. I foolishly did not check my printer settings when I drew an English paper piecing block on my computer, and I printed it too small. I did not notice …

It’s a boy!

My cousin recently had a baby boy. She did not want to know what she was getting – a boy or a girl – until the birth, so I made plans for each. Fortunately for me, she had a boy; …

Laundry bag

Now that I am a working girl* again, I have to wear heels and smart clothes and makeup. I even have to brush my hair! My self-employed freelancing days of wearing jeans, T-shirts, cardigans and slippers about the house are …

The one with the bird

Last year, I did a class with David Taylor, a master of art quilts, through Handcrafters House. I love the realism of David’s work (Maynard, which I think of as ‘dog bum in the snow’, is my favourite), but there …

My first scarf

Would you believe that I have been knitting since I was a teenager and yet, until this year, I had never knitted an ordinary scarf? The closest I had come was knitting a lace shawl. While working at Calico & Ivy, …

Thinking outside the box

I am alive! I have not posted anything on my blog since April, so you might have been wondering. The first half of this year has been hectic (I returned to full-time study and changed careers), and my hobbies and blog …

Lola

It was a friend’s birthday this week, and it sneaked up on me. In a mad rush, I made a large Lola pouch with Cotton + Steel cat fabric and Robert Kaufman Shetland flannel in ocean. She loves cats and greeny-teal …

Starting and finishing

Last week, I went a bit wild and started four projects in four days. We know we should not, but we all do it, right? On day 1, I started cutting out templates and pieces for a Christmas tree skirt I have …

More knitting and a few hours at the sewing machine

Not more knitting? Yes. Sorry! I am still working on my quilt-show entry, which I cannot yet share, so you have to put up with yet another knitting post. This knitted hat was made for my teenage god-daughter using Shannon Cook’s …

Manly socks

Please do not judge me when I say that I have been married for a very long time but that these socks are the first things I have knitted for my husband. From what I can gather, he had some …