I'm not usually drawn to the colour orange, when it comes to choosing fabrics and clothing, etc. But the other day, I came across this amazing 1960's barkcloth cotton printed with big orange roses, and it was just the right dimensions for a tote bag. The fabric must have been printed around the 1960's, but…

These elasticated garments were made for Keira over the weekend. She seems to be getting taller and some of her old dresses were on the short side, so a few new spring things were in order. I drafted my own pattern to make these- after having a good look at some other clothes she had,…

We have a giant sage plant in our vegetable patch, which has just this week burst into flower. I picked a jarful of sage stems for the mantlepiece and did a bit of embroidery whilst under the spell of sage perfume. The linen I used was originally a pillowcase that was given to me by…

Three good things about today: strawflowers in a cup, the first strawberry from our garden (this is the first time I've grown strawberries- it's rather exciting.) And a few brass lockets with inset embroideries, finished and polished. Hope you're having a good Tuesday, too.

I found a forgotten box filled with wool felt scraps in my workroom, and decided to construct them into flowers, modelled on some picked from the garden this morning. They were also inspired by a recent trip to an antique store where I saw lots of amazing old felt handbags adorned with tiny gardens of…

The first two photos above show a 'mood board' that I made today in a textile design class run by a good friend of mine. Today, we learned about creating a certain look and feel for our future designs, and being intuitive in collating colours and images together. It was a lot of fun! It…

I spent a few hours today looking after my two youngest nieces, aged 6 months and 3 years. They didn't seem too interested in any of the toys we had lying around, instead favouring drawers and shelves in the room where I keep all my sewing things. So I pulled out some things with them,…

Today's small embroidered piece was inspired by an evening walk with the family. Now that the days are getting longer, we can go out after eating dinner for a quick walk or bike ride- the children love it. Yesterday when we were out, I spotted this cluster of white daisies growing amongst weeds at the…

A friend of mine asked me to make her a drawstring case from some vintage green linen she liked. She wanted a little bag to keep her camera lenses in, so I played around with different drawstring designs until I found the one that worked best. And then, of course, i couldn't resist making a…

Thank you for all the birthday wishes! It's so nice to read your messages and find out a bit about you. I used the 'random number generator' to pick a winner- and that was Maria. I hope you'll like the embroidery kit and locket, schorlemadchen. I got some really lovely presents for my birthday, including…