Happy Friday! A giant pine tree fell down near our house, so today's pattern is pine-inspired.  Now it's a bit less freezing outside, I have resumed my very-fast-night-walks. (I refuse to 'run' unless I'm being chased but I do enjoy very fast walking for exercise.) And I go at night because that's when I have…

These plants (mustard flowers?) are growing along the road where we walk home from school. I love their outrageous yellowness. So I embroidered them, marching around on this stripy linen.  I came across this today. Doesn't it look like the most amazing place to lie down and escape your normal life? I think so, anyway.…

When I was in Nelson recently I bought some dried lavender from the farmer's market. These little sachets are rather relaxing to make: both the small embroidery worked on linen scraps, and filling them with dried flowers. Lavendery goodness. I am thinking about starting a knitting project to see me through the last dark and…

A Sunday morning, complete with this beautiful Wilco song: Something sad keeps on moving, so I wander around, I fell in love with the burden, holding me down… A branch of yellow broom stolen from the roadside, which is fragrant and a shock of yellow, plus toast with lemon honey, made using this trusty recipe,…

A yellow zig-zag pattern for today. This one was sketched in pencil then painted over in yellow and grey. I like the idea of the wonky geometric- something that we're used to seeing presented neatly and in a professional sort of way, but made slightly chaotic. How has your week been, readers? Mine has involved…

– I used to make quite a few of my own clothes. Haven't done so much of that lately, but it would be good to get back into it. I have fabrics waiting. I think about this simple green dress quite often. It got lost somewhere during our last house move. I wonder where it…

A lot of plant-life, it would appear. Here are some painted things made in other Augusts (following on from yesterday's post.)  – August garden ceramics. Made using ceramic ink and some old Crown Lynn cups. – painted wooden bangles. I loved making these, and I'm remembering I have more plain ones tucked away somewhere waiting…

I'm blatantly mining my own blog for photos, again. And I've found so many that I am having two editions this week: this first is all about embroidery. Here is some hand stitching I did in Augusts past. I suppose this month is a good one for settling down and seeing through the end of…

For this week's pattern I'm revisiting number 17– embroidered coloured wildflowers on stripes. I've re-stitched the pattern to make this bag which is part of a very special giveaway over at Che and Fidel. Each of the teachers from The Craft Sessions has contributed something and you can find some neat stuff to win: a…

I've been making a few of these market bags lately. This design has a flat bottom and can fit lots of shopping or library books inside. This particular version is made from linen I found at a flea market when we were living in Norway. All the way back in 2008! I knew it would…