I think an update on my lockdown quilt project is overdue – and I need a bit of help with some quilty quandaries! I have been doing a little of one or more of the different processes involved each day, … Continue reading
quilty quandaries
Category Archives: patchwork
craft as therapy (or: how to use patchwork to stay sane and hopefully find your flow)
It’s been a while since I posted last, round about the time lockdown started. I said then that I was going to go on making the small things that I make, whether or not anyone was in a position to … Continue reading
…and so to bed
I had no idea that fiddling about with wire would turn out to be so popular. The picture below of the wire beds I made is, as of now, my most liked Instagram post ever! Amazing!In my previous post I … Continue reading
patchwork hearts
I like making things. I particularly like making one-off things. After all, most people don’t, as Ryan O’Neal demonstrates in What’s Up Doc, tend to like repeating themselves, do they? But sometimes I need to make not one of something, and not even … Continue reading
all in the detail
I do love a bit of creative upcycling. There is nothing dearer to my heart than someone who, using their creativity and talent, manages to turn the old and discarded into something new and beautiful. And quite frankly, you can’t get any more beautiful upcycling … Continue reading
marvels
It was lad’s birthday yesterday. We had a lovely day.
There was a sleepover for friends, pingpong in the park, homemade pizza, lots of treats, sushi, cuddles.
Amid all the hubbub and fun I spent the day glancing periodically at this tall, gangly eleven year old lad, my lad, our lad, and marvelling.
It doesn’t seem five minutes since he was the small bundle of fun in the picture above. The child I thought I’d never have.
In a quiet moment, I spotted this improv pixel quilt-in-the-making by Melissa Averinos.
Which, I think you’ll agree, is another marvel. ♥
