Today I had a lovely relaxing time making these great big kiss blocks for Pippa for Sew Euro-bee an…. Fun to make, quick and easy…just the sort of bee blocks I like! If you’re interested there’s a great tutorial here. There’s nothing quite like a little gentle sewing on a Sunday afternoon to set me [...]

I hereby present the sum total of my creative efforts this week… …the toe of one sock… (But at least I got that far without running out of yarn!). To be fair, these are great socks. The yarn is perfect,it’s Kells Sport Merino courtesy of the Three Irish Girls and is unforgettably named ‘If it [...]

I had a bit of a nose to the grindstone day yesterday. I was so determined to get the Siblings Together quilt finished that after a frankly quite horrible run in a blizzard and thick snow yesterday morning I put the radio on and basted and quilted like a mad woman. I finally got the [...]

OK, now be honest with me…. Who joined me in feeling a great big sigh of relief when the last family member went out of the door this morning? Phew. I love the lot of them, but it felt SO good to be in an empty house and have some time to myself again! I [...]

I was up bright and early this morning. The house felt uncluttered and fresh after yesterday’s marathon undecorating efforts. Don’t you just love how simple and fresh everything feels when the Christmas clutter is cleared? Don’t get me wrong, I love having everything all Christmassy, but somehow when it’s all gone everything feels ready for [...]