Today I finally made it back to my lovely sewing machine…..bliss…..er not quite. let me tell you a story…. When I went back to work last month I pretty quickly realized that I was more than a little lacking in the business attire area. Well after 18 years away from an office I guess that […]

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 love coming home. Always. Even if I’ve been doing something really, really nice, or visiting somewhere really exciting. I always open the door and let out a big sigh and just feel glad. Home. Where I can be me. Where I have my stuff and can do my things and where I always feel […]

I’ve had my eye on things on the web made with honeycomb stitch for a while now…it looks a little tricky and I wasn’t 100% sure how to do it. There’s a pattern for it in this book…(that I’ve been wanting to use for ages)… It’s called VJunkie and apparently was inspired by vampire blood […]

I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to comment about their experiences of combing working and family and going back to work after a long break….it was great to see that I’m not alone and that it’s do-able. I realize that I have to stop trying to be supermom and super housewife, or […]