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Sew, ray, me

I'm a designer/maker and here on my blog I like to show off my latest creations. I love to use patchwork and quilting in my projects and show that they can be both modern and look good. I love to make things that are pretty as well as practical - for the home, children or for myself.

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Very Berry Handmade

Book Review: Mastering the Art of Embroidery by Sophie Long - This great big tome of a book (280-odd pages) looks like a coffee table book, and the quality of the work and embroidery included in it means that it certa...
14 hours ago
A Spoonful of Sugar

Date Roll - When flicking though an old Australian Women's Weekly cookbook, I came across a recipe for Date Roll that I used to bake a long time ago. Date recipes...
19 hours ago
verykerryberry

Bits and Bobs - Catching up with a few bits and bobs. I am kicking off Amy Morinaka of Chick Chick Sewing 'Zakka Handmades' book blog tour in June and she sent me a cop...
23 hours ago
a cuppa and a catch up

such sadness - Crafty blog readers across the globe have been in utter shock this week at the sad sad news of the loss of one of our crafty blog heroines, Kathreen Ricket...
1 day ago
Ramblings of a Novice Quilter

Kaleidoscope Recovery! - I can't believe I have a finished kaleidoscope flimsy quilt top to show! Have you ever started a project and something went wrong and you couldn't fix it?...
1 day ago
Tales From Homemade House

Blackbirds In The Rain..... - We've had a nesting pair of Blackbirds in our Holly tree for as long as we've lived here and after three Springs full of raucous cackling, feathers flying ...
1 day ago
patchworkdelights

A bit of liberty - Those of you who are following me on instagram (@patchworkdelights) will have seen my current work in progress. I found some mini hexies in one of my stor...
2 days ago
comfortstitching

project book pouch - I made this project pouch almost a year ago. I wanted something that could hold everything I needed in one place when I was in the middle of embroidering som...
3 days ago
Helen Philipps

Secret Garden - I wanted to make myself a new garden notebook for this summer, so i bought a book with handy pockets and lots of pages, (meant for recipes) and decorated...
3 days ago
Bee happy

Bee happy ..... vintage buys - I wanted to share my vintage buys with you from the open day held at Welbeck at the weekend. Most buys were from Hope and Elvis' studio, loved it in he...
3 days ago
Countrykitty

A freezing spring and a (ever) changing garden - part 1 - Nonostante quest'anno (esattamente come l'anno scorso, e questo sta diventando davvero pesantino da sopportare) la primavera sia completamente in ritardo e...
5 days ago
Sweet Williams - A Handmade Home

Sewing Workshop Launch! - Hello!!! I am incredibly excited to announce the launch of my new sewing workshops. I am also very excited that I have managed to grasp the opportunity t...
5 days ago
Sew Quine

claiming my blog on Bloglovin - Sorry nothing to see here just a random picture of cake as I'm claiming my blog on Bloglovin. This has been on my to do for so long now, thought I'd do i...
5 days ago
Pink Penguin

Filled with Quilt Love :) - [image: blog6] Look what we've got in the mail just a few days ago! It is an alphabet quilt for a tiny pink penguin growing in my belly made by a collabora...
6 days ago
Dinki Dots Craft

Moving! - Yep, you got it - I'm buying a house! Contracts were exchanged during the week, on the sale of my flat and the purchase of the new house, and this Friday (...
1 week ago
Sew Justine Sew

staple love - Today I spent a very lovely and much needed sewing day with my sewing bestie Katy, of I'm A Ginger Monkey fame! Katy has just returned from teaching her no...
1 week ago
Lemons for Lemonade

What a difference a day makes! - Barely 24 hours ago I was out in the garden pottering about in the warm bright sunshine, tidying up, re-planting and whispering growth chants to the tiny p...
1 week ago
Heaven is Handmaid

Spam is driving me batty - *The demonstration piece*I must first apologize for some changes I've had to make to the comments section of* Heaven Is Handmaid.* Sadly, you will now have...
1 week ago
Sorbet Surprise gets Sew Crafty!

Pinwheeling - For the spring issue of Something Borrowed magazine I was asked if I could make a pinwheel tutorial as they were running a fairground wedding themed issu...
1 week ago
Lemonade Kitty

A Bit Of Cath Kidston - "Inspiration for decorating" It all started when I ordered a bookcase for the snug, I thought, this room could do with decorating it's still the bog stan...
2 weeks ago
@ home

British Quilt and Stitch Village 2013 - Moonstruckcreations and I went off on another jolly today. We took our youngest daughters with us, It was fabulous, very friendly atmospher...
2 weeks ago
Little Gem's Diary

Vintage Goodies From Norfolk - Every time I visit Norfolk I always get a little bit excited about the things I might find and what bargains might come home with me. I was lucky this visi...
3 weeks ago
Inspiredbyfelix

Sewing liberation! - Last week, it was with some relief that the second lot of five bags with matching coin purses that I've been working on were delivered to their destination...
3 weeks ago
Handsome Handmade

Two Toy Ships and a Toy Snail - Handmade Toys - These two *handmade toy* ships and a nice snail toy became an adornment of one boy's room. Our (my and my daughters) efforts didn't go to waste - the seashe...
3 weeks ago
sew and the city

French Macarons - {who doesn't fancy a little challenge} "Oh no" you'll say "another baking post, what is wrong with that woman". I am looking for sewing inspiration, I prom...
4 weeks ago
daffodils & snowdrops

My Beautiful Baby Blanket... - Baby Blanket - Hand Crochet by Em Floral Cushion - Vintage Flat Cushion - India Jane Chair - Secondhand So... whilst I have been absent from blogging, wha...
4 weeks ago
Kandipandi's Pad

~ ♥Giveaway Winner ♥ ~ - Thanks again everyone for joining in my little giveaway, I was blown away by all of the entries, there were 141 in total across blogger and instagram! I...
4 weeks ago
Hookin' With Laalaa

I've cracked it! Well, them! - Get me, two posts in one week! I just had to come and share my excitement with you. I have finally made a slipper! I have been wanting to make these sli...
5 weeks ago
The Krafty Cupcake

April already..... - I really need to get back into the swing of blogging again. I seemed to find myself lost for words (YES! finally!) Where to start.... Ah yes! A couple o...
5 weeks ago
Your Handmade Home

All Change Please!! - Hi all, Sorry it been so long since my last post - I have been busy with this: Which I'm so happy to say was a HUGE success and we have the meeting for t...
5 weeks ago
PatchworkPottery

Madrona Road Challenge - I finished my Madrona Road challenge quilt for the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild two days before the deadline of March 18th. When I first arrived home f...
1 month ago
The Awkward Niche

Wolfman completed! - He's finished!! Finally, my enigmatic wolfman embroidery is completed. Be warned this post is very image heavy with lots of lovely stitchy pics! I starte...
1 month ago
Love from Poppy

CAL Group - I`ve joined a CAL group on Ravelry. This group caught my eye on Victoria`s blog Tangled Sweetpea. The idea is to crochet a 6 x 6 square each week then make ...
2 months ago
The Patchwork Heart

Keeping Britain warm! - This winter I've enjoyed making something new Following the discovery of some good quality cheap hotties in my local bargain store I've been...
2 months ago
Seaweed & Raine

Picking a Winner the Old Fashioned Way - Picking a winner for February's giveaway went something like this... One Jellyfish hand... he was sitting on the floor - so he couldn't see ANYTHING! ...
2 months ago
Two Owls Design

TWO - Last Monday saw my littlest boy turn 2. A full two years had gone by since I took my first tablets in preparation for my planned section the following mornin...
2 months ago
SewHappyGeek

I Made A Thing! And Some Moving News - warning: written on this bloody ipad so the links aren’t all HTML. Ugh. Oh my goodness, you guys have been SO supportive about my battle with depression (s...
3 months ago
Miss Magpie

Colour Explosions - .... It wasn't just me apparently, Blogger is having some issues at the moment. I have skirted around the problem by using a different browser. If only it ...
4 months ago
unravelled

Allotment in winter - I made my first trip for ages to the allotment on Sunday (the allotment, aka lottie, has, like everything else in my life, been somewhat neglected of late...
4 months ago
Jenny Arnott Textiles

New Year, New Website! - Well I didn't keep my blogging resolution last year despite all my best efforts did I?! But I just had to pop in today because I have a sparkly brand shi...
4 months ago
for alice with love

Our shop is live! - *click* *HERE* *to be re-directed to our online shop* * * * *
6 months ago
Miss Pixie's Crafts

Felt Notebook Covers. - I have spent the last few days working on some new felt notebook covers. One was for a custom order and the other was a test for the embroidery pattern. I...
7 months ago
Wilde Snapdragon Designs

Getting Back on my feet after 2 years - Hello, How long has it been? 2012 so far has been a funny sort of year, I have been doing a lot of soul searching and trying to get back my fight and insp...
8 months ago
Buttons, Ribbons and Other Things

How time flies... - As I mentioned before I haven't managed to get much made in the last few months, but here are some things I created a few months ago that I had forgotten t...
8 months ago
A Sewing Journal

Winner! Fox Hollow Fat Quarter Set by Monaluna! - And the winner is: Lee @ Freshly Pieced August 20, 2012 | So cute! I love these prints. I have a baby quilt I need to make soon, and these would be per...
8 months ago
Rubies and Tigers

Shorts, kites and trains - TIME IS RUNNING OUT. It has suddenly occurred to me that I've got limited time to shoe horn my little boy into clothes like this: I mean, he doesn't even we...
9 months ago
LiliPopo

Moving on... - My blog has now officially moved over here I do hope you will join me x
10 months ago
Supercutetilly

Three months?!?! - Wow !! That three months has gone incredibly quick !! I'll start with what has kept me from the old internets recently..... My new workroom :) ...
10 months ago
redneedle sewing

Buckingham Art For All - Spent a happy hour wondering around artists' studios as part of Buckingham Art For All, a two week celebration of all things arty, locally. Lovely, lo...
11 months ago
Pootle Handmade

Just a few little bits and pieces I did today - Its so apparent I have too much time on my hands at the moment given that Im blogging twice in a matter of days!! My sewing machine has been sent away to...
11 months ago
magic and drudgery

I'm still here only very very background - I've been feeling bleeeughgh. Not depressed as in lying in bed all day with a bottle of vodka, more just flat, really flat, as a pancake. I've not felt ...
1 year ago
Pretty Petal Handmade

The Shop Is Now Open! - Well its been and gone, and Im pleased to say Launch Day at The Sewing Boutique went better than I ever hoped for! Orders kept me busy all day, email enqu...
1 year ago
OhSewBeautiful

Mince Pie Stars and Palmiers - Just thought i'd share with you my yummy cooking creations from this morning. I won't take all the credit though. Lorraine Pascale is one of my favourite p...
1 year ago
Skippity Do Dah Quilts

Quilt-along block #6 - postponed - Hey, everyone! I am so sorry to spring this on everyone, but the Quilt-Along block #6 will have to be postponed until Friday, due to some unexpected compl...
1 year ago
em ay kay ee.

The Bestest Cookie Recipe EVER - I’m not much of a baker, but I have to share this cookie recipe with you. Why? Because it is super simple and delectably delicious! This recipe makes about...
1 year ago
Handmade in Fife

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