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Cutting + sticking + sewing + baking. My creative life.

Heirlooms

I read a definition of an heirloom quilt a while back, here it is: - A heirloom quilt is a quilt which is too good for your family to use now but good enough for a complete stranger to take to the beach in one hundred years time.Something that I…

Sewing Day with Mum

Over the last decade or so, since the children were born, time spent with my Mum seems to have become hurried and harried. We grab rushed moments, make frantic childcare arrangements, we are both very busy. We decided to put some time aside and hang out together, yesterday we got…

Little Houses

I entered this doll's quilt which I called 'Little Houses' in to Quilts UK in 1995. It was the first big quilt show I ever attended and I remember travelling up to Malvern in a coach and being overawed with the shear vastness of the display and the quality of…

Holly Hobbie

My friend Pam from Seven Sisters Quilt Group gave me some adorable Holly Hobbie fabric. She gave me stacks of fantastic fabric when she had a giant clearout recently. I think it might be from the 1970s, along with my Sweet April and Tiny Tears dolls I had a Holly…

Little Bags

I like to make gift bags to put presents in. There is a great group on flickr called Nice Package where you can have a look at some fantastic gift wrapping. Here are some photos of bags I have made for my family.

Portable Princess and the Pea

The Princess and the Pea is one of my favourite stories. I thought to myself wouldn't it be a good idea to make a portable version of the story. I have always found the princess rude and petulant. After all she is being given shelter from the storm, why make…

Melanie Makes Meringues