Princess & the Pea Quilted Wallhanging
Brooke of Silly Mama Quilts made a second little quilt last fall, using fabrics from Quiet Time. This one focuses on Princess & the Pea. As a child I loved this tale, but not for the princess aspect, but rather for the mental image of all those mattresses stacked up high (patterned mattresses, of course), […]
{ Happy Sewing } … Quiet Time Little Backpacks
I recently whipped up a set of these little bags for a friend’s trio of daughters. What young girl doesn’t need another bag for toting a favourite stuffed friend, book or change of clothes for a sleepover, or set of gym clothes for school? And hopefully there are a lot of little girls out there […]
Quiet Time Wallhanging
A sweet wallhanging made by Brooke Sellman that graced a wall of my Quilt Market booth last fall. I love how her choice of small strips of fabrics echo the stack of books hanging from the tree branch. Brooke used a variety of fabrics from my Quiet Time collection, along with Gem (for the binding) […]
Quiet Time is Shipping!
Coming to a store near you, a little collection for the girls in your life. There are two focal prints in the collection (Princess & the Pea, which comes in two colour ways, and Quiet Time), a stripe, a floral … … and a dot, named “Freckled”. While full of bright, happy colour, Quiet Time […]
Learning to Quilt
I have been feeling a bit like a fish out of water at Quilt Market … like a fraud waiting to be called out as such. While I started my first quilt many years ago, until this past year I have only made a quilt for each of my children. By no means prolific, I […]
Keeping the Hands Busy
Happy New Year! I hope you all have had a festive and relaxing holiday time. A sampling of a few projects that have been keeping these hands busy: A looooong body pillow to put against the chilly exterior wall along my girlie’s loft bed. Updated stockings that were “too plain, Mummy”. My kids love The […]
{ Happy Sewing } … Hand Warmers
Searching for an idea for last minute teachers’ gifts, hostess gifts or stocking stuffers for a loved one? I was doing just that yesterday when I came upon this lovely post for scented sachets. Alas, I had no easy access to a bushel of lavender on a cold snowy day, but I had the idea […]
Helen’s Garden Purses
Helen’s Garden has started shipping to stores!!! To provide an initial bit of sewing inspiration, I wanted to feature these gorgeous bags that Jennifer Ladd so creatively whipped up for me for my Quilt Market booth. Helen’s Garden offers so many colour and pattern matching possibilities, that with just a few fat quarters of fabric, […]
Marché Casse Noisette
It’s been quiet here. I’ve been a busy woman. Who hasn’t lately? This is the third year in a row that Greg & I have been exhibiting at the 10-day Marché Casse Noisette (Nutcracker Market) in Montreal. My work life outside of designing fabric has consisted of designing labelling for our company that makes indoor […]
{ Happy Sewing } … Embroidered Tooth Pillow
My boy is so excited … his first tooth is wiggling. These little life’s big moments take precedent and should be marked with something special. Ever since his big sister lost her first tooth a few years ago and I had made her a little owl pillow so the tooth fairy would know where to […]
