
Embroidery for Valentine’s Day
On January 21, 2025 by PamEmbroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle and thread. It can also incorporate other materials like beads, pearls, quills, and sequins. Embroidery originated in early Chinese civilizations around 30,000 B.C. It was once a sign of wealth and social status. The Bayeux Tapestry, an 11th century work of art, Read More

A New Season, Another Layer to the Outdoor Pillows…
On January 8, 2025 by PamHow do you keep life positive? It is all the little things that we do – like creating new pillow covers that celebrate winter. With Christmas packed away, and Valentine’s Day around the corner, I am always looking for a way to brighten my day and make those in my little circle feel loved and Read More

A Simple Sewing Gift…The Pillow Case
On December 29, 2024 by PamWith the Post Office back in business, there are a couple of gifts that I still want to send across the country. Aunt Sue lives in Winnipeg and we just got back (in November) from a visit for her 90th birthday. Aunt Sue is Charles’ dad’s sister and we have found a special bond – Read More

The Mason Jar Pin Cushion
On November 26, 2024 by PamThis is the “no sew” gift for your favourite sewer. Here is one link to instructions for creating your own Pin Cushion Jar…but there are many on line…https://www.seasonedhomemaker.com/mason-jar-pin-cushion-tutorial/A couple of hints…I used a puff ball (like you would use on the top of a toque) that I found at Fabricland to wrap the cloth and Read More

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…
On November 20, 2024 by PamEvery year, I put my Christmas Cactus outside for the summer. It stays green and looks happy for the season – sitting around the pool. I bring it in on Labour Day weekend and put it in my front window (a north facing window) and it happily acclimatizes back to it indoor life. Every year, Read More

Thanksgiving Napkins
On October 10, 2024 by PamGetting ready for Thanksgiving is an opportunity to pause and consider everything that is a blessing in your life. You can step outside feelings, worries, anxieties and look outside yourself and just appreciate life. Gratitude is considered to be something that is good for our mental health and it inspires us to move and to Read More

It is Pumpkin Season…
On October 4, 2024 by PamI have always said that one of my favourite parts of sewing or quilting is picking out fabric. With Thanksgiving and Hallowe’en around the corner, fabric stores have lots of fun fabric. So, I went looking for some fabric to use to cover some pillows – both for my porch and for my friend Jayde Read More

A New Bedroom Rug
On September 30, 2024 by PamAnother beautiful rug…this one is in our bedroom and was made from the leftover fabric from the quilt that I made for our bedroom. This is the second rug that I have made – this one turned out really well. It is difficult to make them turn out flat. This time, I washed the rug Read More

An Autumn Project
On September 19, 2024 by PamI have created my own fabric before – it is called crumb quilted. I used it to make a pillow. This Autumn, I am working on a coat. I have currently created all the fabric for the front pieces, the arms and the back by sewing together pieces of fabric from my collection (and a Read More

Pumpkin Garland
On September 9, 2024 by PamAutumn is here and with it comes time to bring out some decorations that suit the season, pumpkins, sunflowers, coloured leaves, cornucopia, scarecrows, corn stalks, bales of hay, buckets of mums and so much more. Over the weekend, I created a simple pumpkin garland. We have a double fireplace in our house so we have Read More
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