Hello! I’ve just arrived back in China after a fabulous summer holiday. We went to Tokyo, Japan and Phuket, Thailand. Needless to say, it was a fantastic trip! Of course, for me one of the highlights of Tokyo was heading to Nippori to fabric street, and having a little shopping spree! I would love to… Read More
This is only my second quilt finish for the year, but considering all the changes we’ve been through I’m calling that a success! I’d had these pinwheels sitting in my WIP pile for about a year and they were too pretty to leave unfinished. A baby quilt was the perfect project for the amount of… Read More
Book Club is back! Hooray! I’ve been reading voraciously in the last month or so, and I have lots of great titles to share with you! First up, to jog your memory, my last book club post was back in April and I reviewed The Language of Flowers. Really mixed feelings about the characters… Read More
When we first moved into our furnished apartment back in February, my first thoughts were “OMG it’s SO BROWN.” Brown furniture, brown cushions, brown couches (ok, beige.) brown brown brown. I needed to add some COLOUR! I had some scrappy quilt blocks that had been intended for some kind of rainbow quilt, but… Read More
One of the best things about living in Guangzhou is that the rest of Asia is right on our doorstep. A couple of weeks ago was the Dragon Boat festival, so we took advantage of the long weekend and took the girls to one of our favourite cities – Ho Chi Minh City. This was… Read More
I recently joined in the Aussie Winter Mug Rug Swap which I found on instagram. It’s been ages since I participated in a swap but I was ready to stretch some creative muscle and work within someone else’s preferred style. It always makes you look at your project and your stash in a different… Read More
I had noticed on Instagram recently that Make Modern Magazine were running a mini quilt competition (check it out on the hashtag #MMminimini) and so many cute quilts were popping up! I was inspired to make one myself, mainly just to join in the fun, but also just to have a nice quick finish.… Read More
I haven’t done one of these posts in ages! It’s always a fun way to get a quick snapshot into what’s happening. Life in China has been so fast paced – I cannot believed we’ve been here for over 4 months now. I’m not sewing and blogging as much as I’d like, but I’m slowly… Read More
I’m working my way through a few projects at the moment but my progress is really slow. Settling into Guangzhou has taken longer than I expected. We are happy here and life is good, but small things like grocery shopping are a challenge. These day to day challenges certainly eat into my sewing time! We… Read More
Life has been super busy here in the last few weeks and yesterday I woke up and said SLOW DOWN. I was exhausted. I dropped the kids at their school bus then I came back upstairs, put my pyjamas back on (don’t judge me haha) and was too awake to go back to bed,… Read More