Yay book club! Gosh I have so much to say about The Language of Flowers…but first up, here is the book for next month – Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum I was in the mood for something new, and something YA (young adult). Throughout my reading history I’ve always enjoyed YA novels… Read More
I’ve just got back from a fabulous couple of days fabric shopping in Hong Kong with a couple of quilting friends who flew over and met me. After organising it in January, we dubbed the trip “Quiltkong 2016”. You might know them too – Alison is @baroness_stella on IG and Alisa blogs at A Stitch In Between… Read More
There is no doubt one of my favourite things to sew are zipper pouches! They are quick, fun, can be made in a huge variety of designs and they are super useful. Here are 20 of my favourite zipper pouch tutorials that are great for all levels of skill from beginner right up to… Read More
Book club is here for another month! As usual, before review The Cuckoo’s Calling, here is next month’s title…. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh Buy the kindle version Buy the audiobook I’ll be honest – I know NOTHING about this book. For some reason I have… Read More
One of my lovely newsletter subscribers emailed me this week asking if I could suggest some hexie projects for her, as she had recently inherited a huge box of hexagons from her mother. I sent her a bunch of suggestions but I thought that info was too good not to share! All these projects are… Read More
I’ve been really enjoying getting back into my reading this year. Last year I read some great stuff but going back into my Goodreads profile I realised that I actually didn’t end up reading much and I barely covered any of my ‘want to read’ list. Now that I have a little bit more time… Read More
In my first post about moving over to Guangzhou, lots of you said you’d love to see more of my day to day life – so here we go! A little warning though – if you are vegetarian, vegan and/or sensitive to images of animals for the purposes of food, this may not be the… Read More
Aaaaahhhhhhhh I have a sewing room in our new apartment!!!! **waves hands around like Kermit** I’m just a little bit excited….until now I’ve been set up in a corner of our dining room. (You can see that space here.) There was plenty of room and I was very happy there, but it will be nice… Read More
So I’m a couple of months late with my Big Magic review but I think I have a pretty good excuse!! And of course, before we get into the book discussion, I’ll announce the next book – The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith We haven’t read a murder mystery yet and the Robert Galbraith series featuring… Read More
We’ve turned our lives upside down, there is no doubt about that! While I’m having a great time so far, my cheery exterior can be a cover story for moments of doubt, anxiety and the odd pang of homesickness. There is some serious fun to be had here and my husband has started calling me Dora… Read More