sewing – Wildflowers & Wings

Mindfulness Challenge Week 1: Focus

In Stitches I had no idea how I was going to start. I’d created this list of themes to help me be more mindful in 2017. Deliberately abstract, I’d begun to wonder if I’d be able to even come up with a subject for my first photo: Focus. It had been on my mind forContinue reading “Mindfulness Challenge Week 1: Focus”

Craft Supplies

Even the materials for my collages have an artistic appeal. Before I cleaned up, I noticed the curves and lines of the thread, and the juxtaposition of the three colours. It is inspiration for photography and creativity.

The Sewing Room

I am going to attempt to make a quilt. We bought a new bedroom set, and I’ve always wanted a scrap quilt, so now is the time. First, I cut squares from my own fabric collection. Then, I raided my mother’s sewing room. Fabric from my wedding dress, scraps from childhood Halloween costumes, and piecesContinue reading “The Sewing Room”