A Quick Catch Up and an Exciting New Customer!

I have not been very good at blogging lately, sorry. I have been so busy designing and making but the end is in sight and I look forward to having a bit more time for wedding makes and online shop revamps very soon.


One thing that was keeping me busy was preparing for a big meeting in London. All of the hard work was worth it and I am pleased to say that Jane Churchill have purchased some of my design work for their Nursery Collection. I can't wait to see how they develop my artwork to become part of their range. It is really exciting to be working with such a wonderful brand.


Whilst in London I was finally able to make it to the V&A Museum for the Quilts Exhibition (shortly before it ended) and thought it was great, so inspiring, I really enjoyed myself. My Mum has the accompanying book so I shall have to have a read of that next time I visit. My Mum visited the exhibition before me a kindly bought me these two quilting fabrics from the exhibition shop:

After looking around the exhibition I added to this little selection with these:

I look forward to making use of them all. I shall have to think of something really special to make with them. I have always wanted to make a patchwork quilt with fabrics and embroidered and appliquéd pieces that bring back happy memories. Perhaps having visited this inspiring exhibition is my prompt to make a start.


I have a few customer meetings this week too so am busy working towards those at the moment.


Whilst I am here I also wanted to point you in the direction of the delicious blog 'Cakes I Create'. They recently featured my Cupcake Wedding Card in amongst all of their tasty looking cakes and recipes. 

Thank you for featuring me 'Cakes I Create'!

More Fabric Purses

I have been making more fabric purses today. I still have lots of fabric scraps waiting to be used but is is satisfying working my way through them and piecing these little purses together.

Which is your favourite so far?

More New Fabrics

Remember my new fabrics which I blogged about way back at the beginning of April? 

Well, I now have two more gorgeous fabrics to add to my collection. My Mum kindly bought me these two beautiful limited edition Liberty print fabrics back from the V&A with her. Aren't they lovely? I will make good use of them ..... soon. But first I think I will just treasure them for a while!

De-Stashing!

'De-Stashing' - I love that term! I had not come across it until I got engrossed in the world of crafty bloggers. It always makes me smile to read it. It seems all of us arty crafty folk are the same; hoarding fabrics and papers, trims and ribbons, anything in fact! More than we will ever need but materials we cannot bear to be parted with. Every now and then comes a 'de-stash' moment when you realise that if you ever want to buy more gorgeous materials you are really going to have to use up some of what you already have.

Okay, so this is going to make very little impact on the space I have available on my fabric shelves, but I have been hoarding this wool felt since University! It was a small pack of wool felt samples just 3" by 4". I love the quality which is why I have kept them all these years. Today I finally decided to use them up and I have been making floral brooches with hand-embroidered detail. It has been good fun and I still have a little of the felt left so I shall be making a few more soon.

Delicious Fabrics and Buttons Galore!

Here are the lovely fabrics I bought whilst in Truro. It was very difficult to narrow my purchases down to just these as the shop had such a wonderful selection. I also bought some more base fabric for my personalised embroidered artworks and a gorgeous new Liberty print fabric which I am not going to show you as I want it to be a surprise when I launch a new colourway of my personalised make-up bags in the summer!


These ditsy floral fabrics were bought locally before Easter. Along with the lovely selection above they will make great appliqué fabrics for my artworks and baby blankets.


I recently inherited my Grandmother's button tin and her china tea set. These are really precious items to me and I have loved looking through the buttons again, enjoying all of the happy memories they bring. We used to play cards for buttons with my Grandparents and the tin also has other little surprises in it from our game playing such as plastic counters, homemade dice and even a tiny plastic jockey!

Looking through all of those buttons (the photo shows just a few from the tin) also reminded me that I haven't shown you my handmade buttons yet. I recently took part in a button swap organised by Feeling Stitchy. I have long intended to make embroidered buttons for my shops but these were actually the first I have made for someone else. The embroidered details were taken from my existing design work with summertime in mind. I am really pleased with how these have turned out and thoroughly enjoyed making them. Watch this space, handmade buttons may well be my next crafting obsession!

Fabric shopping in Cornwall and New Cupcake Make-Up Purse

I hope you have all had a lovely long Easter weekend break. I went away to Cornwall for a lovely weekend of fresh air, good company and good food!

I took the opportunity whilst there to stock up at Truro Fabrics. If you are ever down that way you must pop in, the shop is huge! It was very difficult to come away with just a few fabrics as I wanted a bit of everything! The fabrics I finally chose are in the wash at the moment so I shall share them with you later.

I am running low on some of my favourite fabrics but I do still have some pretty ones that need using up. I have added the above make-up purse to my online shops to make use of that cheery pink floral fabric. I also love to use gingham, it is such a simple but fresh and pretty fabric.

This cake-lover's make-up purse measures approx. W. 15.5cm, H. 14.5cm, D.4.5cm making it perfect for keeping in your handbag for every day use. You can purchase it HERE.

New Fabrics

Today I paid a quick visit to John Lewis (my favourite department store) and could not resist these few fabrics to add to my collection!

The spot is an Amy Butler fabric from her 'Midwest Modern' collection. I shall team this with the lovely 'Darla' patterned fabric by Tanya Whelan, and the soft blue gros-grain ribbon to make more cosmetics bags for my online shops (here and here). I shall also use the raspberry pink for cosmetics bags, teaming it with the last of my lovely Japanese sweet treats fabric.

I shall post images here once the cosmetics bags are completed. Before I can start with those I have a couple of commissions to complete and some more Christmas designs to do so for now I shall just admire my lovely new fabrics and look forward to using them as soon as I have time!

Rediscovered Ribbon

I was just sorting through my sewing box to find more pink 'cherry' buttons for my cupcakes and I came across this ribbon.

I had completely forgotten that I had bought this one. I now can't wait to use it and think that I shall be adding to my 'With Love' card collection with 'Congratulations' cards in a similar style. I have also been thinking of putting my cupcakes on cards so this seems like the perfect opportunity.

I shall post the results for you to see as soon as the cards are ready.

So Many Lovely Fabrics!

I have been having a bit of a sort out today and have washed another load of my appliqué fabrics. I like to give them a wash before I use them so I know that when I apply them to a product that will be washed in the future (such as my personalised baby blankets) I know that they will not shrink, fade or bleed any colour.

This is only a small selection of the patterned appliqué fabrics I have collected over time. I have so many lovely fabrics it makes me excited and impatient to make more embroidered and appliquéd artworks and items for my online shop.