The velvet fan has been added! 👏🥰🩷💙 Happy Monday Stitching! 🪡🧵 #quilting #sewing #handstitching #slowstitching #embellishments #quiltsky

How adorable are these tiny pinwheels! 👏🥰 [I made them with the paisley fabric I received from Brigitte, that I posted about a few days ago.] Which do you like better? 🩷💙 #quilting #sewing #handstitching #slowstitching #embellishments #quiltsky

Heather Pilcher finished her Scraps Galore quilt top, which she made using my most popular pattern – It makes it easy to make! 👏   She’s donating it for a family, involved in a natural disaster, in Australia. 🧵 Do you want your own copy of this pattern? 👇 #quilting #sewing #scraps #quiltsky

This wonderful gift from Brigitte Fritzsche, arrived this week — so generous! 🎁 🥰 I already have plans for some of it, for my Bits & Bobs quilt. 😁 So much fun embellishing with vintage treasures. 👏🪡🧵 #quilting #sewing #handstitching #slowstitching #embroidery #quiltsky

To add colour to a white lace flower, I satin stitched around the edge. 👏🥰💙🩷 Happy Stitching! 🪡🧵 #quilting #sewing #handstitching #slowstitching #embroidery #quiltsky

A piece of velvet ribbon and some cross-stitches. 👏🥰💙🩷 Happy Stitching! 🪡🧵 #quilting #sewing #handstitching #slowstitching #embroidery #quiltsky

Nature is so interesting! 👏 This is Stinkhorn fungi. I had to look it up, as it’s the first time I’ve seen it. Fun fact: It stinks, attracting flies and other insects (and a visiting raccoon! 😁) which help it disperse its spores. #fungi #NovaScotia #ForestLiving #nature

This mini postcard is one of the pretty additions, I made for my Bits & Bobs quilt, on the weekend. 👏🥰💙🩷 Happy Stitching! 🪡🧵 #quilting #sewing #handstitching #slowstitching #embroidery #quiltsky

Yes — you’re cute! 🥰 No — you can’t come in… #ForestLiving #nature

Thank you Carol Jackson for the lovely squishy package, that arrived today. 🎁 🥰🤗 I’m always happy to adopt ribbons, trims & button treasures from collections, that will be gratefully added to mine — giving me more creative possibilities! 👏🪡 #quilting #sewing #slowstitching #embellishments #quiltsky

I’m stopping in to say hi 👋 — I’ve missed you!! 🥰 I’m making really good progress & having much creative fun! 🪡 This is a mini measuring tape I embroidered on grosgrain ribbon…It’s ‘sew’ sweet. 😁👏💖 #quilting #sewing #handstitching #slowstitching #embroidery #quiltsky

NEWS: I’m stepping away from posting daily/weekly on my social media accounts, for a while. [I might pop in with a little something, if inspired to. 🥰 And of course I’m always available via email/website.] I’m going to immerse… 1/2 #quilting #sewing #slowstitching #embellishments #quiltsky

1. My plain crazy patch hexagon block with a Valentines theme (Crazy Quilt Monthly Memories - February, 2008)... 2. With the embellishments added. They include embroidery, trims, buttons & beads. #quilting #sewing #crazyquilt #embellishment #slowstitching #quiltsky

1. My plain crazy patch hexagon block with a winter theme (Crazy Quilt Monthly Memories - January, 2008)... 2. With the embellishments added. They include embroidery, trims, buttons & beads. #quilting #sewing #crazyquilt #embellishment #slowstitching #quiltsky

This batch of new-to-me embroidery flosses are ready to add to my collection. 🪡 📺 I shared a few tips, that I use to stay organized. 👏 #quilting #sewing #embroidery #slowstitching #organizing #quiltsky

1. My plain crazy patch hexagon block in purple & green (Crazy Quilt Monthly Memories - May, 2008)... 2. With the embellishments added. They include embroidery, trims, buttons & beads. #quilting #sewing #crazyquilt #embellishment #slowstitching #quiltsky

The mini 4-Patch Heart block has been added to my Bits & Bobs quilt! 👏🤩🪡🧵💙🩷 #quilting #sewing #textileart #handstitching #slowstitching #quiltsky

1. My plain crazy patch hexagon block in greens & yellows (Crazy Quilt Monthly Memories - April, 2008)... 2. With the embellishments added. They include embroidery, trims, buttons & beads. #quilting #sewing #crazyquilt #embellishment #slowstitching #quiltsky

I’ve never been brave enough to just open the door of an old out-building here, where there are some old tarps, etc. — until today, saying out loud as I did, I’m coming in! And to my surprise I found these 3 baby raccoons! 🥰 #offgrid #ForestLiving #nature

1. My plain crazy patch hexagon block in greens (Crazy Quilt Monthly Memories - March, 2008)... 2. With the embellishments added. They include embroidery, trims, buttons & beads. #quilting #sewing #crazyquilt #embellishment #slowstitching #quiltsky

1. My original woven rick rack mat design (Blue & Yellow Mini Quilt - 2025)... 2. It was an interesting and fun piece, so I duplicated it for my Bits & Bobs quilt. #quilting #sewing #slowstitching #embellishment #quiltsky

I had so much fun, playing with embroidery stitches & trim, to make the paisley block! 👏🤩🪡🧵💙🩷 #quilting #sewing #textileart #handstitching #slowstitching #embroidery #quiltsky

1. My original Jane Austen Book design (Postcards from England quilt - 2011)... 2. I duplicated it for my Bits & Bobs quilt. Reading has always been part of my life, though recently it's more listening to audio books, as I stitch. #quilting #sewing #handsewing #slowstitching #quiltsky

I’m loving these pretty colours, that I get to add to my embroidery floss collection. 👏🪡 I believe it’s time to move my beads to a different storage container, so the floss can grow. 😁 1/2 #quilting #sewing #thrifting #embroidery #slowstitching #quiltsky

1. My original Hexie Flowers (Green & Orange Mini Quilt - 2025)... 2. Those flowers turned out so lovely I had to duplicate them for my Bits & Bobs quilt. #quilting #sewing #handsewing #slowstitching #embroidery #hexies #quiltsky

I got another chance to go to the thrift store, in town. 😊 Here’s the treasures I found, this week! 👏🪡🧵 * Doilies * Glass beads * Skeins of embroidery floss * Crochet cottons * Plastic basket for keeping organized #quilting #sewing #thrifting #embellishments #slowstitching #quiltsky

1. My original 'Tomato' pincushion design (Rose Cottage Quilt - 2009)... 2. I duplicated a simpler version, made with wool fabric, for my Bits & Bobs quilt. Plus: I also made it in red, for the Curly Locks block of my Storyland quilt (2022). #quilting #sewing #slowstitching #embroidery #quiltsky

It’s been many — many years since I could make myself some toast, here… Simple pleasures!! 👏🥰❤️ #offgrid #ForestLiving

1. My original Victorian Boot design (Beginner's Sampler Quilt - 2001)... 2. I duplicated it for my Bits & Bobs quilt. I still need to add the sweet embroidered buttons, I decorated for this boot. #quilting #sewing #handsewing #slowstitching #embroidery #quiltsky

1. My original Mini Yo-yo/Suffolk Puff Flower (Brown & Red Mini Quilt - 2025)... 2. I duplicated it for my Bits & Bobs quilt. #quilting #sewing #handsewing #slowstitching #embellishments #quiltsky