A Quilting adventure

    This post is very delayed…mostly because the gift-giving was delayed so I couldn’t share it until the special little-ones received their gifts.     Last summer I made pillowcase-dresses for two of my friends’ daughters. Here’s one of the finished dresses (lets call this Fabric no.1) –>   I had some fabric left over from each dress and designed to make each little girl a blanket for their First Birthdays. Let me first say I have never quilted before. I learned how to sew the seams so that the fabric lays flat, and how to make borders…thank goodness for You Tube!  There are so many great resources...

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Clean lines, bright colours

Happy Family Day!  Here in Ontario it’s our first long weekend of the year, Family Day. I’m grateful for an extra day to get things done…sometimes the weekends are just not enough time to get everything done. Last year I made some cards and invitations for a bakery in a small town outside of London.  I kept the design simple, but I loved the impact the white space and the bright colours had. I love this turqoise and pink card, the little scalloped edge, the patterns on the presents…love it!             I made another card to coordinate with the pink and turquoise and this time, I used the balloon...

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I’m here, I promise

Things have been quiet here in blog land…I’ve been busy with work, custom orders and Knitley Road and life outside of work, custom orders and Knitley Road.  I’ve a number of projects to share with you, so many I don’t really know where to start! The first one I’ll share is a knit project I actually made for myself.  Knit items for me are few and far between…I started this sweater last June, put it down for months and months and picked it back up over the Christmas holidays and finished it up a few weeks back. I saw this pattern in Vampire Knits by Genevieve Miller, it’s the Lore Hoodie by Cirilia Rose- the hoodie on the cover. ...

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