Category Sewing
A lesson in fabric choices
In the next step along my journey of preparing myself for the complicated quilt pattern, I decided to make the Ultimate Beginner Quilt pattern from Fat Quarter Shop. It uses fat quarters, it has written instructions and videos, it shows you a few different styles of quilt blocks…. I thought it would be good practice. […]
Patchwork Squares Quilt
You know how it goes, you see a project that looks appealing and buy the kit and then realize you have probably bitten off more than you could chew for your first big quilting project and so you have to take a step back to something smaller/easier! This is the free Patchwork Squares pattern from […]
Alphabet Lore E
Happy New Year! One of my Son’s current obsessions is for Alphabet Lore, and more specifically letter E, so he has been asking me repeatedly for an Uppercase E, like his name. The internet wouldn’t provide me with this at the moment it seems, so Mama’s got to figure it out herself. I took this […]
I made something!
….or should that be I completed something! Quite an extended break from blogging! The last few months have been a whirlwind! Baby girl arrived at the end of August, it took quite a few weeks before I was back to anywhere approaching normal – post C Section I had some pain while doing pretty much […]
VÄDRA changing mat cover
Nesting! We put together the furniture for the baby’s room last week (although she will probably sleep in our room for at least the first few months), just a fairly basic crib and changing table from IKEA, along with re-utilising some existing drawers that we have had for a while. To go with the changing […]
…and I keep getting bigger!
For the most part this pregnancy had resulted in not many changes to my everyday wardrobe as I don’t wear a lot of slim fitting clothing, other than having to switch to bottoms with elasticated waists from around 5 months. But friends, the time had come, my extensive collection of Scout tees and medium girlie […]
“These sweatpants are all that fits me right now.”
Ok, not quite, but we had a wedding coming up to go to and I tried on all the dresses in my wardrobe that I owned and only one fit. Just. Baby Marsh is really starting to show! Anyway, it was very close, so I figured I needed a plan B. This is the same […]
Baby Explosion.
Is it something in the water? A good friend of mine gave birth a few days before Christmas, another has done since, we have two more expecting…. and of course, all being well, two will become three in the Marsh family this summer! That’s right. At long last we are expecting our own little bundle […]
My Own Personal Jane Austen Hero.
So…. Finally all the i’s have been dotted, t’s have been crossed, exams passed, graduation attended…. (Apparently this is a Swedish graduation tradition/thing – thankfully they were unable to find a tractor) ……and your girl here is now qualified to practice as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist in California! Studying for all those tests and exams […]
Pottery Aprons
Did anyone else watch the Great Pottery Throw Down? I am sure I am not alone in watching it and think “That looks like fun!” A bigger surprise was that Mr M agreed with me, so I seized upon the opportunity to get him involved in something creative, and looked for classes available in our […]
Baking, Making, and Crafting 