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My website is a place to find out about me: my latest works in progress, upcoming articles, workshops and general news about my sewing and crafting endeavours and getting in touch, too. If you’re interested in sewing for children (especially with vintage flair), smocking or just making unique clothes and accessories for folks in your life, I hope you’ll find inspiration, commiseration and advice here on my site.
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Until then, happy stitching!
Claire
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Free Smocking Plate: Pirate Adventures
Poor boys. They never get their fair share of the creativity, do they? Girls get the dresses and the ribbons and all the pretties. Boys end up with the snips and snails. But since it’s been ages since I posted a freebie here on the blog, I thought folks with little boys would enjoy this [...]
Guest Blog: Thoughts on the Internet and Creativity
I’m very happy to welcome Alison McDonald to my blog to share her thoughts on the internet and the rewards and challenges it offers to sewers and those who create. She runs “Sew What Else?” here in Hamilton, ON, offering custom long arm quilting services to quilters. She is also the local coordinator of the [...]
Enigma Embroidered Spring Coat
I don’t do a lot of ‘straight’ hand embroidery. If I do embroider, it’s often in conjunction with my smocked projects – bullions, feather stitch, that sort of thing. But last winter, I fell in love with the most gorgeous embroidered jacket from a back issue of Inspirations #12 (1996) called ‘Enigma’. The knit [...]
A new quilt project underway “Plaid Stars”
It took me ten months to finish David’s guitar quilts. I moaned. I procrastinated. I knashed my teeth and wailed. So guess what I started on this week? Another quilt Yeah, yeah, I know but even if chain piecing will never fill my heart with rainbows and butterflies, I love the look of quilts. That [...]
Are Petunias a Sign of Spring?
Is it spring yet? I don’t know. It’s March now but the temperature has been all over the map. Below freezing one day, soaring the next. It’s enough to give a person whiplash. All I know is I’m tired of winter clothes. I want flowers and warm temperatures and no heavy coats. So last weekend, [...]
