Fall is in full swing here. The trees are turning colors, the wind and rain have picked up and the temperature is calling for sweaters. I adore all the colors, but all of the rest not so much.

Is Fall your favorite season?

Looking out the window from my sewing studio (attic) I can only see grey clouds in the sky. The windows are sprinkled with raindrops. We need to cheer it all up a bit with pink clouds, right?!

The pink clouds are stitched out on a pre-marked clamshell grid. In the photo below you can see I used ...

Spiral-shaped spider webs are on many Halloween quilts, and they for sure are on mine! I really like quilting these little wonders of nature.

I made a little fun animation where I ‘quilted’ and ‘unquilted’ a quilt block in my wall hanging that I talked about in my previous blog post. You can view the short animation here on Instagram.

Even though Halloween is now technically over, I still have a Halloween-inspired pattern for you today. Remember the tv-show Project Runway where Tim Gunn instructed the participants to ‘Make it work”?! Well the spider web pattern is just such a ...

Have you have your Halloween decorations still up? I have taken down about half, mostly those that are visible from the street. I will tackle to ‘indoors’ ones later this weekend. I do think I will leave some of them up a bit longer, like my Halloween quilt, the pillows and the ceramic items. They bring in the so needed splash of color. Most people here will not pull out their Christmas decorations for another month or so (after Saint Nicolas Day at the beginning of December). I think it is fine to leave some ghosts, black cats and a ...

What did you call these seedlings from the maple tree a child?

We called them helicopters, but technically they are called samaras. The maple tree produces this type of dry fruit that has two paper-like wings that helps the seeds to disperse.

The Free Motion Quilting pattern resembles a maple seed, but it is not an exact copy. There should actually be a pair of seeds per set of wings. But for the ease and speed of quilting I decided on just one circle at the centre of the design. The wings of the seeds are more teardrop shaped and ...

Making Journal Covers

Blue and Green Journal Covers

This blogpost is a love letter to the Ribbon Candy pattern!

I just adore the curves of the design, the possibilities of adding design elements and the timeless look.

The fascination runs deep, so deep that I have been creating a large course to show you all the possibilities that the Ribbon Candy pattern holds. But, it is not the moment to talk this course right now. I will share more about it at a later moment.

Let’s look at the Ribbon Candy variation that may be my favorite! Hairpin!!!

Does it look like bobby pins that you use ...

Have you made one of those Halloween quilts that has jars or flasks of poison on it? And you don’t know what to quilt inside of those jars and bottles? Well I have the perfect idea for you!

Fill the jars with a string of eyes!

I have been doing a little halloween decor shopping and some of the things I ordered will be delivered today. I can’t wait to see what the items look like in my house. I have never actually decorated my house for Halloween so I am actually starting from scratch here. What have been your most favorite and treasured Halloween decorations? Please tell!

So this Halloween is a whole series of first for me. First time buying Halloween decor, first time looking for Halloween recipes, first time trying to get my hands on some special Halloween candy here in the ...

Octopuses are amazingly intelligent creatures! Not only are they super clever, but they are also mesmerizing to look at. Graceful, colorful, fast, able to shapeshift, great at hiding, but also flamboyant when they want to be, outwitting their prey, able to leave their natural environment, and even being super social for some of the species. Wow, that is a great line up!

All of the octopuses in this free motion quilting pattern have a set of 8 tentacles of course. Those tentacles move in all the areas that need to be filled. It is a bit of wiggle actually! The ...