
Sweet Orchard Fat Quarter Bundle Giveaway! (Now Closed)
I hate getting free fabric.* It's the pits.** Especially when it's fabric that's totally cute and adorable like 'Sweet Orchard', with all its cute little bluebirds and fresh, delicious-looking fruit and lively, happy colours....

Sweet Orchard Blog Tour: If I had an orchard…
If I had an orchard, it would be filled with rows of perfect apple trees. Red and green, sweet and juicy, and oh so crunchy! My workers would be little girls with golden curls, wearing denim work aprons with big blue bows in...

The New Wife-made ‘Lacewing’ Butterfly Wings
I've been fiddling for a little while now with my Butterfly Wings pattern. I've been playing with size and shape, and I finally feel like I have come up with one that I'm happy with. It's called 'Lacewing', and it's a shape...

Marshmallow Recipe {You can thank me later}
Marshmallow. Have you ever made it from scratch? It's the easiest thing to do, it's fun, the kids love it and they taste way better than the bought ones! So there's four reasons why you should do it this weekend! Other...

Collaborate for a Cause Charity Auction 2016
The last couple of years I have had the privilege of participating in the Collaborate for a Cause Charity Auction. The auction, affectionately hashtagged as #c4ac2016 on social media, is the brainchild of sewing enthusiast, Jen...

Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe
I have fallen in love with Dutch process cocoa powder. It makes eating chocolate, without actually eating chocolate possible, and that is a good thing. As such, it was the perfect addition to my Chocolate Chia Pudding recipe,...

Scrappy Sugar Loaf Block Cushion
I've really begun to appreciate a scrappy creation. Perhaps it's the burden of a home loan that's pushing me to become more thrifty - more and more I'm searching for ways to use what I have, grow it or make it from scratch. I...

Quilt Market 2016 and my Butterfly Wings pattern
I was (still am!) so excited to see three amazing fabric designers using the Wife-made Butterfly Wing pattern to showcase their new fabric lines at Quilt Market last month in Salt Lake City, Utah. I mean, Quilt Market!!...

Sugar-free Apple Crumble
Truth be told I'm a simple girl with simple tastes. You can keep your French macarons and fancy foams and fluff. I'm happiest with my chocolate self-saucing pud and dollop of cream. And I can't say no to a fruit dessert -...