A few years ago, I made a rather delightful discovery while browsing through a local charity store: I stumbled upon a collection of five pique cotton summer blankets that caught my eye. The fabric was not only soft and breathable, perfect for warm weather, but also featured a lovely texture that added a touch of charm to any use.

I have had these overlocker/serger sewing machines for more than 40 years and these machines are my nemesis.

Last week I went for a walk in the neighbourhood and found a sweater that had beautiful metal buttons on it.

From a tablecloth that adorned a table to a designer shirt. This is how she did it Was this a table cloth?

My student created a sunset wave landscape mini quilt this week. This time I did hide my fabrics that I had planned to use for a wave...

How many shades of orange are there?

Things of beauty are created when one just does.

Whenever I work on a project and inevitably end up with piles of scraps I tend to expand my repertoire of techniques

I created my Wave Sunset Patchwork Tutorial a while back.

Today is a grey day, fitting for working with grey fabrics to create a grey slow stitched wave landscape.

After receiving many requests from people who don't sew by machine I have created a Wave Landscape Slow Stitching Tutorial.

Art of upcycling is not only how to create textile art pieces. It is also how to creatively upcycle textiles.

Sometimes I tend to overthink about a piece. After doing that for a few weeks, yesterday, I told myself to just begin creating

I have been working in pinks and creating a pink progression of art quilts in the last week. They are each 25 x 30 cm.

Spring is in the air Its definitely time to get the spring wardrobe organized. But how does one do it?

I have been sharing their pieces bit by bit. They have been noticed. I was asked last week to create 30 small textile art pieces

A twilight wave landscape patchwork pocket. The studio moved and I am just beginning to get settled again.

I am still sorting threads and fabrics for my embroidery tutorials. I am also sorting tools and equipment and fabrics - free embroidery

Free embroidery means just that! No rules, no restrictions, no limits. Anything goes. You can use different threads, different fabrics

I was curious to see whether I could use the technique to create a planned art piece.