Happy, happy Easter

To everyone, I wish you a very happy and blessed Easter. Christ is risen!

I am conscious of and very thankful for the fact that blogging connects me with likeminded women from all parts of the globe. I hope your Easter... wherever you are in the world ... has been a wonderful one. This clip is making me happy to be part of a wondrously diverse world. You can dance if you want to!

D is for dots, dollies & duck egg blue

1. Polka dot cases, 2. Duck eggs, 3. I love this combo!, 4. Handmade patchwork wristlet using Amy Butler fabrics, 5. front view of judrops in wonderland, 6. Lolly Dollies!, 7. Handhelds: Binky Buddy No.09, 8. blue spot baby shoes I've made today, 9. Spots quilt top, 10. Polka-dot heart, 11. Follow your heart - linen dresses, 12. red polka dots, 13. Completed doll quilt: Strawberry-Rhubarb Πr2, 14. Not My Granny's Bag in Duck Egg Blue, 15. Untitled, 16. KIKI japanese kokeshi doll softie

C is for cherries, crochet & colour

Last week of school for us, & musical performance week. I have been helping with costume-making for the last two school terms and tomorrow is the big dress rehearsal, so most of my sewing time this week will be costume-driven. I will leave you with the creative goodness of others:1. Blanket-WIP, 2. Suede and leather flower brooch - Cherry ripe, 3. Cherry top, 4. Untitled, 5. crochet skirt, 6. lille_maus, 7. Minny Muu Baby Quilt, 8. Bolsa Envelope Cherry, 9. cherries jubilee pillow, 10. wool eater, 11. Sweet Cherry Pie Lola Apron, 12. Farmer's Market Fabric by Sandi Henderson, 13. Cherry Insa, 14. napkin with button cherries, 15. A colorful weekend!, 16. Anne Claire Petit crochet wide Stripe Fox Since I'm talking colour, be sure to visit oh, fransson! and wonder at the evolution of her amazing Paintbox quilt, here, here , here and here.  I will lose sleep tonight thinking about this quilt - so, so clever & inspiring! May your week be creative, Bloom.

B is for birdies, babushkas & bloom

A little Mosaic Maker magic today. I have a bit of a thing for birdies, so I am loving Natalie Lymer's latest bird designs, & especially her free Blue Wren's Nest pattern! Gennine has the most beautiful illustrations of birds here and here, and TskTsk has both birdies and babushkas covered delightfully on her blog. 1. Garland with russian dolls, 2. angels designed and made by rosalie quinlan, 3. birds and blooms screenprint (gocco), 4. Janelle and Snøfrid, 5. babushka lineup, 6. mini quilt swap, 7. Bloom, 8. Springtime in summer, 9. Featured in decor8!!!, 10. bird, 11. Babushkas with Pop Garden fabrics!, 12. Birds, 13. Matroschka, 14. Bird tags., 15. Embroidery detail, 16. Berries for Breakfast

A is for apples & aprons

Playing with Mosaic Maker today when I should be doing a thousand other things! A little 'apple' & 'apron' inspired creative goodness: 1. Apples and Pears Kids Cafe Apron, 2. Autumn's Apple, 3. Valentine Apron, 4. Polkadotted apple, 5. Ginger blossom hostess apron, 6. Alexander Henry Apples Pears Fabric, 7. First Apple Blossom, 8. Aprons, 9. Emmeline apron, 10. Green Apron, 11. Barefoot Roses Apron, 12. 'the birds and the apple tree' fabric collage, 13. Apples, 14. emmeline apron reverse side with tie in back, 15. birdy_tree, 16. Technicolor Apron