No time to sew? This little treasure can be whipped up in no time at all. Pink Penguin has a great tutorial for making this cute little fa...

I posted a little while ago about the quilt my Mum was making for my Grandma  who has recently moved (reluctantly) into an Aged Care home. ...

I spotted this beautiful tree while taking the kids to school this morning. I have no idea what it is, but it is spectacular. The most wond...

A little bit of this ... and a little bit of that ... a little Dear Jane ... and a whole lot of nothing much at all!

Fellow stitcher & rose-lover, Joy , left me a comment recently. She is the creative soul behind Joypatch , and the designer of a bag I m...

We were back at the farm on the weekend for a birthday camping sleepover (hmmm, more like 'talk-over'!) for my newly 13-year-old dau...

My Dear Jane blocks have been languishing, unattended in their little box for weeks. I am far behind the group, & won't even count h...

Genius points to my lovely friend Belinda who identified Specimen #1 as Iris Japonica or 'Poor Man's Orchid'. The leaves are so ...

OK, all you cool climate gardeners out there - I need your help to identify some plants I found at the Botanic Gardens earlier in the week. ...

My wander in the Botanic Gardens yielded many spring treasures.  The simple beauty of magnolias ... ... led to some stunning dogwoods in f...