Back to my EPP

Posted on May 26, 2025 Posted in craft, sewing, UpdateTagged art, cotton, craft, design, embroidery, English paper piecing, EPP, Fabric, fun, hand made, handmade, journal, make do and mend, mindfulness, pattern, photos, quilting, reflection, Sewing, tracker, tracking, update, updatesLeave a comment

It’s been a while! It’s a great project for when we’re away in the caravan. It’s been 5 years since I started this project in lockdown and it’s still toddling along.

Like I’ve said before, I don’t mind how long it takes, it’s more about the process than the end result.

I’ve still got quite a few chunks of cut hexis ready to prep.

This is what I’ve sewn together so far…

It’s been hanging on my wall for a while now

I’m not sure if I want to continue this pattern or to make it more random and less calico plain hexis. Not sure yet… we’ll see!

When I get my physical copy of my new crafty journal, I’m looking forward to putting my EPP project into it! It’ll definitely help me come up with some more design and layout ideas for my EPP quilt ❤️🐝

I’ve launched my Own Crafting Journal that you can buy!!

Posted on May 21, 2025 Posted in UpdateTagged art, craft, crochet, design, handmade, journal, journaling, make do and mend, mindfulness, quilting, reflection, Sewing, tracker, tracking, updateLeave a comment

I’ve designed a crafting journal and launched it today on Amazon KDP!

My Crafty Journal available now on Amazon!

Click here to buy!

My Crafty Journal: The best place to organise all your creative projects | Plan | Create | Reflect

Overview

A comprehensive journal for tracking and managing creative projects across various mediums

Journal Features

1. Ultimate To-Do List – Space to brain dump creative ideas

2. Craft 365 Tracker – Yearly creativity tracking

3. Project Planner
Sections for: Project details, Materials needed, Inspiration sketch, Notes

4. Project Reflection prompts for: Emotional assessment, Learning experiences, Future improvements

5. Additional Tracking Tools: Moodboard, Stash Tracker, Stash Wish List, WIP (Work in Progress) Log, Makes Gallery, Mind Map, Sketch Pages

6. Planning Sections: Future Log, Monthly Planner, Time-blocking

Key Points

A versatile creative journal designed to support artists and crafters in organising, tracking, and reflecting on their projects across multiple mediums.

My Crafty Journal: The best place to organise all your creative projects | Plan | Create | Reflect

Thank you 🙏

I got a new baby…

Posted on April 7, 2025 Posted in sewingTagged craft, custom, design, embroidery, Fabric, fun, make do and mend, make your own, personalised, Sewing, updatesLeave a comment

…a sewing machine baby that is 🪡

It’s a Brother innovis F540E embroidery machine 😱

OMG he’s so snazzy.

My first little tester

It’s so amazing. I’ve only had a little play so far, but very exciting potential. I just need to figure out how to get my designs onto it, not just the preloaded designs.

There’s a program called Inkscape with an embroidery design extension called stitchscape. It’s a free open source vector graphics design editor. I have experience using photoshop, coral painter and most recently, procreate but this has been a steep learning curve. Many tutorial videos will be watched!

First attempt not bad at all!

There will be more machine embroidery 🧵 exciting!

Babi wearing 2 Mami made items today

Posted on April 4, 2025 Posted in crochet, sewing, storiesTagged baby, cotton, craft, crochet, Fabric, Family, hand made, handmade, make do and mend, SewingLeave a comment

My little model wearing her cute red polka dot red dress I made and a crochet cardigan. She loved doing twirls and showing off in her little outfit.

I do have another blog post about the little red dress so I hope to post that soon!

Free Crochet pattern “Flower child sweater” by Double Stitch Twins, from Yarnspirations.com

Making some Digital Art on Procreate

Posted on March 16, 2025 Posted in drawing, UpdateTagged Apple Pencil, art, craft, design, digital art, embroidery, freehand machine embroidery, handmade, iPad, machine embroidery, make do and mend, procreate, SewingLeave a comment

I made some art on procreate based on a piece of machine embroidery I made many years ago. I’m not massively confident using procreate but here’s my attempt.

Ps I know it’s “make do and mend”, but I added the comma on purpose to reclaim the concept for modern times.

YouTube video of Procreate Timelapse

Music in video by my husband Rhodri – find a link to his band camp site here

Scan or click for link to my TikTok profile

Feeling Nostalgic

Posted on March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 Posted in Baby awearing, craft, sewing, storiesTagged baby wearing, craft, handmade, SewingLeave a comment

Custom Sling

Looking back through some of my old posts, I saw this picture of my old little sewing nook in our old house in Cardiff and really miss having this little space of my own to be able to sew and craft whenever inspirado takes me ❤️

4 years of EPP

Posted on March 19, 2024 Posted in sewing, UpdateTagged beginners, cotton, craft, design, English paper piecing, EPP, Fabric, Family, fun, hand made, handmade, Lifestyle, make do and mend, make your own, News, pattern, photos, quilting, Sewing, updatesLeave a comment

Can’t believe I started my EPP quilt four years ago, right at the start of the first Covid lockdown down. seems like an actual lifetime ago!

Since then I’ve:

Finished my degree (with a 1st) *smug*
Got a job
Had a baby 😱
Continued my EPP whenever I’ve got a spare hour or so…

Little anniversaries make you reflect on what you’ve achieved (or not) in the time that’s past.

Wonder what we’ll be doing in four years time? 🤔

I wonder how far I’ll have got with my EPP! Will I ever finish it?!

Honestly, I don’t actually mind. I know this is a long term project, it doesn’t matter how long it takes. It’s more about the process than the finished product.

Storage appreciation

Posted on February 21, 2024 Posted in UpdateTagged craft, English paper piecing, EPP, Fabric, fun, handmade, quilting, Sewing, storage, updates2 Comments

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how perfectly my hexis fit in this storage box 😍

It’s a 0.75L “really useful box”. I bought a pack of 8 from Amazon. Dimensions 19.5L x 13.5W x 5.5H cm

I’m ridiculously pleased with this! I’ve been looking for something to to store my hexis in for ages and everything was just a tiny bit too small or much too big. These are literally perfect!

Just needed to share my joy ❤️