March 19, 2019

I wanted to use this musical fabric for Michelle’s card. She is quite an accomplished musician, as well as a talented photographer. I think so often of her Mum at this time of year; both Michelle and Ryan have birthdays in March and Brian and Diane’s wedding anniversary was in March.

February 24, 2019

In memory of Lynne, I try to incorporate a butterfly into Kristin’s card. This year the card is a butterfly. It was a free pattern and it wasn’t a very good one. I found that I had to do a lot of fussing and trimming for it to come out somewhere close to right. It was sent off early so hopefully it arrived on time.

February 10, 2019

When I came up to my studio to make Kevin’s card the block on the calendar for the day was the right size so I didn’t look any further – it seemed like a sign. I changed up the colours a bit.

The block is called Totem Pole, although it doesn’t resemble any of the poles we have around here. The quilting is part of a pattern called Aztec; I wasn’t able to complete the quilting pattern because the block was too small.

January 18, 2019

I couldn’t find a particularly suitable card for Will in my go-to book of blocks. Since I was short on time I decided to use a block I had made for another project that got halted after only a few weeks.

The front of the block didn’t inspire me much so I added a backing that is more suitable to Will – who will be eligible to drive in just a year!