I finally took the plunge yesterday during the boys’ naps and did the final applique on Robyn’s quilt. It’s not perfect, but any bedding I would have made her wouldn’t have been perfect either, so it’s fitting. I ended up changing my mind on the pink I’d chosen for the bird’s breast and instead used some shot silk from a grab bag at a car boot that my mum picked up for me ages ago. It’s beautiful, bright pink from [...]

In the last few weeks of pregnancy I finally decided to a theme for the cot set I planned on making for our third babe. Black and white prints from Northcott mixed in with tone on tone blue and orange prints if it was a boy, and a tiny pink leopard print if I ended up delivering a girl. I had both options laid out on my sewing desk, ready for me to get stuck into when I returned from [...]