Looking for a fun and easy Halloween craft project? How about these fun wooden blocks decorate to look like pumpkins and candy corn made by a friend of mine. You […]
DIY Holiday Sewing Gifts
Looking for a really easy DIY Gift for the holiday?How about running up a custom tea towel? These tea towels are all part of my Terrific Tea Towel collection and […]
Halloween 2020
I am not quite sure what Halloween will hold this year but there is no reason why you shouldn’t get in the spirit of things! Halloween Face Masks Have a […]
Easy Sewing Project: Mama Cat
Here is a fun sewing project suitable for absolute beginners – Mama Cat. A sweet mummy cat and a kitten to pop into the pocket on her dress. And super […]
My Chicago Garden
Gardening , yard work, whatever you like to call it, for me it is not a chore. Instead getting down on my hands and knees, pulling weeds and tending to […]
Cat Pattern Fabric
For the last few months I have been keeping myself entertained/busy/sane by entering weekly Spoonflower pattern design challenges. I have to say in that time I have been pretty successful. […]
End of lockdown celebration popup card
I may be jumping the gun a bit but at least there are some signs that Covid-19 lockdown is being eased a little. I don’t know about you but I […]
It’s over to my readers
I have been creating for and writing “Creative in Chicago” for ten years now – yikes where does that time go! In that time I have posted oodles of art […]
Create Tessellated Art
Bored out of your mind in lock down hell? Here is a little something that will waste and hour or two and give you something pretty to hang on your […]
Boredom Buster Art Tutorials
Gosh it has been five weeks in lockdown. Cabin fever anyone? I am doing a round up today of painting tutorials so by the time lockdown is at an end […]