May Flowers pattern in the shop

This is my new pattern: May Flowers. I really like the colours of this one. It's so very spring-y! Which is funny because I actually started it in December or something. Maybe I was dreaming of spring then...

May Flowers is a fairly large pattern, about 8" wide! You need a pretty big hoop for that - if indeed you use a hoop. It just fits in 9" hoop! The pattern also includes a smaller version in case you want something that's Not Quite So Large!

Oh and there are 5 smaller elements in the pattern too. :-)

Get May Flowers in the Polka & Bloom shop now.

Too many colours

Is it just me, or is it sometimes really hard to pick colours for embroidery projects? You'd think having lots of colours would be a good thing but sometimes... it's like being a kid in a candy story, you just don't know what to get! :-)

Pattern sneak peek

 

Can you believe it, it's May already? Here's a wee sneak peek of the next Polka & Bloom pattern. Coming soon!

Pattern subscribers will be getting it later today, though. Right in their email inbox. :-)

Celebrating...

 

Hey! It's my birthday today! There's been nice food, a few presents and some beautiful tulips from my husband! :-)

I've got a wee present for you: take 10% off everything in the Polka & Bloom shop today and tomorrow. Enter this code at checkout: HAPPY.

Thank you so much for reading this blog - this past year has been pretty amazing. :-)

Not giving anything away....

 

I'm busy-busy-busily working on my book. I bet you can totally guess what this is going to be? Ok, maybe not. ;-)

If you'd like to see similarly elusive hints at what I'm working on for the book, I add the odd photo on Instagram from time to time. Find me as polkaandbloom :-)

Polka & Bloom now on Facebook

Hey! You can now find Polka & Bloom on Facebook. I'm new to this Fb lark, so bear with me as I bumble along and try to figure it all out! ;-)

Do pop over and say hi, or something else perhaps. S'all good. :-)

Thank you Australian Homespun

Friends of Polka & Bloom in Australia can now pick up a copy of Australian Homespun (issue 13.3) with a pattern made especially for that magazine! And not only that, there's an interview with me!

And would you look at that, they put my name on the cover! At first I didn't even notice because I was so excited to see the spreads inside. When I noticed the cover, we were driving and I think I startled my husband slightly when I yelped "OMG my name is on the cover!" ;-)

You can click on the images to view them larger over on Flickr if you fancy.