Diane's Decorating Diary

The Rose of England The Irish Shamrock - I used Gerry K's tutorial and made it on emerald green felt, outlining the shape with t...

I can be so tempted when it comes to cake decorating tools.  And this set of rose petal cutters is my latest indulgence.  I visualize a ma...

This is my naked block for the CQI All about angels RR.  I began with a cute little impressed angel image on the centre velvet patch, ...

Thank Goodness, these have been found. CT Publishing has recently announced that a few quilts, in their guardian...

It doesn't happen often enough, but this past Canada Day weekend, all six of my grandkids were under one roof!   From left, Jack (8) ...

Here's the latest addition to my family.  This little sweetheart is now 8 days old and is the second child for my daughter Suzie and ...

My beautiful basically beaded block!  This is my finished CQI RR block worked on so richly by Arlene, Kathy, Meg and Pegsue.  The block w...

My finished Brazilian CQI Round Robin.  The group working on this RR did a great job.  The block is beautiful and very delicate.  The...

This is my Mourning Heart for Hideko. It's on black grosgrain, with sections of grey linen, black velvet and black lace over whit...

  This beautiful magnolia tree is in full bloom.  This is on my "to do" list as something to embroider.  My sug...

The one on the left is a black fruit cake, the other a vanilla cake with lemon curd buttercream filling.  Both are covered in fondant...

This is the cake that members of CSSA (Canadian Society of Sugar Artistry) made for the Canada Blooms show.  To our great surprise our bo...

It's finished and was a joy to work on.  It will be part of a quilt to raise money for those in need due to the recent earthquake/tsu...

My crazy quilting group "Crazy Quilting International" has been quick off the mark in providing a project for us to help those a...