Zelie's Roses

I have a dear customer in Australia, who likes to order special gifts for any friends who are having babies. The input from said customer is...

I was recently commissioned by a Godmother to be, to make an outfit for a baby's Baptism. I was told that a splendid gown, with a bonnet...

So the ordinations took place last Friday, in the Traditional Rite, with Bishop Egan doing the honours, and I feel very blessed to have atte...

I have been working on a special ordination gift that some friends of a chap who is about to be ordained wanted made. They are not wealthy f...

I didn't have too many first Holy Communion dresses this year. I think St. Zelie just sends me what I can cope with - two wedding dresse...

How about having a pillow case made to celebrate the victory of Don Juan of Austria over the Moslems at the Battle of Lepanto! White fo...

In between making First Holy Communion dresses and mantillas, I've been having fun with the embroidery machine, making another tea cosy...

Aren't these chaps sweet? Stuffed with polystyrene balls, so they are like bean bags, but fully washable.

I have really enjoyed making gifts this last year, combining the embroidering & applique skills of my machine with practical objects ...