Mother’s Day for Australian Mum’s is just around the corner and will celebrated on May 10 2020. This year is the perfect time to make Mum a home made gift whilst isolating. I am not sure about you, but I seem to have lost my sew-jo lately. With so much going on in the world, it is hard to be creative. Making small items that can be completed in an afternoon are what I am focusing on at present. It is nice to create something from your “scraps” and have a quick win, without investing a lot of time into a larger project. I recently sorted all my scraps into colours. I grabbed my Gifted with Love pdf sewing pattern and pink and grey scraps, and constructed this Mothers Day gift bag in around an hour. Rather than sew a two toned heart (as described in the pattern), I used assorted pink scraps – florals, checks, polka dots etc for the foundation paper pieced heart. They really pop against the pale grey text background. I omitted the boxed corners on the base for this bag to make it ev
