Hello and welcome! 

You may have come here after following along with me at the Miette Handmade blog or my old website, or perhaps you've done a search for familly portrait illustrations or handmade baby quilts and found yourself here. However you have arrived... welcome! 

My name is Joanna Francis and I created Miette Handmade after the birth of my son, Leo. I needed an outlet for my creativity, and something that would help ease a little the fog of new motherhood and so I began to sew. More accurately, I started piecing together bits of fabric I had collected over the years to create baby quilts. Miette Handmade became a collection of baby quilts and blankets, cushions and other bits and pieces, made by me using beautiful fabrics.

More recently, I started creating watercolour family portrait illustrations, based on photos that people sent me, and now this is the bulk of the work that I do.

My kids are now older, I have a less creative job that takes up most of my time and I’m also studying a Masters of Therapeutic Arts Practice. So you know, life.

For a while there I was taking photos and writing on the blog page about some of my other loves... family, good food, travel, France, photography and the joys of nature. I might start that up again if the mood takes me. But mostly Miette Handmade is now a business focusing on creating custom family portrait commissions - click here to go the Etsy page . So do get in touch if you’re interested or have questions.

You can also join me in the little squares on Instagram. 

 Thanks again for visiting.

Joanna

photo credit: Kate Berry