Just thought I would share a few of my favourite Mother’s Day gifts if you are going to make something. There are so many things you could make but I’m just limiting to a couple of my favourites. Lil Pip Clutch Last year I wrote tutorials for metal frames supplied with the Sew Box monthly […]
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Mask frenzy of 2020
Mask frenzy of 2020 Why hello long neglected blog. Life? Everything else just seems to be a priority before writing long blog posts that I’m not convinced people will read. BUT Then a worldwide pandemic happened and a week ago we were encouraged and then mandated to wear masks and suddenly my sewing skills (or […]
Improv cushion for the Modern Makers Retreat blog tour Prepare for photo overload! A few months ago, I sorta, kinda, maybe started another business with two crazy chicks (you can read all about it over at Modern Makers Retreat). This month we launched the Cushion Palooza competition (terms and conditions here). We decided to have […]
Making Merry Garland Pattern When one of your quilty idols asks ever so nicely if you can test a pattern for her …. you ponder for about 3 seconds and almost scream down the (thankfully) email with of a measured response of ‘yes, I’d love to’ (I was totes playing it cool). So the pattern […]
FriXion Pen – a ‘scientific’ test on fabric I’ve been using the Pilot Frixion pens for a while but with my recent foray into the land of quilting (am I a quilter now?), I thought I would conduct a very rigorous scientific experiment to see how they shape up (you can detect the sarcasm there […]
My New Year blog-olutions I’ve been thinking … dangerous I know. I’ve noticed a trend with some of my favourite bloggers. Writing less and less and just snapping more and more. What? It’s the Instagram sharing I’m talking about. My current Instagram feed – with Jingle our elf and a few handmade Christmas things I […]
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Open for business
Open for business Been a little quiet around here but busily preparing for markets and our online store is now open again. You will find these items available now with more coming soon. Some are new, some are end of lines – with discounts! Shop now for Christmas or a new summer wardrobe. Posted by […]
Hour basket for a baby gift Not ANOTHER hour basket right? My first hour basket The selfish swap hour basket The ‘Create’ swap hour basket And there are more, I just haven’t blogged them!! Another baby to make for and this time I was factoring in that I would be going to Brisbane for work […]
New baby gift set My next door neighbour had her second baby last week. We are pretty close and when I got the call, was happy to head over for a sleep over to take care of bubs big sister (she is 2!). It was a pretty exciting week with lots of playdates with my […]
Cotton and Steel Herringbone Quilt … and why I will never make 120 HSTs again! Ms Midge (aka Melissa but seriously everyone calls her Midge!) regularly hosts Charm Swaps and when I saw this one come up for Cotton and Steel – I was in! 56 people buy two fabrics, cut them into 5 inch […]