Kids Clothes Week Challenge – Day 2 After seeing Ros from Sew Delicious’s version of the Tumble Tee – I knew it was a pattern I wanted to try. And it was another that came in the Sew Fab bundle – so that is now two patterns I have made. Just one more to make […]
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Kids Clothes Week Challenge – Day 1 If you missed my post on Friday – I planned out what I was going to make this week. Mmmm or my ‘no worries, I can do this, pie in the sky, never going to happen’ inspiration. The idea is that you spend just one hour a day […]
Animal cards craze Anyone else completely caught up in this? We completely missed it. By the time I found out, it finished (we don’t usually shop at Woolies). So thanks to some generous friends sending us some, my two now have lots of cards to swap and share. I’m loving the educational aspect – Master […]
Am I getting old? This a blog post without pictures – so please stay to read my rambles. I’m mid thirties. Well kinda on the slide to 40 but I will say mid, ok? I’ve been trying to do more exercise than just walking and running. Earlier this year I started outdoor training through my […]
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Crafting retreat weekend
Crafting Retreat Weekend On the weekend I was lucky to head off to a crafting weekend with girls from The Sewing Sisterhood. I joined (from the photo above from left to right): – Amy from Ladybugs and Daisychains – Leigh from Sakurako with her gorgeous baby Emma – Mel from Handmade by 3 Little B’s […]
Little owl project It may not be completely obvious but if you look around my blog or Facebook page you will notice I have a little bit of a thing for owls. On the weekend, I went to a craft retreat with girls from The Sewing Sisterhood. I have met most of them before and […]
Happy birthday to my baby boy For yesterday (I didn’t want to mess with my Pin it Friday post!). Really it doesn’t seem like 7 years since he was like this! Look at those lashes – ahh-maze-ing! This was his first day of ‘school’. I went back to work a couple of days a week […]
And the winners are…. Ready for the Oscar moment (kinda feels like it with that intro!). The winners of the Funky Mister Shorts pattern giveaways are …drum roll … Melissa aka Ms Midge is the winner of the sewer giveaway – winning the pattern and fabric of her choosing (you have to let me know!). […]
Ten things to include in your craft market or show survival kit I’m not talking about your products or displays, I’m talking about all the extra things you might need or not think to take. A survival kit basically! I keep all my things in a little plastic box with a lid. It all fits […]
Pattern review: Little Sew and Sews Tool Set and Saw Another one for boys – in honour of my little man’s birthday this week. Little Sew and Sews Tool Set and Saw Once again a review of a pattern especially for little boys (although I have made girls versions of these too!). I did a […]