I don't mean to worry you, but Christmas is less than 3 weeks away! Eeeeekkkkk! I need to get my 'Christmas shopping skates' on! But if you need a few ideas for what to buy a fellow sewist (or yourself!!) then how about a kit? This is an exciting new […]
Hi everyone, I hope your week is going well. Can you believe it's December tomorrow?! And you know what that means!! Giveaway time! I'll be announcing the winner of my Tula Pink giveaway tomorrow evening, so if you haven't already entered, just sign up for my newsletter (right) and/or like my Facebook […]
School's back in session! (I can hear all the parents cheering from here!) When my kids were younger, we all enjoyed the 'stationery shop', filling up new pencil cases with brightly coloured pencils, funky shaped sharpeners and rubbers, new files and bendy rulers! But most of all I enjoyed making them items they could use […]
Here in N.Ireland we have really loooooooong school summer holidays. They start off slowly at the end of June, but seem to really speed up in August as we hurtle towards September! We are already in the throws of school uniform buying in the Hollies' household! So my 'Back to School' Pencil case in this […]
If you are lucky enough to be heading off on your travels this summer, you might need a giant pouch to keep all those toiletries and suncreams in!! The lovely peeps at Quilt Now sent me the cutest fabrics by Dashwood Studios called Mori Girl! As you can see, this pouch has stacks of room, […]
A few years ago I made a travel sewing pouch and ran a class teaching it. It proved really popular because a) it was easy to make and b) people saw a variety of uses for it! Pretty Patches Magazine really liked it too, and have published it in their July issue! This is a […]
Apologies to my bloggy friends living in the East of England, but it has been full-on sunny here .... all week! ALL WEEK! And more to come! Squeeee! Pardon my excitement, but it only happens once a millennia here! Timely then for my Flex Frame Sunglasses Cases to be published in Popular Patchwork this week. […]
Despite the chill factor, the sunny skies we've been having recently mean it is gardening weather once again! Have you got your summer seeds ready yet? I've already planted some beetroot and sunflowers, and am trying purple carrots for the first time this year! So here's a wee project for all you keen gardeners (& […]
Thank you to everyone who has been following along with my Easter mini series! You can find previous tutorials here: Easter Bunny Bags Easter Baby Bibs Carrot Cornets Apologies if you have had trouble downloading the PDF templates. I have amended the 'sharing' settings within GoogleDocs so I hope from now on you will find […]
