Sarah and I were contacted recently by the lovely folks at Penguin Australia, asking us if we would like to review sewing/craft books. Of course we jumped at the chance - we are big book lovers here!Yesterday we arrived home to find a copy of Make it … [Read more...]
Houses and More
It has been a fun week, as another magazine arrived today that has a couple of my projects in it.After making all those Advent Houses, I still had Houses on my brain, when I made up this Terrace Houses Utility Apron. It has three handy pockets for … [Read more...]
Cathedral Window Cushion
The classic Cathedral Window patchwork block is one of my all time favourites. In fact, my first ever Patchwork project was a pair of Cathedral Window cushions for my bedroom when I was in my teens. I recently designed a cushion for Homespun … [Read more...]
Banana Caramel Cupcakes
Everything looks better with some Japanese Masking Tape....I used the Banana Caramel Cupcake recipe from Cupcakes, Cheesecakes, and Cookies, with a lemon cream cheese frosting. They were the perfect afternoon tea treat today:)I purchased my tape … [Read more...]
Postage Stamp Gift Tags
When my children were in primary school, they were both given a stamp album for their birthday when they were around 8 years old. I figured that it was more fun to collect stamps than Pokemon cards. We used to save all our stamps and then each school … [Read more...]
More Masking Tape….
I have been busy sewing this week and hope to show you what I have been working on soon. I have also been playing around with my Japanese Masking Tape - adding tape to packaging and cards. I decorated some plain white matchboxes with tape, paper, and … [Read more...]
Gifts in a Jar
Sarah is not a big lover of commercial cereals (apart from the chocolatey variety!) so she decided to make her own. She adapted a recipe that she found at Whole Living, adding in her favourite nuts (macadamias, almonds), seeds (sesame seeds), spices … [Read more...]
Lazy Sunday
Sarah spoilt us this afternoon with a lovely batch of Marble Cupcakes. She used a recipe from Martha Stewart Cupcakes - they were delicious!Thanks to Susan for alerting me to the fact that Spotlight had some polka dotted wrapping paper. I dashed … [Read more...]
Teen Art
Sarah played around with the cricut yesterday to make up a couple of pictures to put on her desk - in her new aqua/red colour scheme.First up I spray painted a couple of old picture frames a glossy white.Then Sarah cut out some polka dotted … [Read more...]
Book Review: Embroidery Companion by Alicia Paulson
I was fortunate to pick up a copy of Embroidery Companion - Classic Designs for Modern Living by Alicia Paulson at the library yesterday. I have spent some time this afternoon admiring all the wonderful and creative projects within its pages. The … [Read more...]
Bliss
It was a happy mail day today when my order of Bliss arrived from the Ladybug Quilt Shop. This is destined to be a new quilt for Sarah. We will be giving her room a make-over during the summer holidays - with an aqua and red theme.I can't wait to get … [Read more...]
Bunting etc …
I love mini bunting and decided that some would add a bit of fun to Sarah's bulletin board. Last night I cut some paper scraps in shades of red, aqua, and pink. I just need to string them together with some twine and it will be ready.I bought my … [Read more...]
