Today Sarah and I are thrilled to be a stop on the Handmade Living Book Launch Blog Tour. We warmly welcome Rosalind Grace of Grace Designs, one of the contributors to the book, with this guest post on Christmas Giving the Handmade Living way. There … [Read more...]
This ‘n’ That
Sarah made up a batch of Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars (Recipe from Martha Stewart) on the weekend and they were delicious!! The salted chocolate caramel layer was amazing. I think we will be making more of these over the festive season.Sarah and … [Read more...]
Christmas Favours
We are starting our Christmas celebrating early here this year as part of our extended family will be overseas for Christmas. I love to add some chocolates to gifts, especially when giving gift cards or money, as it makes it more festive. I seem to … [Read more...]
Quick Crochet Gift Tags
I crocheted up a batch of small granny squares using DMC Perle 5 in red and white, et voilà the Quick Crocheted Gift Tag was born.These would also work well in other colours - I can just visualise them in some pastel hues for Easter. … [Read more...]
Handmade Living Blog Tour
A Spoonful of Sugar is delighted to be a stop on Handmade living - a designer collective blog tour which starts tomorrow. Handmade Living, written by Tania McCartney, is a beautiful, hard cover lifestyle and handicraft book that features more than … [Read more...]
What I am Working on Today..
I usually work on a Monday but had to change my work days this week so I can attend a conference later in the week. It has been wonderful having today off - I met my Mum for coffee; did some more Christmas shopping; and even managed to get some … [Read more...]
My Bags are Packed, I’m Ready to Go…..
..... well not quite (and now I can't get that John Denver song out of my head!). I am heading off this afternoon for my first ever sewing retreat with Janelle and some other crafty ladies. The hard part is deciding how many projects to take (with no … [Read more...]
Tutorial: "Be Merry" Festive Garland
Here is a project that I designed for QFD Creative Christmas in July Online Stitching Event. I wanted to share it here as a free tutorial. This sweet bunting with its scallops, yo yo's and ricrac edging has a vintage feel. It will set the scene in … [Read more...]
Lounge Pants
Two pairs of Lounge Pants were sewn up last night using the "Take It Easy Lounge Pants" pattern from Sewing Green.I omitted the cuffs on the pant legs and added a drawstring to the waist band. They are super comfortable and will be just the … [Read more...]
Book Review: Make it Perfect
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...]
