Easter Projects to Sew
Easter and spring are such lovely seasons to sew for — full of soft colours, fresh starts, and small handmade touches that brighten your home. This time of year is perfect for quick, beginner‑friendly projects that use up your favourite scraps and add a little seasonal charm to your table, gift baskets, or décor. I’ve gathered ten of my most popular Easter and Spring sewing patterns below, each one simple to make, scrap‑friendly, and ideal for gifting. Whether you’re stitching for your home or … [Read More...]
Book Reviews: From the Family Kitchen, and Fine Cooking Italian
Books are the perfect gift to both give and receive. Whether it be novels, craft or cooking books - we love them all. We have a couple of titles today that will interest home cooks and would make terrific gifts for … [Read More...]
Sablés with Caramel Glaze
If you love buttery biscuits (cookies) as much as we do, you will enjoy these French Sablés with a Caramel Glaze. They are light and crisp, and are the perfect accompaniment to a cup of tea. They taste amazing fresh from … [Read More...]
Stitched Gift Cards
To fit with our French Inspired / Red Gingham Christmas theme, we have made some Gingham Gift Cards. Our gift wrap this year will be white, so we wanted our gift cards to be fairly simple. Stars and Hearts will be … [Read More...]
Seam Allowance Guide
We love sewing and haberdashery gadgets - anything that makes our sewing time easier and more efficient is always welcome. We were recently sent a Seam Allowance Guide by Jodie from The Haby Goddess to review. We can't … [Read More...]
Vanilla Macarons
We love school holidays - it means that Sarah has more time to potter around in the kitchen. This week she made some amazing vanilla macarons, coloured a delicate shade of pink. She used the basic macaron recipe from … [Read More...]
French Inspired Christmas: Gift Tags and Fabric Tape
We love Christmas here at A Spoonful of Sugar - it is the most wonderful time of the year and it really brings out our creative energy. Each year we have a colour theme that we work around. This year we will be … [Read More...]
Travel Neck Pillow Cover
Sarah and I are planning a fabulous Mother/Daughter holiday next year to Paris so our mind is filled with travel related projects. I spotted travel pillow covers made by Anna over at Thimbelanna for her recent trip which … [Read More...]
Win a VersaCook Multi Cooker X5
There was much excitement this week, when the lovely people at Sunbeam sent us a VersaCook Multi Cooker X5 to review. It is an all-in-one electronic multi cooker that can be used as a deep fryer, frypan, slow cooker, … [Read More...]
