Decorating a Cake: How To Make Washi Tape Bunting Although I've like making things all my life, when it comes to being creative in the kitchen, I'm definitely a work in progress! When my mum taught me how to sew, knit and crochet, she also taught me how to bake. My mum made amazing birthday cakes. There was the blue one when I was 4, in the shape of a 4 with jelly diamonds, and the Mr Happy cake when I was 5. Also the rabbit cake she ... Read the Post...
How To Make a Tied Wreath
How To Make a Tied Wreath Last week I decided it was time to make my front door a present in the form of a tied wreath. A few years ago I made a new wreath for my door every couple of months. What with everything else that was going on, I'd stopped doing this and my poor door was wearing a wreath that I made 3 years ago! Making some more bunting to hang off the front of my house, it occurred to me that the bits left over could be cut ... Read the Post...
Year of Bunting July Challenge: Bunting For a Card or a Cake
Year of Bunting July Challenge: Bunting For a Card or a Cake Over the last 10 days or so, it's somehow become July. So it's time to have a look at what people who took part in June's Year of Bunting challenge made! There was only one entry last month. It was this bunting from Hazel, cleverly made from compost bags. This isn't something I would have ever thought of doing, so it didn't make it onto the list of possibilities when I ... Read the Post...
Crocheted Cushion Cover Pattern
Crocheted Cushion Cover Pattern Having spent a little while not feeling very inspired, it's so nice to actually have ideas again of things I want to make! A few weeks ago I made the decision to go back to what I used to do when I started Tea and a Sewing Machine. So now it's not just sewing. There will still be sewing but there'll be other crafts as well. So here's a crochet project. It's been a few years since I wrote a crochet tutorial ... Read the Post...