It must be nearly Christmas. How do I know? Apart from the date, obviously. I know because Boy 3 is bouncing off the ceiling. When he came out of school yesterday I thought his teachersย must have given him coffee! The Advent Calender is up, the pockets are stuffed and the sweeties are being eaten. The…
I often find that when the weather starts to get colder, I feel more inclined to woolly crafts. If it’s something larger, like a blanket, of course it has the added benefit of keeping my legs warm at the same time! But even smaller projects appeal as well. Deciding which colours to use for a…
A little while ago, I had an idea to make 4 little embroidered wreaths, one for each season. They were inspired by these Christmas ones I did a long time ago. And that idea came from a book about hand lettering when I was into that. I really do like all the seasons, and it’s…
This a repost of a tutorial I wrote several years ago after our first trip to the USA. I kept the pumpkins for a year or two, then I gave them along with these felted pumpkins to an American friend who misses the beautiful Minnesota autumns of her homeland. How to Make Easy To Sew…
When we had our kitchen redone a few years ago, one of the first things I did was make some new tea towels. Making new tea towels is an easy thing to do. You can just cut rectangles from pretty cotton fabric and hem them, then decorate them if you want to. I still have…
I had the horrible realisation the other day that summer is almost over. It doesn’t feel like we’ve had much of a summer in the UK. There were some nice days in May, then it was cold for ages! But even though the weather is nice now, there’s only about a week of the summer…