Thanksgiving is this week, although being an English girl I don’t celebrate it. Our November holiday is Guy Fawkes, also known as Bonfire night, which involves setting off fireworks and eating toffee apples. When I was a little girl, it was usual for children to make a person…
One of my favourite pre Christmas jobs is decorating the Christmas tree. Anybody looking at my tree might think it’s a bit of a mess! It’s not colour coordinated and nothing matches. It looks nothing like a tree you might see in a shop. A lot of our…
A DIY tote bag is always useful, and over the years I’ve made a lot! It’s often handy to have a spare bag, and even if you don’t need one for shopping, you can use them for storing things in. I have a tote bag with wrapping paper…
This is a guest post from Singer Outlet, who sell not only sewing machines but a whole range of sewing related things. Hobbies can be expensive, and sewing is no exception! But, here’s the good news; you can get a great value, high-quality sewing machine second-hand. Buying all…
More than any other season, I’ve always loved the autumn. I can remember when I was a little girl, probably about 7 or so, my teacher asked us to write about which was a favourite season and why. I knew mine was the autumn! But being a little…
The other posts in this mini series can be found here. In the previous posts, we’ve been through what all the bits of the sewing machine are, how to set your machine up ready for sewing and how to actually sew with it. In this post, we’re going…