DIY Tulle Skirt With a Hanky Hem I’d been considering making or buying a tulle skirt for a while. The thing that was putting me off was the idea that I am perhaps a little on the old side to go galumphing through the Norfolk countryside like an…
How to Make a Needle Felted Pumpkin There’s something about autumn that makes me want to leave the sewing machine alone a little bit and reach for some woolly crafts. I discovered wet felting a few years ago, and if you’re looking for a new craft to try,…
DIY Bag Organiser: The End of Losing Stuff in Your Bag! Back in July, one of my lovely readers emailed me to ask if I could write a tutorial showing how to sew a DIY bag organiser. She said that she is forever losing stuff at the bottom…
Craft Hoarding: 8 Tips to Stop the Stuff From Taking Over Whether you have a whole room devoted to sewing, or whether your stuff is stashed behind the bedroom door, lots of us often find ourselves with same problem. We find ourselves craft hoarding and It takes over….
DIY Autumn Flower Arrangement One of the positive things I’ve discovered about getting older is that I’m much comfier in my own skin. Among the things I have realised are that it’s fine to be a home loving introvert with anti social tendencies and preferring the colder months…
How to Sew In an Invisible Zip When it comes to sewing, zips are tricky, and knowing how to sew in an invisible zip is especially so. If you’re sewing something using a pattern, the proper way of attaching the zip is often fiddly and awkward and the results are possible…