How to Sew a Bean Bag Chair A little while ago, my boys expressed a need for bean bag chairs. They like the idea of having somewhere comfy to sit where they can read or chill out that’s not a sofa downstairs or their beds. There’s one chair…
10 Ways to Get Ready For Christmas Crafts Now Christmas always sneaks up on me. I know the date never changes, but somehow every year I find it’s the end of November before I’ve even started to think about Christmas crafts and what I might make. I suspect it…
Little House Bag Tutorial and Giveaway Recently I was sent some beautiful fabric from the new Tilda Harvest collection so that I could once again participate in their blog hop. As well as the lovely new fabric collection which you can find here, a new Tilda ebook is…
How to Upcycle an Old Pillow Into a Cushion Some time ago we replaced all the tired old synthetic pillows with nice new feather ones. I love a feather pillow, but I was left with a load of saggy old pillows that I didn’t know what to do…
How to Sew a Cushion With a Pocket My son Aidan is a boy after his mothers’ heart. Like me, he prefers the colder months, and when the weather gets cold, he likes to curl up in an armchair near the fire and read. Along with sewing and cuddling…
How to Make Clothes Without a Pattern Can I Make Clothes Without a Pattern? A couple of years ago I started asking myself whether it was possible to make clothes without a pattern. Was it possible for somebody with no formal training to make something completely from scratch?…