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...
Yay For Happy Mail!
Yay For Happy Mail! There's nothing like getting something through the post that's not a bill. When I was younger, I would be endlessly writing letters. But nearly everybody's on Facebook now so it's not something I do very much. Not writing letters means I don't receive them either! So it is just bills, and stuff hubby's bought from Amazon. So it was a huge treat to get some happy mail in the post the other day from my new internet ... Read the Post...
DIY Bunting Card
DIY Bunting Card Having concentrated mostly on sewing for the last few years, I've decided with one thing and another to change direction a little bit and include more of other crafts. This is actually what I did when I started Tea and a Sewing Machine. It was called something else then, can't remember what, and it was awful! The website was impossible to navigate, the design was eye-poppingly bad and the photos were blurry. I promise ... Read the Post...