A Pumpkin Pincushion Tutorial Earlier in the year I made a pincushion. I had been guilty of putting pins in my mouth, even though I knew it was dangerous and therefore probably not a good idea. While watching The Great British Sewing Bee, I noticed that firstly none…
A couple of years ago I adopted the American practice of hanging a wreath on my door. The main reason was because I didn’t like how naked my door looked after I took the Christmas wreath down! This tied wreath is very easy to make and is a…
Last Sunday afternoon Boy 1 had a birthday party to go to, so I took the opportunity to have some autumn crafty fun with the other boys. This is not an exhaustive list of crafty things you can do with leaves, but it was enough to keep my…
Last week I decided it was time to start autumning things up a bit and also time to have another go at wet felting, so I embarked on an autumn felted picture. I used the woolly tufts that were in suitably autumnal colours and this was the result!…
It’s October! Yay! Definitely officially autumn! Although it does not really feel like autumn at the moment as it’s so warm and the leaves are still more green than anything. I like autumn. Being uncomfortably hot is as bad as being too cold in my opinion. Sunny autumn…