How to Make a Drawstring Bag From a Pillowcase is the first in a series of posts I’m writing about storage ideas that are easy to make. If your house is anything like mine, every available surface has probably disappeared under the chaos of post Christmas clutter. Toys…
With Christmas Jumper Day fast approaching, I thought it would be fun to make a Christmas jumperย for Boy 4. I had an idea for making something with an interactive element. I didn’t want anything too complicated, perhapsย something involving a pocket. So here we have Santa and a chimney!…
Do you remember the part in Superman where Superman’s mum makes his superhero costume? A couple ofย weeks ago I wasย Superman’s mum. It was Children in Need Day and the boys wereย required to go toย school dressed up as superheroes. Typical of my boys, they wanted to go as superheroes…
Now that the days are starting to become a little chillier, I was facing a bit of a problem whenever I leave the house. Boy 4 has outgrown his cute little fleece jacket that he wore last autumn, but it is not yet cold enough for his big…
Making buttonholes that look neat is one of those things that can make the difference between your finished itemย looking handmade and it looking homemade. In other words, you don’t want to botch it because it could spoil the look of the beautiful thing you have spent hours making….
Recently theย boys attended the children’s holiday club at our church. They had a great time! One of the ways in which the children were motivated to join in was by giving them fake coins to put in little purses. They were all counted up at the end of…