How to Print Onto Fabric With and Without Freezer Paper I’m on a bit of an embroidery thing at the moment, and one of the things that I’ve wanted to find out is how to print onto fabric. There are several ways of transferring embroidery designs onto fabric,…
How To Sew Lazy Daisy Stitch This post contains affiliate links. As the name suggests, lazy daisy stitch is useful for when you want to embroider the petals of flowers. It’s a stitch you often see on vintage table cloths where flowers have been embroidered by hand. They…
DIY Diary Pen Holder This post contains affiliate links. One of the things I’ve found with having 4 kids is that I’ve had to abandon all my natural inclinations to be scatty and force myself to become organised instead. As I have a tendency to forget things, I…
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…
An Easy Backpack Tutorial When my boys were tiny, I always had a bag of stuff for them. Little cups with milk or water in, an extra blanket, nappies, wipes, a bib, a change of clothes, spare socks, it was easy to fill a large bag! As they got…
An Oven Gloves Tutorial The full oven gloves tutorial is on the Minerva Crafts Bloggers’ Network. This post contains affiliate links. When we moved into our current house, one the things we wanted to do was redo the kitchen. Now, almost 14 years later,this might actually happen! I…