Year of Bunting Pincushion Tutorial With Mini Bunting I’ve got a thing about pincushions. It’s partly because I associate them with a simpler time, when milk lived in jugs with beaded crocheted covers and everybody ate boiled eggs, toast and cake for tea. It’s also because when it…
30 Minute Storage Basket One of the things I’ve discovered since I began home educating my 3 younger boys a few months ago is just how much more stuff there is! A while ago I posted this photo in a home ed Facebook group. Obviously the boys had…
Christmas Embroidery Project Although I love Christmas and making things for Christmas, over the last few years I’ve given up on the idea of making masses of stuff specifically for Christmas. It’s just too busy! And it has a habit of sneaking up on me. I know the…
Tote Bag Tutorial Here’s a tote bag tutorial! I’m not going to say an awful lot about this, except that I’ve made 2 of these bags for a teacher. They’re the correct size for carrying A4 exercise books, so they’d also be fine for carrying library books or…
Handmade Wallet Tutorial Although I quite like my current wallet, it’s looking distinctly tatty. It also has 2 major disadvantages. The first is that it’s huge and it takes up an awful lot of room in my bag. The second is that because it has so many useful…
Easy Tulle Circle Skirt One of the nice things about getting older is that I’m so much comfier in my own skin. I’m also much comfier in things I Iike wearing. I know what I like and I’m not bothered about what other people think! Being in the…