Easy Child’s Travel Pillow Tutorial If you make long car journeys with children, you want to know that they are going to be comfortable as well as safe in the back of the car. And if they get so comfortable they fall asleep, that’s even better! The problem…
A Crocheted Slippers Tutorial A couple of weeks ago Cosmo asked me to make him some crocheted slippers. I’d made some a year or so ago for the older boys and Cosmo had found some of the ones that I’d made previously and insisted that I made him…
Inspirational Quotes For Crafters We can all use some inspirational quotes for crafters sometimes. It would be lovely to pretend that we live in some kind of Pinterest parallel universe where everything is perfect. Where nothing goes wrong, we always have plenty of ideas and we never look at…
A Pattern Weights Tutorial Whenever I make clothes for myself, whether I use a commercial pattern or a pattern that I made myself, it’s the cutting out stage that always takes longest. Since I started using a rotary cutter, the process has got quicker than when I was…
A Wrist Pincushion Tutorial There is an updated version of this tutorial on how to make a wrist pincushion! Also the craft kits are back on Etsy, and you can find them here. I have a confession to make. I used to put pins in my mouth. And…
A Quilt Block Cushions Tutorial Although I have never made a patchwork quilt, I love quilt blocks. Having the attention span of a goldfish, I usually avoid huge projects this because I know there’s a good chance I won’t ever finish them! But quilt blocks don’t just have to…