• competition - crafts - giveaway - Royal crafts - wedding

    Sew, Mama, Sew fabric giveaway

    May 22, 2011 - By 

    I thought I would participate in the Sew, Mama, Sew May Giveaway Day 2011. Up for grabs I have one metre of Royal Wedding fabric which I bought from my favourite department store, John Lewis. The fabric was produced to commemorate the wedding of Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton on Friday 29th 2011. I was going to make something commemorative for the Royal Wedding but never got round to it. Rather than leave it sitting in my fabric drawer I thought I would offer it to someone who might actually use it! It would make lovely summery bunting, a…

  • sewing - swap - swaps

    Another scrappy swap

    March 8, 2011 - By 

    I’m trying to collect a range of fabrics so I don’t just have Cath Kidston fabrics. With this is mind I recently signed up for a Scrappy Fabric swap over at Very Berry Handmade. I sent off  a pack of scraps to my partner Nikki (which I hope she liked) and received a little parcel from Teresa at A Time for Stitching. I love getting mail and this packet was no exception as it was stuffed full of lovely fabrics. Teresa also included some vintage buttons which will be great for my stash. My next project is a mug rug…

  • baby - giveaway - handmade - sewing

    Reversible hoodie pattern from Kitschy Coo

    September 17, 2010 - By 

    A couple of weeks ago Kitschy Coo put a call out to test her new reversible hoodie pattern. I leapt at the chance. I’m a complete novice crafter but love handmade so I had to give it a go. I chose a fleecy orange for the lining and green camouflage for the shell. The pattern was well laid out with easy to follow steps. First I cut the pattern in both fabrics. I put the shell and lining together, with ribbing for the cuffs and waistband. The hoodie took me an evening to cut out and an afternoon to piece…

  • baby - eczema - handmade - sewing

    How to make a simple dribble bib

    August 23, 2010 - By 

    My son dribbles a lot. He’s coming up to 6 months and we’re waiting for him to cut his first tooth – I can see it! To try and protect his clothes and prevent his eczema getting aggravated I’ve made him a number of dribble bibs to mop up the drool. This pic shows him wearing one in my favourite Michael Miller fabric. You can buy dribble bibs everywhere but this took 15 mins on my trusty vintage Singer! How to make a simple dribble bib: I cut a rough triangle shape from two pieces of fabric, I used a…

  • swaps

    More beautiful fabrics

    October 2, 2007 - By 

    When I got home from work today there was a lovely package waiting for me from my swap partner in the Scrap Swap, organised by Belinda and Kate. Ellen, with the help of her daughters, sent me some gorgeous fabrics which I’m going to use in my next doll quilt.