The Double Take
Time management was thrown out the window earlier this week when I committed to having a stall at a local market. I literally haven’t left my house in three days. I have RSI in my ankles from driving...
View ArticleHow-To Save Paper Patterns – A Tutorial
If you want to use your paper patterns over and over again this is what you need to do! You will need Easy Trace or a similar thin and see through, yet stable, material/interfacing – baking paper...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Been Working On
I have spent a lot of time over the past week or so sewing, sewing , sewing! I have a stall at some markets this coming weekend and I thought I’d share with you some of what I’ve been making lately. So...
View ArticleFor The Love of Fabric
Yesterday I held a market stall. Yesterday I sold one item. Long hours of preparation went into all of my items, late nights, special moments away from my children, and so very, very, much effort. The...
View ArticleBringing the Tulle
This seems to be a week of confessions. My confession for the day is this: I love tulle. Preferably in a rainbow of colours, the more the better. I realise it’s not everyone’s cup of tea and it can be...
View ArticleIf at First You Don’t Succeed . . . Simply The Best Saturday
UPDATE: Find a giveaway at the bottom of this post! If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. I am known to say this quite a lot. You know the thing you tell yourself when you keep managing to...
View ArticleA Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Dress
A Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Dress. Almost. Playing along with My Little Drummer Boys for Wordless Wednesday.
View ArticleThe Party Outfit
Today is my baby girls first Birthday. She is such a ray of light in our lives. She loves spinning and dancing. She loves babies, especially their eyes. She loves her daddy and her brother and my...
View ArticleA Gift For a Girl
We attended another birthday party yesterday – it seems to be a weekly occurrence at the moment. Do you ever notice that events happen in seasons? For a few years it was weddings, weddings, weddings....
View ArticleWhen a Little is Enough
My poor little sewing machine has been rudely neglected lately. To say I’ve been lacking motivation would be a ridiculous understatement. I haven’t just been lacking motivation, I’ve been lacking...
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