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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...

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How-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...

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What 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...

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For 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...

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Bringing 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...

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If 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...

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A Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Dress

A Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Dress. Almost. Playing along with My Little Drummer Boys for Wordless Wednesday.

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The 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...

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A 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....

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When 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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