My friend Ruth’s birthday was a few weeks back but I only just got to see her this weekend. It was the perfect excuse to finally make something with this Japanese Alice in Wonderland print fabric that I’ve had squirrelled away for too long. A kooky clutch bag for a kooky kinda girl.   Based on [...]

I love making bags. I’m a pragmatist at heart and I think the idea of making something that you can immediately put into use always appeals to me. One of my first ever sewing projects was a really simple grocery bag – a BurdaStyle classic called Charlie. It’s very practical but the finish is a [...]

I enjoyed making the Looby Lou garland so much that I decided to make another couple of name garlands for two very special little girls that I went to visit at Easter.

She’s got a slightly strange shaped head but I love her anyway.  She’s based on this Hobbycraft tutorial but I gave her a ‘bottom’ and filled her half with rice and half with stuffing so that she stands up nicely.

The perfect present for my friend’s birthday. So cute but so easy to make. Inspiration found here.

My friends and I have started a little sewing group. We meet up every other Tuesday and do lots of nattering, drinking tea, eating biscuits and a little bit of sewing in between. This week we made little hand sewn birds…. tweet tweet. Credit for the super cute pattern goes to Spool Sewing and I [...]

Oh my word I just found out about this super coolness over at Poppytalk. This Swedish designed Manga inspired textile range (yes, you read that right) is now available at Ikea for the knee-high-to-a-grasshopper price of £3.99/m (yes, you read that right too).

Sadly, not my handy work, someone else’s. Cute eh? Read all about him here.

Finished! Overall I’m pretty happy with it although the finish isn’t quite as neat as I would have liked. I followed instructions to make a basic hot water bottle cover in my Romantic Home Sewing book. It was all going swimmingly right up until the part where I had to attach the lining to the [...]

Well I did set up this blog to record my adventures in sewing and finally…I actually got around to making something! I’ve made a few bags before but I don’t mind telling you that I am particularly proud of this one. I really took my time over it so that every line of stitching would [...]