Last weekend saw the return of Pumpkinfest to Castle Ward. It’s an annual event which sees children (and big children) create their own personalised pumpkins to take home. This year saw the introduction of cartoon pumpkins as well as the usual carved fare. My girls decided to go for this option instead of the carved … More Make it Monday: decorated pumpkins
This weeks post was really last weeks one however since it was delayed I wanted to give the cowl the attention it deserves especially from those who wait to read my posts on Monday teatimes. I made this crochet ripple cowl for my daughter as the cold weather has arrived and i didn’t want her … More Make it Monday: Crochet ripple cowl
This week I wanted to share with you a new project that I’ve started especially for Christmas, I know it’s not even October but this will take me a while to work on. My sister and I both bought the latest issue (no.284, October 2014) of Cross Stitcher magazine. We are both big cross stitching … More Make it Monday: Christmas cross stitch
This week I thought I’d share with you some lovely yarny creations that I thought would be lovely to make this autumn. I could spend hours and hours on Pinterest (probably the same as a lot of you) and love to get inspiration from other peoples makes. Here is a selection of 10 that I’ve … More Make it Monday: Autumn yarn inspiration
Well autumn seems to have arrived 3 weeks early this year. Despite the warm weather last week, the leaves on the trees have started changing colour… spiders have been making their presence felt… and we have started harvesting our apples! I do like this time of the year and have to say it’s probably my … More Make it Monday: Autumn pom-pom display
This week I made another plimsoll shoe bag, this time for my nephew Jonah. I used some lovely star print Riley Blake fabric I received from Plush Addict for a recent review post. I made the bag using the tutorial here as a guide. The addition I made was to applique the letter J onto the … More Make it Monday: Appliqued shoe bag.
This weeks make is one that you’ll hopefully see a few posts on updating you on its progress – it’s a crochet heart blanket. I’ve been thinking about making a new crochet blanket for a while now so was online looking for inspiration. There are soooooo many talented crocheters out there. A lot of people … More Make it Monday: Crochet heart blanket part 1
This weeks make is one that I’ve had my eye on for a while but the pattern has only just become available. It’s the crochet bower bird designed by Lucy from Attic24. The pdf can be found by clicking here; Bower bird pattern. Lucy had held a tutorial class in how to make her fab … More Make it Monday: Attic24 Crochet Bower Bird
It was my birthday last week and I was so excited to use my new dressform – who I have named Betty 🙂 To celebrate having Betty I wanted to make myself a top using some grey jersey fabric I had in my stash. I recalled seeing on the Great British Sewing Bee a short … More Make it Monday: Grecian style top
This week I was very excited as I got a birthday present 2 weeks early. My husband and girls bought me an Adjustoform Lady Valet dress makers dummy. I’ve wanted one for ages, but they are quite expensive, so I was really excited when Hubby suggested one for my birthday. It has 12 dials to … More Make it Monday: dress alteration
The Creative Pixie 