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
Happy Monday everyone 🙂 This Make it Monday post is half way through the year of Make it Monday’s! Today I’m sharing with you a tutorial to make a pom-pom trim cushion in under 2 hours. At the end you’ll have a delightful envelope backed cushion to brighten up any seating area. You will need A … More Make it Monday: Pom-pom trim cushion tutorial
This week I’ve made up a tutorial to sew some named baby bunting which is ideal for a nursery or a child’s bedroom. The recipient of the bunting is my gorgeous little nephew Harry. When he was born (being the 2nd son for my sister) I asked her what she would like and after thinking … More Make It Monday: Fabric baby bunting tutorial
Another Monday and after a couple of weeks of sore hands (due to my scalpel injury and eczema) I’ve finally been able to do some sewing! This weeks tutorial is for a fabric mouse which can either be used for a cat toy or for a pin cushion. Using some materials I had in my … More Make it Monday: Fabric mouse pincushion tutorial
For this weeks make I thought I’d share the recipe for my simple fish pie which is quick and easy for children to help make. My girls love to help out in the kitchen and Miss E who will be 3 next month really loves to drag over the kitchen stool and stir saucepans on … More Make it Monday: Lazy tuna fish pie
Hey everyone, I hope you had a great weekend. This week I thought I’d go back to my sewing roots and do a little skirt tutorial. I found this fabulous dragon jersey fabric a couple of months ago on the Minerva Crafts website in their clearance section. The dragon has some sparkle (sorry it doesn’t … More Make it Monday: simple skirt tutorial
I don’t know about you but I LOVE Pinterest. When your days are feeling grey and you’re lacking crafty inspiration, just go onto Pinterest and you get your crafting mojo back. That’s where I found my inspiration for this weeks make. Having 1 sick little girl at home this weekend I decided to make something … More Make it Monday: foam play pizza
Here’s a question: who do you make things for: family, friends or yourself (to keep or sell)? Something that I’ve noticed lately is that some charities/organisations are increasingly asking for donations in the form of handmade items. I saw on a Facebook post from Starting Chain they had compiled a list of organisations (mostly US) … More Make it Monday: Charity makes
