Craft Blog

I promise I didn’t just pick this blog because of its amusing title *looks shifty* I have to say, it did give me a good chuckle though. Even more amusing is that I originally typed “Knockers” into the post title by mistake The recent competition has exposed me to so many new blogs that I [...]

I just sat down to get started on taking the pictures on today’s “Tuesday Tutorial” and then realised that pattern pieces and designs are currently sitting in my husband’s laptop bag, that is currently sitting in an office in North Sydney. Oops. I guess that’s what I get for scribbling down my ideas the moment [...]

Lots of crafty talk on our blogs this week! Vanessa has been ordering seed beads and then making posts of which I understood about five words of! At least I could stare at the pictures and say “ooohh, pretty”. Sharon has been talking about her tools of the trade, including a superb replacement for those [...]

My first (of hopefully many, but we’ll see!) free needlework pattern is up and ready to be put on anything you fancy! Pictured is my version of the twirly birdy, I wanted to add more colour to the outline so double threaded some pink in with black, and I must say it looks pretty good. [...]

Sorry guys I meant to post this yesterday but ended up distracted! Lincraft is having a sale, 50% off ALL of their fabric and 33% off most of their yarn (it excludes the Lincraft DK and Cosy Wool), I can’t find any date that it’s ending, unless the deal is included in their Winter Clearance [...]

Hand-carved stamp swap by Two Cheese Please – Too cute! I also love her stamps, which you can find a tutorial for here, this is on my to do list for this weekend! sewing machine cover by The Bohlins – From our sewing machine cover tutorial, I love the awesome fringe she used and the [...]

Ed’s Note: Please welcome Sharon to CraftBlog! I’m very excited about some of her tutorials and information posts that she has planned, including giving us the insider goss on the best craft stores in Melbourne, this post is the first of a series based around my new favourite craft, Sashiko stitching. Sashiko is a Japanese [...]