Less than a day before the “Casting Off Ceremony” vandals have destroyed the installation piece of knitting covering the side of an entire bridge in Melbourne’s west. From the ABC News: The festival’s director, Karen Hadfield, says the giant knitting was hacked down and is now hanging from the bridge. “We’ve had a few knitters down and there’s been a few tears from them because they’ve really put their heart and souls into it,” she said. “We were going to [...]

I’m still trying to get used to having a Christmas in the heat instead of the snow (and by “snow” I actually mean grey Pommy drizzle) of the Northern hemisphere, and as such I tend to go a little bit over board at Christmas. I love decorating (with lots of snow themed decorations), shopping for everyone and the novelty that is having cold meat and salad for Christmas lunch in the baking sun before taking a dip in the pool. [...]

I spent the majority of yesterday standing at the kitchen counter sewing whilst occasionally playing referee between the boys and letting them watch more movies than I should probably admit to. I have no idea what possessed me to get started on a quilt on a day where my eldest wasn’t in preschool, but, lets just say I have learned my lesson! I promise it really is straight, this was the best photo I could get before the wind blew [...]

We have a rental inspection tomorrow, so of course when the kids went down for their nap I got stuck into making the kitchen spotless and making my home sparkle so we don’t get booted out. Not a chance! All my good intentions of cleaning went out the window and instead I sat down on my sewing machine for a bit of me time. One hour straight of free motioning with my darning foot and this is a sneak peek [...]

Kathreen from WhipUp.net has announced a new project, a community quilt to raise funds and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis. To help the project all you need to do is make a very simple four patch block. From WhipUp.net: Its a simple block, comprised of 4xfive inch charm squares – one of which you will embroider/applique a rose design onto, the other three squares can be comprised of vintage/found/floral bits of lovely fabric – you can make one block or more [...]

We moved about six months ago into a much smaller house, meaning I had to give up my dedicated craft room, six months working on the dining room table was enough for me, and now that we’ve decided to stay here a little longer than intended, it’s time to convert part of the garage into my craft space! Flickr is such an amazing source of inspiration for me, browsing around I found some wonderful rooms, spaces and even cupboards that [...]

I few yards of fabric, a rotary cutter and some bulky yarn was all it took to add this little splash of colour to my eldest son’s bedroom. It’s super simple to make: Cut a strip of fabric the height of triangle you want, stack your fabrics as many as you think your rotary cutter can get through easily in one swipe. Cut triangles at a 22.5 degree angle along the strips Finish the edges with pinking shears (or, even [...]