Craft Blog

Jess from How About Orange created this very chic cushion using painter’s tape to block of sections of her fabric and then painting over the gaps with fabric paint and then sewing the finished design into a simple envelope cushion. I love the effect of the torn edges, my mind is already racing on what [...]

I’ve been playing around with printable fabric recently, and have followed with great anticipation Curlypop’s journey to create something beautiful from a piece of fabric that she accidentally printed her Medicare statment on to. Cam over-printed a scan of one of her beautiful drawings to add more colour to the image, and sewed it up [...]

I always enjoy finding new uses for tshirts, so I LOVE this easy tutorial from SewLikeMyMom, with instructions on turning an oversized tshirt into a comfy skirt, just perfect for the summer that is fast approaching. This may even be the last boot up the bum I finally need to try my hand at shirring. [...]

Jodie of Vintage Ric Rac posted this very useful tutorial on how she makes her circles so neat. All it takes is a little extra fabric, and it definitely saves all the hassle of needle turn. This is also the same method I use to turn the inside of any appliqued letters, I love the [...]

Are your eggs a little bashful when they’re baring all on your breakfast table early in the morning? Never fear, LucyKate of LucyKateCrafts.co.uk has the answer to all your troubles, stitch up this super cute owl egg cosy and never suffer from embarrassed chilly eggs again. Not so keen on eggs? stuff and sew the [...]

Although sometimes it feels like it, I’m sure I’m not the only one with a feral kid who will flat out not behave in a restaurant, we take along colouring pencils, books and cars and that will amuse him for the first five minutes, but after that he’s kicking his little brother’s chair and moaning [...]

I am a quilter. My mother is a dress maker. Not to say we’re exclusive or anything, we both dabble a little, I make the occasional pair of pyjamas for my boys, she likes to buy jelly rolls and ponder what she’d do with them if she was actually inclined to make quilts – generally [...]

Crystal of Little Bit Funky posted this fabulous “quilt” tutorial over the weekend, with just a little bit of batting and some squares of fabric you can turn a shop bought comforter into your own personalised, very easy to make, quilt. This is great for an instant gratification project, it can be finished in a [...]

Spring is on its way up here on the mid north coast, and days of garden picnics are beckoning (at least for you lucky folks who have more than a square of pavers to call your garden – boo ), so what could make these sunny days even better? A TeePee! Christie Burnett of Childhood [...]

Backdated post to make up for how slack I’ve been, sorry to anyone on the RSS feed! I’m all about quilts this week. This is Emma, I’ve always been terrible at naming my quilts so I figured I need to come up with a standard system for them, I figure each one of them is [...]