Craft Blog

I really like batik and the effect it gives, but don’t have the spare change to buy a proper set up to do batik traditionally, which is why as soon as I saw this tutorial I had to try it out straight away!
Tutorial: Flour Paste Batik
Level: Easy
Time taken: Probably only an hour worth of [...]

Recently I’ve been working from “Mr Funky’s Super Crochet Wonderful” by Narumi Ogawa. I love Amigurumi and Japanese crochet patterns in general, and this little guy begged me to be made when I flicked through the book.
Pattern: Mr Funky’s Pretty Little Kitty from Super Crochet Wonderful, the pattern is also available at Narumi Ogawa’s Etsy [...]

Every week Arounna Khounnoraj posts a craft walkthrough on Bloesem Kids, they’re generally very kid focused and excellent for introducing different mediums to younger children. My son isn’t quite at a level to be able to do this yet, so this was entirely done by myself – I think I need to get my niece [...]

If I had to describe myself in two words, it would probably be ‘easily amused’, it doesn’t take much to make me chuckle, and one of the things that definitely hits the spot is making “meta softies”, so far I have a zebra made from zebra fabric, an elephant made from blue elephant fabric and [...]