Night-Night Mushrooms by Florence Forrest – Yay for mushrooms! These little guys seem so calm and peaceful, a really beautiful design! Booties by Ollie Rose – For obvious reasons, I’m all about the baby stuff at the moment, these booties would look adorable on any bub’s feet, they look so soft and cosy. Laptop Cover by Peata – I’m in awe of anyone who has the patience to do this much blanket stitch, I’m far too impatient! The finished result [...]

Just a quick reminder to all you craftsters that the Stitches & Craft Show is on in Sydney from Wednesday 20 August (tomorrow) until Sunday 24 August. There will be lots of demo’s as well as lots of goodies to purchase! (If my wallet wasn’t being so mean to me I’d be there for sure!). Bring your wallet (and credit card), wear comfy shoes, and be prepared to have a blast! (I usually tend to get lost within the bead [...]

Vickie Howell, author of the Knit Aid book tucked away in the right sidebar there and presenter of the How To Channel’s awesome knitting show “Knitty Gritty” on Foxtel has put a call out for crafters of all types to appear in her new book. Vickie Says… Calling all crafters! I’m gearing up to write my next book, Craft Corps (pronounced Craft Core) which will focus on the community perpetuated by craft and the designers & hobbyists who feed it. [...]

I woke up inspired this morning, and so decided to share it with the world, so here’s my tutorial for turning an old t-shirt into an awesome bag, in this case it’s toddler sized for my son, but size wise you’re only limited by the size of your t-shirt. You will need: one kick arse retro t-shirt Some cording, or something to make the straps out of – I just used yarn braided to make it stronger. A toddler willing [...]

This is a great quickie project to gift to a sewer or needlecraft junkie! It takes hardly any time to throw together (the main time waster is waiting for the glue to dry!) and you can customise it to your hearts desire with cool fabrics, ric rac, buttons etc. I love how they look like little cupcake pincushions. You Need: Something tubular – for the small one I used a toilet roll, for the larger ones I used the tube [...]

I currently have an ongoing project of organising my sewing room, it’s slow progress, very slow progress. I can’t do it whilst my son is awake as he can destroy things faster than I can tidy them, and I can’t do it whilst he’s asleep as a butterfly flapping its wings seems to wake him up, let alone me crashing and banging in the room next door to his. It also doesn’t help that everytime I make something new I [...]

AKA Pimp My Machine I recently took my Brother in for a service and was berated for the large amount of dust inside of her, of course there was a dust cover in the box when I bought it, but it just isn’t pretty, and I’d far rather be looking at my machine that a big pvc covered blob sitting on my desk. So, after feeling suitably guilty for not looking after her, I decided to treat my sewing machine [...]

This week’s tut is fairly simplistic, I have the headache to end all headaches so I haven’t been able to put as much time into it as I would normally, as far as I’m aware I haven’t missed any massive steps, but let me know if there’s something that I’ve let slip As mentioned previously I’ve been working on my craft room in my spare time, I’ve been meaning to make an inspiration board for ages, but I’ve been waiting [...]

350 is the red line for human beings, the most important number on the planet. The most recent science tells us that unless we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million, we will cause huge and irreversible damage to the earth. 350.org is campaining for climate change, and doing it via the medium of craft. By submitting your own craft and artworks featuring the number “350″ you can be up for some [...]