A couple of days ago I discovered the joys of paper piecing, it’s something I’d seen before but I’d written it off as being too much work and too time intensive, allow me now to take that all back! I made up Sonja Callaghan’s Gnomlette within half an hour and the results are, if I do say so myself, absolutely awesome. There’s a bit more info about it and some more pictures on my personal blog. Looking around the wonder [...]

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 wouldn’t have otherwise found, just clicking through the links left in the comments has been like opening a whole new world of reading material! Sparkly [...]

The CB Team have been busy bees this week Leah has been getting very excited over her daughter’s new handmade booties, seeing them gives me yet another reason to want to knit! Vanessa has been travelling up to Brisbane on the first week of her new job, sans laptop! Fern has been getting diabetes tests and trying to keep her legs crossed so her baby doesn’t fall out any time soon. And Charm has been making plans for a trip [...]

Edward and Lilly is the sewing blog of Brisbane based Rebecca. She showcases her awesome soft toy creations and the handmade goodies that she’s bought recently, with the occasional post stuffed with photographs from her travels around Europe thrown in for good measure! I very much enjoy the “work in progress” pictures where you can see her toys taking shape and the way she works character into them. Rebecca has stores all over the internet where you can buy her [...]