Cottage sewing case

I started this sewing case a little over two years ago. I was on leave before starting a new job in January 2018, and I thought I would quickly whip up this whimsical sewing kit in a weekend. I had …

Donkey

I have followed Jodie Carleton and her blog for a long time. It was always hilarious. Her blog, like many, is updated less and less as crafty types switch to Instagram, but her humour remains infectious, and her patterns are …

Daisy needle case

I do not have a lot of free time, but I managed to squeeze in making this needle case. As always, one of the most difficult things was deciding which fabrics to use, and that involved pulling everything out of …

The forgotten little makes

When you do a tidy-up, you discover things you have forgotten. In the holiday lull, I have been tidying my sewing space and my photographs, and I discovered images of things I made in January 2017 that I had not …

Mrs Peacock’s pincushion

Have you ever made something simply because you thought the person you planned to give it to would like it? Not because it was a birthday or Christmas, just because you felt like it? Because Wendy of Wendy’s Quilts and …

Hippo happiness

Do you ever make deals with yourself? I do. I promised myself that when I finished half of my Dear Jane borders, I would allow myself to play with my new Ric Rac pattern. The pattern is called ‘The Full Parade’ …

Chicken run! The fun continues

If you missed out on my pincushion chickens, you might like to hop across to Jacquie’s blog. She won the little black and white chicken I made and is now giving away her own hand-made chicken pincushions. They are all …

Chicken run! And the winner is …

Drumroll please! Ruby Roo, the little black and white chicken, is flying back to the UK, to live in the countryside in Somerset with SquareBird. I think this little chicken will like rural life. I will be contacting her directly …

Chicken run! (a giveaway/swap)

Avis, over at the Oh Sew Tempting blog, started a fun idea: a chicken run. Chicken pincushions will be criss-crossing their way around the globe. Who knew chickens were migratory birds?! She made a chicken pincushion and drew numbers from …

Peach is not really a Christmas colour, is it?

I did not plan to make these colours, but when the only narrow ribbon with any bling on it I could find was available in three colours – white, green and peach – I drifted down a rather unconventional path. …