In partnership with Brother Australia To celebrate Father’s Day, which is coming up in a few weeks, this lanyard tutorial is one that has all the Dads in mind. Men can sometimes be a little bit tricky to sew for, but in my family I can be sure that anything related to AFL football is… Read More
The next Kid’s Clothes Week is happening in a few weeks (February 2-8) and I haven’t sewn along for a very long time, but I really love the theme of the next round – UPCYCLED. Here is a quick round up of a few fun upcycling projects I have done and some tutorials that will… Read More
Welcome to my stop on the Prefontaine Shorts World Tour! Jill from Made With Moxie designed and released this pattern recently and I instantly decided my girls were getting some of these retro style shorts for summer. Here is pair number one of what will no doubt become a Prefontaine Collection. Confession. I had never… Read More
It’s been forever since I’ve done an interview, and it’s great to be able to bring them back! I love being able to share awesome creative people and their talents with you! Today I’m excited to welcome my bloggy friend Jenny from Mend & Make New. I discovered Jen’s blog ages ago via the Creative… Read More
One of my FAVOURITE things to do is sew for new babies. There has been a bit of a baby boom amongst our friends lately so I’ve been having some fun doing lots of sewing for tiny people. The gifts I’m sharing today were made for little cutie Lewis who is about 3 weeks old.… Read More
Today I’m excited to welcome Abby from Things for Boys. Her sewing skills are amazing and she is also a complete whiz in the kitchen! We are lucky to live very close by in Melbourne, and I can now count Abby as an ‘in real life’ friend too! Make sure you pop over to her… Read More
This month I wanted to: -make some shorts for Shorts On The Line -do some more charitable sewing -use some of the fabric given to me by my friend Belinda One project, all three plans achieved! My lovely friend Belinda had a de-stash and in the bags of fabric she gave me was this grey… Read More
Today I am excited to feature my very talented friend Lyndelle. We met in 2009 when our babies were about 10 weeks old. Eight women from our local area with new babies ended up in same Mother’s group, and luckily for us, firm friendships were made and remain now. A couple of years ago, I… Read More
Earlier this year I made this toy car mat for a friend’s little boy’s third birthday. It was a great success and I got lots of lovely feedback so I thought I’d share the tutorial so you can make one too! They are really great because they roll up quite small and can be taken… Read More
I am making a concerted effort to improve my repertoire of gifts for boys. This car mat is my latest creation for the lovely Oliver who turned three last month and loves the Disney Pixar film, Cars. When rolled up it is nice and neat and small enough to pop in a bag and take… Read More