don’t get discouraged

hmmmm read my brand new fresh out of the oven Amanda Soule’s Handmade Home?or finish this tea party playsuit from Oliver & S?
Surely there is time for both…..(ha!).  I have used this pattern before, and i really enjoyed it, how can you not when it has instructions like “this seam can be a bit tricky.  [...]

repurposing

nearlyMabel comes home from visiting grannyMin with a plastic bag of dirty washing.  she’s 8 months, so the laundry is fair enough, but i thought i could do something about the plastic bag bit.  i fossicked through the stash, snipped a few inches off a pillowcase and sewed it into a drawstring, then turned down [...]

my creative space

my creative space is the dining room table, which might explain why my pic’s never show beautiful rooms like some of the other creative spaces.  
the little 60’s table works for me tho’ and today it’s home to vintage toy patterns for a bit of inspiration, an elephant being born, and some blimmen newlook 6815 pants  which i can’t get [...]

can’t let this old t-shirt go

from daddy’s old t-shirt to bubby’s new pants.  the shirt had been round the world so we couldn’t throw it out right? and 10 minutes work? su-weet!

thanks for the tip Rookie Mums

hawaii style

born on a rainy day from a repurposed skirt and a made up pattern