This year we've been so lucky with my girls' preschool and year 1 teachers (which makes me a bit nervous for next year - surely our ...

After saying I wasn't going to make oven mitts as Christmas presents as they were fiddly, I decided to anyway and made one pair each fo...

I totally fell in love with stamping during my Christmas preparations. I stamped everything. If you came to my house and stood still long en...

Recently I finally got around to making an oven mitt to match the aprons I made a while ago. The state of the only oven mitt in the house w...

When I was growing up Halloween was not (I think) widely celebrated in Australia. So I admit that it's taken me a while to get into the ...

OK, this t-shirt doesn't look like an exciting thing to sew but it kind of is to me... I've been thinking about how elusive the righ...

We're back from our holiday! Short but sweet. A few things I noted: • It's impossible to get tired of watching sunsets on tropical i...

Phew... holiday sewing was officially over yesterday at lunchtime, and I've got to say I was glad to pack it all away! I did end up spen...

When I was little I remember mum making she and I matching strapless sundresses. The fabric was a lightweight cotton with a large red and wh...

Here's the 'Sophie tunic' that I finished on the weekend for the big girl. Her little sister has plenty of nice clothes suitabl...

There's been a bit of rivalry here during 'holiday sewing' for mama-made items - whenever one of the girls has seen me making so...

After nearly knackering my sewing machine the other day sewing through 8 thicknesses of heavy cotton with a fine needle (hmm) for the girls...