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Sewing blogs, Tasmania and Rainbows

Today I found out that I’ve been added to Suzi’s Big List of Sewing Blogs! I’m a little bit excited about it as I’d worried when I submitted my blog that it would be too ...

Gardening

The garden

Due to our garden mainly contaning roses, it’s at its most photogenic through October. I promise I’ll stop posting what must look like the same rose pictures over and over in a month ...

Sewing and Craft

Motivation – oh how I’ve missed thee

I held craft day #3 at my place yesterday. Small turnout this time, but it seemed to make us a bit more productive! I finally got started on some Christmas decorations (I say started as ...

Sewing and Craft

Craft projects

I’ve hit a bit of point where I suddenly have too many craft projects on the go. I’ve tried setting up the machine so it’s ready to go at all times, but somehow I still ...

Food & Recipes

Wine

Want to add a yummy, fruity twist to a glass of wine? Add some frozen berries! Not only do they help keep your wine cooler for longer, they will have thawed nicely by the time you finish your ...

Sewing and Craft

Mail excitement!

On Tuesday I ordered some fabric from Lara Cameron’s shop Today it arrived! It’s so beautiful! I purchased half a metre so I’m hoping to do something biggish with it – a ...

Sewing and Craft

Chair

I have an old dressing table that belonged to my mum when she was a teenager. It’s white with gold handles and to go with it I wanted a gold chair with fluffy fabric. One day, I found just ...

Gardening

Veggies!

The veggie patch is doing rather well. We’ve been using the herbs in our cooking and the lettuce in our sandwiches. It’s all very exciting:

Sewing and Craft

bird on my shoulder

A few weeks ago I was very excited when I purchsed a copy of Homespun because it had a gorgeous little birdie on the front cover made out of Lara Cameron fabric complete with the pattern to make ...