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A fabulous idea (that wasn’t mine!)

A few days ago I went hunting for a cute calendar for 2009. As those of you in Australia will know, Etsy has become just that little bit unaffordable since the dollar dropped and most of the ...

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Stitches

I’m not an embroiderer, I cannot form a french knot, my daisy chain is messy and my blanket stitch leaves a lot to be desired. However, I do like to give things a go and after pondering ...

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Christmas ornaments

A few weeks ago I began to make some ornaments. Today I finished them and let’s just say they’re a bit.. rustic. I originally thought they might hang on my tree but due to the overall ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...