The Red Wren

{Our Creative Spaces} Sidewalk Jacket

It’s now two weeks between posts. I was a little embarrassed about this and skipped Our Creative Spaces last week, but now’s a good time to jump back on! On the machine today is a jacket for Elijah. It doesn’t look like much now, but if it turns out like the one I completed last night, it’s going to be adorable! It’s made from olive thick corduroy which this adorable animal print for the lining. I found really sweet little owl and tree buttons to finish it off. Stay tuned for the finished ...

Sewing and Craft

{Our Creative Spaces} Bunnies!

Here we are again! Another week gone by with no posts in between ‘our creative spaces’. We’ll try to change that for next week or I’ll sound like a broken record! This little guy is made using Twig and Thistle’s pattern from a few years back. Elijah’s a little bit young for eggs so he’ll ...

Sewing and Craft

{Our Creative Space} Quilts

For this weeks my creative space we have various quilts, or objects that will be quilted.. Picnic quilt top waiting for backing. Little 1.5 inch squares which are part of the scrapbuster block. The wee play quilt ready to be sewn together into a top. Taken in far too dim lighting we have a wall ...

Sewing and Craft

{Our Creative Space} Beginnings

This week we have a ‘Wee Play’ quilt top in the works and a Penelope Waits’ cross stitch. I started the Wee Play quilt back in 2010 but put it aside after deciding it really was going to look like a children’s quilt, but I had no children! Fast forward to now and I’m enjoying making it for ...

Sewing and Craft

{Stop pinning, start doing} The Socialite Skirt

I’ve fallen a little bit behind on sewing in the past week thanks to a teething bubba. He’s lucky enough to be getting four top teeth at once! I finished the Socialite Skirt this morning, only it isn’t the Socialite Skirt! The knit I used was quite thick and I was worried the ...

Sewing and Craft

{Stop Pinning, Start Doing} New projects

I don’t want too many ‘pin’ projects on the go at once so I’m going to be carrying previous weeks over if they aren’t complete. Carry over Scrapbuster block tutorial – I’m currently revamping our back room which includes new cushion covers. I have lots of scrap fabrics left over from the hexie ...

Sewing and Craft

{New Look 6789} Skirt

I have an online mum’s group through Facebook who’ve been absolutely wonderful from my pregnancy and beyond. Quite a few of us are into sewing and other crafts so we formed a bit of a spin off group to talk craft. As part of our new group, we’ve set ourselves monthly challenges. February was a ...

Food & Recipes

{Stop Pinning, Start Doing} Progress Report

This weeks stop pinning, start doing projects have been quite successful. The intent was never to complete all of the projects over the week, just make a start and complete if possible. I’m happy to report that I have completed two of last weeks choices. You can read about them over at ...

Food & Recipes

5 Minute Artisan Bread

Over at The Red Wren I’m challenging myself to pick three pins I’ve pinned on Pinterest each week and begin the projects. This week I decided to undertake the 5 minute Artisan Bread it was A-MAZ-ING. This bread is deliciously crusty on the outside and soft on the inside. I made my dough to ...