A couple of months before our beautiful bub arrived, we moved the Little Man into a big boy bed (actually, at the moment, it’s just a mattress on the floor as I was worried he’d fall out and I like that he can get in and out of bed by himself). Looking in the shops, […]
Kids Clothes Week Challenge Extended
I suddenly went quiet (and so did my sewing machine) on Kids Clothes Week Challenge on Wednesday as my darling husband passed on the flu to my son and me. I woke up feeling much better yesterday and decided to spend nap-time at the sewing machine to catch up on my KCWC sewing. One pair […]
Kids Clothes Week Challenge – Day 2 (plus Twin Needle Sewing)
It’s Kids Clothes Week over at Elsie Marley this week. The challenge is to spend an hour each day for a week making clothes for the kids in your life. There are over 300 participants to keep you motivated. Check out the Flickr pool here, and my Day 0 and 1 achievements here. Another day, […]
Kids Clothes Week Challenge – Day 0 and 1
It’s Kids Clothes Week over at Elsie Marley this week. The challenge is to spend an hour each day for a week making clothes for the kids in your life. There are over 300 participants to keep you motivated (and rumours of prizes…). Check out the Flickr pool here. I’ve decided it’s time to get […]
Masterchef T-Shirt – Freezer Paper Stencilling
My apologies for the lack of blog posts lately (and particularly the lack of cooking posts). I’ve been struck down by stomach bugs and colds, and am coughing my way through the worst cold I’ve had in years. I think I need to look after myself a bit better, although a teething toddler struggling to […]
Quick and Easy Men’s Jeans to Toddler Pants
Do you have an old pair of men’s pants that look like this? Wouldn’t you prefer they were a little less breezy – something comfy and relaxed? You don’t want your little man to be uncomfortable when his car breaks down, and he has to push. But you still want him to look stylish when […]
Felt Corn
After successfully making such delicious-looking Felt Strawberries, I decided to challenge myself and moved on to Felt Corn. I liked the way Homemade by Jill used a basket weave approach for making felt corn in this post, but I preferred the more three-dimensional style of corn created here at Just Stuff. I decided to combine […]
Kids Clothes Week – Day 7 and Summary
I had a great time with Kids Clothes Week last week – 7 days of sewing at least 1 hour a day, and 6 new items of clothing in my son’s winter wardrobe. I’ve tried my best at getting my little man to model all the clothes, but it’s a bit like herding cats with […]
Kids Clothes Week – Day 4, 5 and 6
It’s Kids Clothes Week at Elsie Marley. The challenge is to spend an hour a day for the week making clothes for your kids. Here’s my Day 3 update. You can find Day 1 and 2 here, and Day 3 here. Along came Day 4 of the challenge, and I decided simplicity was in order […]
Kids Clothes Week – Day 3
It’s Kids Clothes Week at Elsie Marley. The challenge is to spend an hour a day for the week making clothes for your kids. Here’s my Day 3 update. You can find Day 1 and 2 here. Another day at the sewing machine and serger/overlocker, another day getting the seam ripper out! I really should […]
Kids Clothes Week – 2 days down, 2 tops done!
As I mentioned last week, it’s Kids Clothes Week at Elsie Marley. The challenge is to spend an hour a day for the week making clothes for your kids. Time to dust of those projects building up to make sure your children aren’t running around in the nude in the coming season (This would be […]
Felt Strawberries
Felt food has captured my attention lately. It started by seeing a few different felt play tents out in the blogosphere, but not being willing to commit to such a big project. A bit of googling for felt crafts later, I found so many cute felt food options out there that I just had to […]
90 Minute Shirt
I found the Dana Made It blog during Celebrate the Boy month in February, and was inspired by many of the projects there. I’m sure quite a few of them will be appearing here over the next few months and years. The first project I decided to try out was the 90 Minute Shirt (check […]
Car, Boat, Train Fabric Bookends Tutorial
My husband and I are both bookworms. To instil the same love of reading into our kids, we have a growing collection of kids books. When decorating my son’s room, I wanted some bookends to go with the transport theme, but really couldn’t find anything I liked. So what is a craft blogger to do, […]
Tutorial: Felt Car Play Mat-House
Who can we find behind the doors and windows of this little red house? Open it up… …and what do we see… …and a whole little world awaits: Here’s how to make a felt play mat that folds into a house: Materials: 25×30 inch (62.5 x 75cm) piece of green craft felt 2 […]
Men’s Jeans to Toddler Pants Tutorial
I’ve seen a few blog posts for converting men’s pants or jeans to toddler-sized jeans, but they all seem to involve a lot of seam-ripping, deconstructing and lots of sewing. I was after a quicker and easier way – I get limited time at the sewing machine each week, and I want to see results! […]
How to sew Felt Corn on the Cob
After successfully making Felt Strawberries, I decided to challenge myself and moved on to Felt Corn. I liked the way Homemade by Jill used a basket weave approach for making felt corn in this post, but I preferred the more three-dimensional style of corn created here at Just Stuff. I decided to combine the two […]