If there's one thing I love, its slightly silly labeling. You know the sort don't you? The knife with the packaging that states : ...

Here's a little project completed this weekend. Inspired by the new Colette Sewing Handbook and some favourite dressmaking blogs , I ...

Following this spot of Harry Potter toilet-paper roll craft, 5-year-old Bargy had a stroke of genuis: a bathroom emergency requiring 100 she...

Don't mind me. No please, I insist. I know I look quite big*. And close. But just carry on. As if I weren't here. I'll ... uh .....

When I spied this thread at Open Drawer , I knew resistance was useless. I quote from the packaging ... This thread appears matt grey in or...

Here is a little girl's skirt that I sewed a while ago* I love this cute pattern - the "Insa skirt" - by Farbenmix. The design...

I just found this partly-penned gem. Clearly Argy has been putting his new-found writing skills into practice. As Einstein so famously sai...

Oooh ... lookee over here at all the pretty threads. No, on second thought - if you don't live in Melbourne don't look at the overlo...

Earlier this year, when I made this bed cover as a gift, I learned a number of important things about fabric and bolts . For example: I lea...

A book of temporary tattoos. A stealthy 4-year-old. Four matching limbs. Tatts a lot of body art. This post brought to you as part of Blogto...

Recently it was "dress as your favourite book character " day at school. For the uninitiated this occassion is also known as send-...

This poor craft blog. Its suffered months of neglect: no words, no pictures. Some 722 blog posts have been sitting about, gathering dust. ...

There's been a bit of a craft and writing hiatus in these here parts. Whoops. Something tells me its time to reorganise my priorities. C...

"I'd like to be the ideal mother, but I'm too busy raising my kids." Source: Unknown Its Mother's Day: the perfect day...

Argy recently turned 6 and, as is our custom, placed a request for a special birthday cake. I held my breath. The Octonauts , he declared....

I had to run some errands in the city yesterday, so Argy came along and we made a bit of a day of it. After admiring the treasure-troves at...

Please choose the correct response ... This lovely new Japanese washi masking tape: is a unique craft and design product will have an abunda...

It was five year-old Argy's first day at primary school today. He was very excited and it all went well. His younger brother - four yea...