Category craftings
A load of Pants……..
By pants… I of course mean the English version. Knickers. Panties. Underwear. Briefs. Whatever you want to call them. No trousers here. I made some practice Madeleine bloomers last week, and then found another free pattern online so decided to go a bit crazy and make a whole load of pants! Oh and I decided […]
Baby bibs.
It’s been a fun few days! A very good friend of mine from way back when (Good old Acklam Whin Primary School) got married yesterday, it was a lovely wedding and so good to see lots of my friends from back home that I get to see far too infrequently for my liking! It was […]
DIY Craft/ Layout table using a HEMNES day bed.
Before we went on holiday in March, we had to get our spare room ready for guests, as a friend of mine from work was staying in our house to look after it and our cats while we were away. In preparation, mainly it involved transforming the room of shame into a more organised and […]
Cute Camera.
We had a visit from Mr and Mrs M (Snr) last week on their way back home from Somerset. Mrs M left us… well me… the gift of a stinking cold, which led me to wreck my almost perfect sickness record and have 2 days off work. Ugh. Sinuses blocked. Nose running. Irritating cough. Check. […]
Come on in! (Updated 17.04.2013)
I was suddenly seized upon the urge to do a bit of cross stitch this weekend. I haven’t done any for a long while, so flicked through some old issues of CrossStitcher and looked for a little something to do. (most issues have a few tabs or photocopies inside where I have seen something I […]
Apron making kit.
Just after Christmas I posted about some of the lovely things I received. One of which was a kit to make an apron, a GRAND gift no? Jump to 4 months later… I still haven’t made it. Shucks. *cough* Lizzie *cough* Pants *cough*. So I did. The instructions came with the pattern for the top […]
Bowl covers.
I have been embracing bread making recently, but it’s a bit of a pain to faff about with cling film or teatowels to cover up your bowl while proving dough. I saw a tip on the programme “The Fabulous Baker Brothers” was to use a shower cap to cover your bowl while proving instead of […]
Holiday: time for a new hobby.
Or maybe not a new hobby, but a new variation on an old one. The Lazy Crafter has been working away on trying to master Tunisian Crochet, and after seeing all her pins on the subject, and a challenge laid down on Facebook (which we all know is legally binding), I decided to try and […]
Bag embellishment.
I finished my bag kit just after we got to San Diego, but it felt like it was missing a little something. Limited internet in SD meant limited opportunity to scour for a pattern. Limited time to craft in Portland meant I didn’t look there either. Now I’m relaxing it up in Seattle…. time to […]
Crochet iPod Case
Now we’re in Seattle, it’s time to rest and relax. I hit up a couple of craft stores for some pretty yarn and some other bits and pieces, and decided to make something to replace my iPod case, which is unfortunately looking a bit sad and forlorn and …………….ruffled. Homemade felt suffers from pilling a […]
Baking, Making, and Crafting 