Category Sewing
Grävling (the Swedish badger) gets some Pyjamas.
This little project started from something silly. Such a silly story that I’m not sure why I am telling you. Mr M was napping on my shoulder, while we were watching tv, and complaining that it wasn’t comfortable and so using our soft toy badger (an IKEA special, which is why it’s name is Grävling) […]
DIY Towel Wrap
When we were looking for a place to live here, we looked at apartment complexes, townhomes, townhouse complexes, and apartment buildings…………… started to lose the will to live……. In the end we chose an apartment complex, so for at least the first year, we are totally living it up. California style. We have a fitness […]
Grainline Studio’s Tiny Pocket Tank.
Our visitors are gone, off to San Francisco, and my spare room is back to being a den of crafting. I am starting to accept the change in weather. This certainly isn’t Britain, and as I went for a walk yesterday in shorts and a vest top and it is JANUARY, I figured I needed […]
Holiday Pyjamas.
Ever since I saw the post on Did You Make That? about her Christmas PJs. I wanted some new PJs! I wanted to make some new PJs. I was very envious and in want of her material, but alas, not really available. I had no space to make such things in the old place, I also […]
A belated post on bibs….
Way back in November I bought a teeny tiny portable sewing machine. The reason? I had found and bought some cute chick print fabric from Hart’s Fabric, and wanted to make some baby bibs for my friend Pat. We had had a little bib making session together with both my pregnant girlies before we moved […]
Bicycle Clutch
This little lovely I finished way back before we moved, wrapped it up, and left it with my friend Jemma for her birthday. Scarily organised of me I know. It’s her 30th birthday after all, and while I am no longer present to make her a cake (poor show), I did put in the effort […]
Embracing California living!
We’ve been really starting to settle in now. We drove out to Santa Cruz on Saturday and spent some time watching the surfing, and looking around the surfing museum. Obligatory Wayfarers on pose by the Ocean: But of course I couldn’t visit Santa Cruz without a visit to Hart Fabrics, so picked up a few […]
What I wore….
A busy weekend! Saturday was my friends Mark and Cian’s Civil Partnership, a fabulous day with, of course, a Kylie and choreographed first dance and a Rainbow Cake like I made for my birthday a couple of years ago (along with a carrot and a chocolate one) for the wedding cake! Then….. well My Mum […]
Cake Red Velvet Mini Clutch
It seems most of my time these days is spent sorting and tidying and running errands and thinking up ways to use up all the random items of food in my kitchen cupboards. Tinned pears and lemon jelly anyone? (FYI, totally delicious) I have been trying to relax a little though, and doing a little […]
Jane Austen Promenade.
I have lived in Bristol for 8 years, and each year I have always wanted to go to the Jane Austen Festival… but never got around to it… Given that we are moving to California in less than 2 months, it was now or never! My friends were also already coming down this weekend, so […]
Baking, Making, and Crafting 