My daughter received a fairy door for her birthday, and so we now have a fairy living with us. Isabel writes notes for my daughter and leaves fairy dust and the occasional gift. My daughter is obsessed with all things…
Do you collect anything? My Mum used to collect crystal and glass figurines. When Christmas came around, it was always easy to find something to add to Mum’s collection. Each year, we’d watch her collection grow and remember who gave…
A friend has another baby on the way so I’ve been searching baby sewing patterns for the perfect baby shower gift. I think I’ve found a winner with these baby hat sewing patterns, but which one should I sew? This post…
Just because you’ve never sewn a seam, learning to sew shouldn’t be boring. Find the perfect beginner sewing projects with this collection of patterns and tutorials. Clothing, accessories, quilts, bags and projects for home – there’s something for everybody! I…
I love a baby boy in a button-up shirt. They are the cutest baby sewing patterns. This is the cutest collection of baby shirt patterns to sew for boys. I remember the days so well, seeing my son toddle around…
Whether you’re feeling modest but stylish or sporty, enjoy the beach or pool with a DIY swimsuit with the best one-piece swimsuit sewing patterns for women. The weather is heating up and a beach holiday is right around the corner for our…
Whether you are a Rebel or on the Dark Side, share your inner Jedi with Star Wars quilt patterns for everyone, including modern and paper-pieced options. Even if you don’t like Star Wars, everyone knows someone who’s obsessed with it….
Do your kids have an Easter egg hunt, or does the Easter bunny just leave a basket full of goodies on Easter Sunday? Hunting for Easter eggs is such a fun tradition, although growing up in Australia, we didn’t have…
There’s something special about an old-fashioned bonnet that looks so adorable on a toddler or baby. It’s harder to get away with as an adult – a little too Jane Austen for our times, but maybe we should bring it…
Spring is in the air and it won’t be long until a certain Easter bunny will be hopping through our yards, leaving chocolate surprises for kids and adults around the world. Both my kids were given stuffed Easter bunnies for their…
St Patrick’s Day is a fun celebration, especially shared with a leprechaun. Get the luck of the Irish with cute and whimsical leprechaun doll sewing patterns.
How pretty are these rainbow quilt designs? Rainbow quilts are great scrap-busting projects. They make great DIY baby shower gifts, and/or brighten up a room.
Whether baby is a dribbler or a messy eater, you can never have too many baby bibs. Sew the perfect DIY baby shower gift with these baby bib sewing patterns. Babies are messy. It’s a fact of parenthood. Some babies…
Sewing for babies is such fun. Small, quick projects that are oh so cute. Here are some of the best easy baby toy sewing patterns. Let’s get sewing! Something about the birth of a baby just makes me want to…
Do you love to sew, but really need to organize your home? Why not sew your way to an organized home with these great organizer sewing patterns, tutorials, books and video courses.
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to complete 12 sewing classes, and I’m on track (ok, it’s less than a month in, but let’s focus on the positives!). Since I didn’t have a particular project to sew, I started…
Curtains are a surprisingly easy beginner sewing project. Sewing curtains is just lots of long straight stitches, when you know the right supplies to get. Learn to sew curtains with these tips and inspiration. A few years ago, we moved…
As I sit down at my sewing machine, I feel calm. I feel like I’m in my happy space. I’m creating something and I love the feeling that it creates. But too often, I don’t take the time to sew….
Each year, when it’s time to put up the Christmas tree and decorate the house, I’m filled with joy as I pull out my handmade Christmas decorations. They bring back wonderful memories of Christmases gone by. There are always decorations…
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer is absolutely my favourite Christmas song. I can relate to being a little different and people not really understanding me. I didn’t have quite as dramatic a moment of finding my place in the world, but…
Celebrate the true meaning of Christmas with these Christmas Nativity sewing patterns. From finger puppets to quilt nativity scene patterns, start your Christmas sewing now. Christmas is right around the corner, and I’m getting ready to pull out my decorations….
One of my favourite Christmas traditions is putting out the Christmas stockings before we went to bed. It was so exciting to think about Santa coming and the stockings being filled with toys in the morning. Now that i have…
I have to be the slowest cross-stitcher ever, so I need to start early if I’m going to get a cross-stitch project finished by Christmas (I’ve been working on my current cross-stitch project for more than a year!). Now I’m…
I love the lead-up to Christmas and one of my favourite parts is watching the kids update the Advent calendar each day. After the battle for who gets to do which days is over (although with most calendars having 24…