Happy Mother’s Day to all the special women out there making a difference in their children’s lives.  What a great job we have and how nice it is to be spoilt a little bit on Mother’s …

Yes, I know you are probably sick of hearing about me going back to work but I’m not sick of talking about it yet. My first day is tomorrow! I am feeling good …

Yes, yes I know it’s been ages. Hello again. I will try to be less slack about posting from now on. Did you miss me? Did you even notice? (sniff sniff)
If it’s any consolation, I …

Here’s what happened last week - Sam was off school with a bad cough/cold on Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday I showed my mum how to do a Full Bust Alteration (FBA) on a shirt for …

Hello from my sickbed. I am feeling very crap at the moment - all achey and headachey and coughy and sniffly. You get the idea. So if things are quiet here for the next few …

Today my little niece Grace turns two. I completed her present this afternoon and dropped it off at her house, ready for her to wear out to the family dinner at a local restaurant tonight. …

I got a whole lot of wonderful vintage buttons today - all of these for AU $9.00! There are some really lovely and interesting and old buttons in here. I was very pleased when I …

I have been sewing since forever (I made my first wrap skirt with mum’s help when I was eight) and there was a long period when I used to sew almost all of my own …

Here is a top that I decorated (with a train applique) for Jack last Winter. He loved it at the time but this Winter (ie. right now!) he has informed me that trains are just …

I have been SO busy sewing lately. Well, in my head anyway.
Technically speaking, there hasn’t been any actual sewing but there has been lots of thinking about sewing. Lots of reading about garment sewing in …

Red is really hard to photograph.

Today I picked up two cards of jumbo red ricrac and a red potholder. When I got home, I found some lovely fabric from Lara in my letterbox. I had …

I know, no posts for three days and then two in one day. To be honest, I just plain didn’t feel like it over the last few days. Feeling lazy and just wanting to snuggle …