Category: Knitting and sewing projects

I recently made a dress for Tilly. It was a kooky pattern I borrowed from my friend Ali, a design by Denise Knapp of Whimsy

I love the way English friends say pants! instead of say, blast! or goddammitalltohell! Also, that band was so pants, or these cheese sticks are

I'm pretty lucky. At least I've always felt lucky. Stuff does mostly work. But in case you were getting the irrits cruising by here with

What do you do when you've got a list of jobs a mile long? You make a slightly silly but pretty cap for a baby.

Turns out that while I can whip up a straight seam or two, small, precise baby shoes were completely beyond me. Hopeless. Not the fault

Reckon you can't sew? Got a sewing machine? This is truly the simplest thing ever, I think it took about twenty minutes. Really! I used

I think Matilda may be the least girly three year old in the history of girls. So not girly. When she dresses herself, which

I had great intentions for Elsie Marley's challenge. Simple idea: sew kids clothes for one hour a day for a week. I started so well,

So I just needed any excuse to use that fabric! It's a cotton print from Spotlight, (I think they might have sold out), not designer,

I'm about to reconfigure that 'new things' to-do list over on the left hand column, and I am thinking up some fun new things to