We went to a wildlife park recently and I just managed to sort through the photos and couldnt resist sharing these. I couldnt believe these kangaroos relaxing in the shade, it wasn't even a really hot day. It is not often you get to see kangaroos
Just a quick question for those of you making and giving or selling stuffies and other things for kids Do you put in a label with suggested age group, fabrics used and stuffing materials etc
Be careful making softies for kids. I Just went to use a cute ith design I purchased a few months ago for a kids toy from a site often recommended here only to find out reading instructions it is not kid safe and very poorly made. The digitised design and
Now this is the earliest I have started preserving for gifts for next Christmas. I have spent the day prepping and canning around 3 kg cherries for my brandy cherries. We still have some cherished jars from 2015 that taste divine. They are from a small
My eldest daughter and I helped out in my youngest daughter's class teaching them how to use a hand needle and making stuffed Christmas trees. They all had a great time and most of the kids had never used a needle before.all aged between 6 and 8 and quit
We have discovered my daughters new elf (posted over in projects) is not naughty but just mischievous! She has been up to all kinds of antics as one would assume including getting into makeup but the one thing none of us expected is her disappearing in ou
Amazing embroidery designs (sister site to cute embroidery) has memberships on sale for a really good price right now. If you want some really beautiful designs there are so many there to be found there
My youngest really wanted one of the elf on a shelf dolls but I could not justify $69AUD on one. So I made her a sweet girl elf. She is made in the hoop about as tall as a barbie doll. I opted to do the final stitch line on my regular machine so I
UPDATE: Well the lace I had matched perfectly in the daylight but my daughter tried the dress on again once it was completely dry. It was still damp in the pics below. It was worse once it had dried and looked more like a party dress. As a last resort we
I performed a special sewing operation today for my daughters classroom teddy, "Molly". Each night one child is chosen to take her home and then the child does a recount of their time together to read aloud to the class the next day. Well this time my d
I would like to make my own traditional Christmas cake from scratch this year. I am getting in early as I know some cakes take months to be fully completed for the best flavour. Does anyone have any foolproof easy recipes? I am thinking of making three
Look what my clever hubby made for me today. It still needs to be painted but I just couldn't wait and wanted to share with you his design with a few tips from me. It is a multi-purpose spool holder for upright spools and metallic threads that fee
Finally pics of the finished dress! I must admit it was done a few weeks ago and last touches were still being done on the day of the ball. A couple of days before I had to do a mad dash 2 hours drive away as I had not been able to find any beads
Another UPDATE The zipper is now in and I have been spending hours upon hours hand stitching this guipure lace to the bodice. I was hoping to attach it by machine but the satin has a stretch feature and the lace doesn't so that will cause no end of he
I took a break from making my eldest DD's ball dress to make this snowbaby as per my youngest DD's request. She said it needed arms, a scarf and eyes like I have done on my other softies I have been making. (in case you are looking for them haven't sh