• Log cabin decoupage

    Log cabin decoupage

    Here’s a very quick make. I got a boring plain wood small photograph frame for 99p from our local charity shop. And some free decoupage paper from a craft magazine (crafts beautiful). Instead of scattering the paper randomly however, I did it in strips in a sort of log cabin kind of pattern. I think…

  • Book it!

    Book it!

    Getting ready for Christmas?! Have a quick look at my little ebook – 99p for lots of project ideas, all tried and tested by me and mine. Bargain!!< </a>

  • Check the box

    Check the box

    Up cycling a nappy carton into a toy box….here’s how…

  • Fuzzy felt

    Fuzzy felt

    Have to share this find…hand stitched felt children! I spotted them in a charity shop (rhymes with Boo High-der). They were on a manky antimacassars which I chopped off pronto. I auditioned backgrounds and went for some beautiful wool I got a few years ago, pre Portas charity shopping. I’m trying reverse appliqué but its…

  • Big softie

    Big softie

    We met the new baby. She is beautiful. And so, to mark the occasion, I whipped up this cushion. I finished stitching it five minutes before we went to visit. Very quickly, I used two fat quarters of contrasting fabric and bondaweb to stick the ‘z’ on. I sewed it on with running stitch and…