A birthday present
Greetings from Sleep Deprivation Land! Woah – sick kids and no sleep are beginning to get to me… I have tried to edit this post over 24 hours and I just can’t get a...
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Painstaking Coraline
I was doing some searches on “doll hair” (because I am making a new doll for the Softies for Mirabel project, are you?) and I found an interview with Suzanne Moulten, head of the...
Starry Serenade Redwork Pattern
I’ve been working on my contribution to Kirsty’s Rework Quilt Project and have been enjoying the gentle, repetitive stitching. I drew up my pattern in Adobe Illustrator so thought it would be easy to...
My Creative Space today
I am taking part in Koo’s My Creative Space meme again this week and, as per the game plan, I have hidden a heart somewhere on my desk. For easier heart-hunting you can click on...
Off to Nicaragua
I have almost finished this little girl, ready to send off to Eren and then on to Nicaragua. She needs a few more pieces in her wardrobe, because (well, really) a girl can’t go...
My Creative Space today is COLD
This is the stuff that I pulled out of my bag (apart from the laptop) from last night when I got to go and do some stitching in a place where the ducted heating...
Dolls for the Casa Bernabe Orphanage
I have just signed up to make a doll to contribute to Craft Hope’s second project, which is to supply as many dolls as possible to the children at the Casa Bernabe Orphanage in Nicaragua. “The...
Bless my cotton socks, it’s Pip’s book!
I am sure you have well and truly read by now that Pip’s lovely book “Meet Me at Mikes – 26 Crafty Projects and Things to Make” is now out and on the shelves...
Mike’s – the Book
Cute cover! Pip’s book is available for pre-order now at Readings – ready for the very exciting date of March 25th. I have a little project buried within the pages – something super easy...
MixTape Giveaway!
MixTape arrived in the nick of time yesterday. Amelia was having a no-school day due to a heavy cold but of course around 9.30am she was bored out of her mind, and driving me...