This is a super easy craft that requires little more than an empty container from the recycling bin, a bit of scrap yarn and some glue or double sided tape. Tools and Materials Required: clean empty rigid container – we used cocoa and yeast flake cans because they have a gorgeous silver lining but you …
Jalie 2795 is a fitted zip-front jacket or hoodie with welt pockets in the front princess seams. The cuffs and hem band are made from self-fabric rather than rib and there are numerous stylistic seams which are top stitched. It is made for stretch fleece or sweatshirting although Jalie even recommends using swim fabric to …
So here it is finally, my Make Nine for 2019. It was a really sobering experience putting this together as I realised I just don’t have anywhere close to enough time to achieve everything I want to this year. So here are my priorities: crochet a cat from a kit I’ve had for over a …
We are continuing to enjoy crafting from our Minecraft based crafting book* by Choly Knight. This week E decided to make a creeper head so we combined Choly’s creeper face design and instructions for her Steve head and came up with this! It was dead easy and we re-used some IKEA packaging (yes, I am …
We don’t do major Halloween costumes in our house (yet!) but my daughter did want something spooky for the season so I whipped up a quick upcycled outfit. The skirt The rainbow ghosts were a small scrap of fabric I found in a Glastonbury charity shop. I’m not entirely convinced it was meant to be …
Out of the blue one day my daughter decided she needed a kite, like, right now. So to the trusty interwebs I went and discovered a tutorial on making a diamond kite. However, failing to have any dowels, large plastic bags or flying line I improvised. So here is my upcycled version of the classic …
