I bought this old, very fine silk scarf from an antique store a while back. Mostly because I completely fell in love with its print: botanical illustrations of Swiss native flowers on a pale pink, cream and green background. But the scarf itself had lots of stains on it and a couple of holes and…

I've been thinking about making some moreporks for a while now, and finding my old book about NZ birds was a good prompt. A morepork is a small owl native to NZ- (Maori name ruru), so called because its call sounds like it wants more pork. I used to hear them from my bed as…

    Here's a collection of garden-inspired items I've made- some things for my small shop update this week, and a new dress for Keira. I've had that brown vintage fabric for a while now- it was given to me a couple of years ago by Amisha. K pulled it off the shelf the other…

I found this page in an old book of mine the other day: 'Gifts to make', (published in 1974, Marshall Cavendish, London) and was intrigued by the idea of this 'sewing housewife' it featured. Well, not the idea of a long, fold-up case for keeping sewing supplies together, but rather the name of it. Why…

The children have been invited to a 'kings and queens' party on the weekend, so we've been doing a bit of research about possible costumes and gifts. The Head King and Queen are brother and sister, and celebrating their birthdays together in one party- so I made them these felt crowns for their dress-up box.…