Posts by: Cate Brickell
I really did plan to share every step of my quilting process this month, but juggling too many balls means that something gets dropped every time. But today I can bring you some entertainment! Now, if you’ve been quilting, or even just sewing, for any period of time you use a walking foot on your [...]
One of the downsides of loving fabric is the stash that build “for projects” that may or may not get completed. In my case, it’s been mostly may-not. So quilt month is the perfect chance for me to learn something new and use some of the stash. Like this fabric that I bought during boy [...]
I sent my big boy off on his first school camp a couple of weeks ago. To keep him organised, I decided to make a few bags for him (it wasn’t until the day before camp that I realised his friends would either think he had a cool mum, or was a total dork. I [...]
I can’t seem to create anything without adding a failure to my ever-growing-list. I’m not sure if it’s because I might be rushing, or not following instructions, or just don’t have everything ready to go, but there’s a reason everything takes me three times longer to complete! Take last week for example - I was [...]
When I saw these fabric covered suitcases from A Beautiful Mess, I just knew I had to have a go. I’ve been driving my husband crazy trying to buy vintage suitcases on eBay (and not having much luck), and thinking of all the things around me that would be perfect covered in fabric. I knew [...]
I did this craft this morning with my playgroup, and will be doing it with my joey scouts, cub scouts and my own kids this weekend (so it’s suitable for multiple age groups - everyone loves to glue and draw!) You need some tiles from the hardware store, paper, markers and glue or mod podge. [...]
I was reminded this morning why I buy clothes instead of making them. Once I got over the shock of running out of fabric, and the shop being sold out of the white-with-red-spots, I chose the blue with white spots. Then I cut the panels wrong, and was ready to give up. Fortunately, I had [...]
DON’T FORGET TO PRE-WASH YOUR FABRIC! I’ve heard all sorts of debates about pre-washing or not, so my rule of thumb is if the kids can spill something on it, and I can put it in the machine, then I pre-wash. Of course, I forgot that step, and was delayed a couple of hours. I’ve [...]
Having themes to write about each week helps us all keep our heads straight, and share ideas about similar topics. This week’s theme is sewing a skirt. An adult skirt. Something I haven’t done since I was in high school. We chose the reversible skirt from craftzine, designed by Andrea of craftybitch.com First thing to [...]
It must be something to do with being the first year of school, because my big girl never got invited to half as many parties as the little girl is! And it’s costing a fortune buying presents every week. So I’ve decided that I’m going to start making a pencil/paper wallet thingy. {yep, technical term} [...]
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