Crocheting flowers is great. They only require a small amount of yarn so the are a good way to use up odds and ends left over from other projects and who doesn't love flowers? Especially at this time of year when spring still feels a long way off. This crocheted lacy flower is similar to another one I posted about in A Crocheted Flower Tutorial. The differences here are that the main part of the flower is made using trebles rather than double ... Read the Post...
How to Make a Burlap Wreath
I always make a wreath for our door at Christmas, and after Christmas, once all the decorations have come down, my naked front door bothers me almost as much as the space left by the Christmas tree. So last year I decided to adopt the American custom of always hanging a wreath on my door! I could have just whipped out the spring wreath I made last year, but it is definitely not spring yet and I wanted to have a go at making a burlap wreath ... Read the Post...
A Winter Patchwork Cushion Pattern and Tutorial
Here is a tutorial for a winter patchwork cushion. In my previous post, I described the colour scheme I was planning to use for a winter themed project. You can read about that here! This was photo I used to come up with the colour scheme......and these are the fabrics I chose based on the some of the colours in the picture. The project I had planned was a cushion. In order to use different colours and fabrics, a patchwork cushion seemed ... Read the Post...
A Winter Colour Palette
I know this probably makes me a little bit crazy, but I like winter. Ok so it's cold, but that's what warm coats and boots are for! There are few things as beautiful as a cold winter's day, but I even like the grey days. What isn't so great about winter is the weeks after Christmas when it it can be difficult not to feel fed up. So to fend off the post Christmas blues I have planned to make some new cushions. For the cushions I wanted to ... Read the Post...
