Year Of Bunting Challenges: October's Nature Themed Bunting Despite declaring back in January that 2019 was to be the Year of Bunting, I have managed to fall off my own bunting bandwagon. Julie and Hazel in particular have joined in almost every month, so with a combination their enthusiasm and the Flylady's, "You're not behind. Just jump in where you are," I've leapt back onto the bunting bandwagon with some nature themed bunting. An ... Read the Post...
Scandi Flowers Cushion Cover: Planning a Project and Tutorial
Scandi Flowers Cushion Cover: Planning a Project and a Tutorial Every year, September is National Sewing Month, and over on All Free Sewing during September there's a month's worth of sewing tutorials, tips and giveaways. I've contributed to this for the last few years, and this year I wrote a tutorial for a Scandinavian inspired cushion cover. One of the reasons why I love bold, geometric flowers is because being easy to make from ... Read the Post...
9 Photography Tips For Crafters (And Some Myths!)
9 Photography Tips For Crafters (And Some Myths!) If you're trying to sell handmade things online, or if you're trying to promote your blog, your photography is the thing that's going to make the biggest difference. Stop and think about it for a minute. Can you can think of at least one occasion when you either clicked away or kept on scrolling because the photos were awful? I bet you can! When I started Tea and a Sewing Machine, my ... Read the Post...
Pencil Roll Tutorial
Pencil Roll Tutorial I received the fabric for this project from Hunkydory Crafts. You can find it here. Any opinions expressed are my own. Here's the next instalment of my little art kit! Before we went on holiday, I wanted to make a little bag to keep my notebook in with some drawing and painting things. This was partly because I was worried that there wouldn't be space in my luggage and I'd have to leave them! A little bag with some ... Read the Post...
