Spring Knitting and Stitching Show Tickets Giveaway 2019 The Spring Knitting and Stitching Show is returning to Olympia, London from 28th February to the 3rd March 2019, and you could win one of 5 pairs of tickets in a tickets giveaway! It's the UK's biggest textile craft event with workshops, demonstrations, exhibitions and specialist retailers. This year there's a special focus on dressmaking. Included is a dressmaking competition and ... Read the Post...
30 Minute Storage Basket
30 Minute Storage Basket One of the things I've discovered since I began home educating my 3 younger boys a few months ago is just how much more stuff there is! A while ago I posted this photo in a home ed Facebook group. Obviously the boys had been very busy, but unfortunately we also use that table for eating! Quite aside from the fact that I don't especially want to eat my dinner with Barnabas' eyeball for company, the stuff takes ... Read the Post...
2019 The Year of Bunting: Why Bunting is Best
I’ve decided that 2019 will be the Year of Bunting. This time last year I wrote a post about what I learnt in 2017. For various reasons I don’t want to write a similar post at the moment. I learnt plenty of things, but not all of them good or related to sewing and making stuff! 2018 was an odd year at Tea and a Sewing Machine HQ. Although nobody here died, got divorced or became seriously ill, I’m still quite glad to see the end of it and ... Read the Post...
DIY Embroidered Christmas Star
DIY Embroidered Christmas Star When I was younger, I did a lot of Christmas crafting. I used to make cards and decorations and bake stuff. Then I had kids and everything changed! I'd plan to make lots of things, then feel frustrated and annoyed that I hadn't managed to get them done. One year I tried to get round the fact that I had several tiny children by starting early. I was making stuff from August onwards. But because I'd been ... Read the Post...