How to Sew a Bean Bag Chair A little while ago, my boys expressed a need for bean bag chairs. They like the idea of having somewhere comfy to sit where they can read or chill out that's not a sofa downstairs or their beds. There's one chair upstairs in my big boys' room, left over from the days of bedtime stories while feeding a baby. The little boys don't have a chair in their room. There is a toybox with some cushions on it, but that's ... Read the Post...
10 Ways to Get Ready For Christmas Crafts Now
10 Ways to Get Ready For Christmas Crafts Now Christmas always sneaks up on me. I know the date never changes, but somehow every year I find it's the end of November before I've even started to think about Christmas crafts and what I might make. I suspect it might be partly because all 4 of my boys have birthdays in the autumn and I tend not to think about Christmas until the Season of Birthdays is over. I also don't like thinking about it ... Read the Post...
Little House Bag Tutorial and Giveaway
Little House Bag Tutorial and Giveaway Recently I was sent some beautiful fabric from the new Tilda Harvest collection so that I could once again participate in their blog hop. As well as the lovely new fabric collection which you can find here, a new Tilda ebook is coming out at the end of September. It's available to pre order here and there's a little preview of the book here. I've had a look at it myself and I want to live in that ... Read the Post...
How to Upcycle an Old Pillow Into a Cushion
How to Upcycle an Old Pillow Into a Cushion Some time ago we replaced all the tired old synthetic pillows with nice new feather ones. I love a feather pillow, but I was left with a load of saggy old pillows that I didn't know what to do with! The obvious answer of course was to throw them out. I wasn't keen in this idea as I felt they could probably still be used for something, and I would always rather use something until it falls ... Read the Post...
