You can improve on a good thing
I have a recipe for chocolate chip biscuits that my mum used to make for us when we were little. I have made it so many times that I know the recipe off by heart. […]
Author: Rachel McKelvie
Spicy Jalapeno Hummus
I have been a bit slack lately and have been buying hummus from the grocery store rather than making my own. I was cleaning up all of the bits of the paper stuck to the […]
Easy Risotto Recipe
I am going to give you the long story of how I came to make this risotto. We order our groceries online and get them delivered and last Friday when they arrived, there was an […]
Pocket Skirt
I love this pattern! It is the Pocket Skirt which is a collab with Peppermint Magazine and Paper Theory. It is such an easy, well written pattern and the result is a super comfy skirt […]
It’s all about the dress
This edition of the sewing update is all about the dresses. First up, the Spring Dress which is a pattern I got free with Simply Sewing magazine, Issue 80 and you can buy a PDF […]
Sewing update – Top edition
This time it’s all about the tops. I have made three tops from two patterns. First up, the Cuff top by The Assembly line. This is a really easy pattern which you could make easier […]
Me made wardrobe update
It’s been a while since I did a sewing update and there have been a few things added to my wardrobe over the past couple of months. First up, another long bright coloured skirt. No […]
Cheese roll filling – aka Cheese “Crack”
One of the things we got given for Christmas was a jar of Cheese roll filling. For those of you not familiar with what a cheese roll is, it is a slice of white bread, […]
Vinyl revival
We recently brought a 1974 Akai turntable in mint condition from the amazing and highly recommended WT Audio in Lower Hutt. It belonged to a doctor who had gone into a retirement home and he […]
60’s vintage vibe
I recently borrowed a copy of North and South magazine from a work colleague and there was a great article in there about Diane Ludwig and her love of vintage fashion. She rescues vintage pieces […]