Zucchini glut!
We are currently experiencing a zucchini glut in our garden and in desperation I turned to Google for some ideas to use them up. I had already made this cake (it was delicious by the […]
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Mini Christmas stockings
You might be forgiven for thinking this is a post about some stockings I made for Christmas 2022. I was super organised during the holidays and made these for gifts for Christmas 2023! I have […]
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Calendar pages to envelopes
While I was visiting my friend in Christchurch, she gave me some old calendars to recycle. She had given me some a couple of years ago and I made envelopes out of them as we […]
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T-shirt to cushion transformation
I popped down to Christchurch the weekend before Christmas to visit my oldest friend who had a significant birthday on Christmas Day. We have been friends since we were 11 when we became penpals, she […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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