Christmas Crafting
Now that Christmas is done and dusted for another year, I thought I would share with you some of the gifts I made. Most of these were made while we were under lockdown in April/May […]
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Me made wardrobe
As well as adding to my wardrobe with thrifted items last year, I also did some sewing and knitting to give it a boost as well. I had a bit of time under our first […]
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A Year of Thrift
Happy New Year! I thought I would give an update on my slow fashion journey throughout 2020. As mentioned in this post, I pledged not to buy any new clothes for another year after a […]
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Peanut butter flavour experiment
Have you spied that Fix and Fogg have a new flavour out? Of course I had to try to recreate it at home. I haven’t tried their one but my version was pretty tasty so […]
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Twin Blankets
Whenever my friends M & D come to visit in Winter, they always make full use of my knitted and crocheted blankets. They had both requested a blanket of their own and in February we […]
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Backyard visitors
Since we have been in lockdown we have noticed more birds around. I don’t know whether it is because we are at home all day so we are noticing them more or if there has […]
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Easy peasy soup
It’s cold and raining here today so I whipped up this delicious soup for lunch. It was so easy and cheap, I thought I would share. You can make it vege by leaving out the […]
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One cushion, two projects
I had some cushions on the couch that used to be in my sewing room which I transferred to the new day bed that we brought to replace the couch. The covers that were on […]
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Day bed quilt
My sewing room also doubles as our guest room and we recently replaced our sofabed with a new Ikea day bed that I had been coveting for a number of years. I wanted something nice […]
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Pizza Calzone
All I can say is you need to make these. They are easy and delicious and they freeze really well. I have made a couple of batches since we have been in lockdown and we […]
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