Hi everyone – sorry to have neglected you lately!
Although it is getting (rapidly) warmer here in Melbourne (35degC today), I’ve been reading lots of lovely blogs from the northern hemisphere and have a very quick craft project that might be of interest to readers from that part of the world.
During the winter just gone, I needed a [...]
It’s my Birthday, and look what Meg made me… Those of you who know me will see the resemblance, I’m sure.
The little softie is sitting on my desk, and the bag will accompany me on those (almost daily) trips to the shops or library. Isn’t she clever?!
Now you can see why I consider myself so [...]
My friend Linda put me on to the coolest way to make a re-usable shopping bag the other day. Of course, Japanese people have been using this method for about five hundred years, so you might well know about it, but in case you don’t, watch the video below to see how to tie three different [...]
A friend of Meg’s had a birthday recently, and a party was held last night.
This is the card Meg made to accompany the present. It came complete with decorated envelope and had a pop-up girl who appeared to jump when the card was opened.
The little amigurumi ninja is finished, and hanging-out in the garden to make sure that no baddies are coming to get us.
Her face was drawn using a uniball marker on a piece of cotton duck, then attached using fusible webbing. To be sure it wouldn’t come off, I’ve run a small line of stitches around the [...]
Here is this morning’s project – a pencil case for one of Meg’s friends at school.
I love sewing in the morning – don’t know why I don’t do more of it…
The basic pattern for this little bag came from a tutorial I found through Craftster. It originated on a site called Drago[knit]fly and can be found here. It [...]
Motivation can come from the strangest places. On Monday – a public holiday here in Melbourne – I spent the day in the Emergency department of our local hospital with my mum, who had what we think was a really severe bout of food poisoning. While I waited, I crocheted – keeping my hands busy [...]
Hello. Welcome to the first post of Whatsername & Thingummybob!
Meg, miserable with a cold, stayed home again today for the fourth or fifth time in the last three weeks. Everyone seems to have this virus – first you have it for a week, then you start to feel better and crow at the improvement, only [...]
