We are increasingly getting into Lego in this household. A few months ago I bought a mix of "Classic" bricks to go with our few other sets and since then there's been a lot of building happening. Sorting through the box to find one particular part is becoming harder as more pieces are added, so …
Tag: Sewing

Super hero line up
After seeing the Super Hero Felt Masks pattern from Willow + Stitch I decided that they'd make the perfect Christmas present for my super hero loving four year old. I went to Daiso and bought felt and elastic, and printed the pattern out at the library, and got to work. I made one IronMan first …
Upgrading our dolls pram
We have a cheap little dolls pram that was passed down from my cousin's children. Well to be more accurate, my uncle and aunt had it in the back of their car to take to an op shop when my mum happened to see them, and saw the pram, and claimed it for my children. …

Burp cloths and blankets
A very dear friend of mine had her first baby recently. I thought for months about what I could make for her. My sewing skills are still limited, although I am hoping to improve that soon. She said that she had enough blankets but this beautiful bear fabric seemed destined to be a blanket, so …
Reading the manual
I was raised in a household that didn't read manuals or instructions. You figured stuff out by having intuitive engineering capabilities, pushing a lot of buttons, with screw drivers, by asking everyone else in the family for help, or if you ready to admit failure and that you couldn't problem solve, then read the instructions. …