With 45 days until Christmas (eeeekkkkkkkk ) 31 of which I have to work I have decided I am going to attempt to not only finish Sandra's...

This is a really fast and cheap quilt to make . Made from chenille, old jeans and cotton material, with no batting, you can bang one of t...

You cannot go to a quilting and craft show and buy nothing ....even if it is Frugal November.

You know how you sometimes see something in the shops in June and think "That would be PERFECT for Aunt Gladys / Mum /The Neighbours / ...

I was going to give you a running saga of my sewing room woes but whatever I wrote sounded like I was having a Fairy Bread Pity Party. The...

I never really understood the hoopla that surrounds the release of particular fabric collections. I've spent the whole of 2009 only se...

I made these placemats earlier this year for my friends Natalie and Nerida who were both celebrating birthdays. They were made from my...

Picture quality is not fab ...but I finished 121 squares for Sandra's Quilt, which means I'm ready to lay it out and start sewing t...

Here's last weeks casserole dish/garage sale find filled to the brim with casserole bases and stocks to give as a gift for busy hungry...

We're big on animals in this house. To us they're part of the family. We have four pets (not including the free loading blue tongue ...

In the olden days when people were civilized they used to stop and have high tea in the mid to late afternoon. You can pick up beautiful...

skull·dug·ger·y Crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it. I first became acquainted with Skullduggery Jam many years ago th...

Here’s a nifty and easy Christmas present that looks more expensive than it is and would be great for someone who has a console table or sp...

I am going to take the plunge and commit to something big here. If I don't announce it publicly I'll find an excuse not to do it.  (...

Fiona Lippey (Self Confessed Miser Extraordinaire) and owner of the Simple Savings website has just co-authored and published a book called...

A few weeks ago, I commented to Mr. Fairy Bread that I would like to try living ultra frugally for a month to see how much more money we cou...

Audra over at The Frugal Missus inspired me with her post yesterday about her thrifty finds. I’ve been haunting op shops lately (ooooh how ...

One of my goals this year was to only use vintage, recycled or pre-loved fabric for quilting creations. I just feel it's more ecological...

Since my blog is new and I won't have any crafty goodness to show until my next quilt is finished I thought I would share  some of my pr...

In my childhood a party wasn't complete without fairy bread.  The fairy bread always disappeared before everything else. Sometimes your ...