How To: Make this Gorgeous Pincushion Pattern in Six Simple Steps!
Martina Bahre, co-founder of Brisbane’s Ava & Neve, has created this wonderful hooped, Liberty print pincushion pattern. Make your own in just six easy steps! Everyone needs a cute little something in their sewing room to bring the space to life. I have a nasty way of popping the pins between my lips while I’m busy […]
Sewing Secrets From the Biggest Names in Craft: Part 1
Time to spill a few beans on sewing secrets! Shortcuts, cheating and the odd make-do are within the realms of some of the craft-world’s biggest names, apparently. Kind of comforting, really! Some hitherto-secret admissions follow… Amy Garro’s Sewing Secrets 1. I sew over pins. Religiously. Okay, so I’ve gotten a little better at this one, but […]
6 Fun Ways to Conquer & Calm Crazed Bobbins
Who isn’t familiar with runaway bobbins? Bobbins trailing ever-lengthening loose threads? Bobbins thrown in drawers to fight it out amongst themselves? Tangles of bobbin tresses that can reduce you to tears? We’re here to show you 6 easy and creative sanity-saving solutions! A Moat of Bobbins You can always count on Karen Way, of Sew […]
Step Inside the Workroom of Jemima Flendt
Jemima Flendt is one of Homespuns 2017 Block of the Month designers and we’ve invited ourselves into her home and studio, to see just how Jemima manipulated her homes’ architectural plans to wangle herself a dream workroom! A Family Tradition Jemima Flendt comes from a creative lot, going back generations. Now, she’s now passing her skills and knowledge […]
Start Homespun’s 2017 Block of the Month!
The Feburary Homespun is always hard to beat because it launches our much anticipated Block of the Month. And this year our Block of the Month is a doozy – ‘specially for kids! And as usual we have 10 other step-by-step easy-to-follow projects covering crafts including quilts, bags, dolls, and more to make your February fantastic. Never […]
1930s Fabrics: A Retro Pattern & Palette Play
For a sweet retro vibe, let’s look to the 1930s. These 30 fabric patterns mix fiddly florals with tiny animals, and tones transit from pastels to punchy. The effect is instant charm. You can picture any one of these as a homemade pinny! Use 1930s fabrics to create the Dolly Madison in Texas Quilt […]
10 Tips for a More Functional Sewing Space
Allie Olson has turned a small second bedroom in her rental house into her dream workroom and sewing space. And she’s happy to share her tidy-up tips with Cosy PROJECT to show you how, with a few strokes of her magic organisational wand, she’s turned clutter into calm and frightful into functional. For some time […]