Making Makes My Life

I've been trying to figure out the collar for my Garibaldi shirt. The standing collar from the Simplicity shirt pattern I'm using ...

One of the ladies produced a weird egg. The question is, is she trying to send a message? And should I be afraid? bullet-shaped egg ...

Y'know how oneday in a thirftshop you'll walk past a big old bag of cane and think, ugh, who would buy that? Even I can't see a...

I think anyone who has bought an old piece of furniture will understand that odd thrill to find something in the drawers. I was very luck...

With making a Garibaldi-"Franenkstein shirt" being a shirt made up from several commercial patterns, I just wasn't feeling th...

My handmade birthday present of choice this year has been aprons - partly due to getting a ruffler foot for my sewing machine, and what cou...

Recently I acquired 3 - yes three - wedding type sewing patterns from the op-shop, Orphans-aid international, located in South Dunedin for ...