Before Christmas I found a pack of fabric in a local quilting shop and bought it with a friend’s baby in mind. The colour scheme was bright but gender neutral and I thought it would make a perfect sized playmat for the baby to kick back on. I bought some yellow spotty fabric to supplement […]
Brodie’s fifth birthday was the first time we’ve attempted any sort of party bag. I think there’s three ways to go with this – buy one decent item, maybe a book for each child, or fill a small bag with inexpensive tat which children will enjoy, or forego the whole party bag thing in lieu […]
When Brodie was one I bought him a Haba doll thinking how nice it would be if he had someone smaller than him to look after, and how he might enjoy having a sidekick to play with. All he ever did was undress the doll – Lukas- and hide his shoes. Luckily Grier was quick […]
So after making Brodie’s quilt I felt the need to continue the aquatic theme and make a soft toy to go with it. Because probably, maybe sometime soon the boy is going to deem himself *whispers* too big for soft toys. I pinned this a while ago thinking it was really cool. The instructions are written in […]
Christmas 2013. It was by far my most fun Christmas ever. A combination of perfectly aged kids and lots of family and friends and fun outings and realistic expectations. Part of that last bit was not making too many handmade gifts and putting too much pressure on myself. I made a Christmas quilt and tree […]
So over a year ago I bought a pack of material at the 2012 Country Living fair with some (ok a tiny bit) of encouragement from Morag. I knew exactly what I would use it for – a Christmas quilt. And so I made myself a promise that it would be ready for Christmas. And […]
I made this quilt for a friend of Morag’s who wants to give it to her daughter for Christmas. She brought me the material and all I had to do was put it together. She wanted a straighforward design with no sashing, just a simple border and straightforward quilting along the squares. I have to […]
‘Mummy, please make me a tent’. Music to my ears I tell you. My first attempt was using the EZ fort. The EZ fort was a Christmas present I campaigned hard for, I wanted to buy something for Brodie which would encourage creative play. Over the winter we’ve had some fun with it but to […]
I’ve seen little tops like this a lot on the interwebz and as the weather has been uhmazing the past few weeks I thought Grier might like a little sun top of her own. She can wear a t shirt underneath it, when you know it’s a proper Scottish summer with driving rain and gales. […]
When we moved into our house nearly three years ago (ahem) I decided on a bold plan to learn how to make roman blinds. Thank goodness Greig talked me into buying ‘temporary’ blinds for the kitchen which have temporarily hung in the kitchen for 3 years until I gathered the wherewithal to make some. A […]
Caroline Cameron 