The Accidental Crafter
ramblings of a wannabe crafter and domestic warrior
Oliver & S: Sketchbook Shorts
14 days ago
in Children
I do believe this is the first piece of clothing I have sewn for my son. FINALLY! Anyway, I’ve been seeing lots of plaid shorts around for boys, but nothing in my budget (yes, I’m cheap). So finally found some left over suiting fabric for 5 dollars (ok, not so cheap but it is 100% read further...
2012: The Year of the Dragon
25 days ago
Happy Chinese New Year to all those celebrating today. I feel like I’ve been given another chance to start the year afresh since the last few weeks have been chaotic and all over the place. I don’t make resolutions (cos I’ll just break them) but here’s my very short wishlist (short because I’m not sure read further...
Goodies from Pippablue
11 week ago
in Crafty News, Giveaways
While I was away, a parcel arrived from Ireland for me. Oh yeah, did I mention that I won the SMS giveaway from PippaBlue? And get this, I was the first to comment, so totally didn’t expect to win this lot of goodies. Aren’t they yummy? Love the postcard from 1973 (yes, that’s the name read further...
I’m back …..
11 week ago
in Other news
at home (in Sydney, just in case you were wondering). Pin it
Life at the beach
11 week ago
in Other news
We are still spending time away from home, just showing you where we are at the moment. When I used to live here, this was a good place to come and think. But with two kids in tow, there’s hardly a moment to myself but it’s still a nice, relaxing place to be. And just read further...
Hope for the future
12 weeks ago
in Other news
While I was away, I received some not so great news about a friend of mine. Due to this unexpected news, I’m going to be away again, so you may not hear from me for a while again. I sent this encouraging verse to my friend to meditate on, I hope you’ll find it helpful read further...
Happy Belated New Year
22 weeks ago
in Fabric Stash
I hope your year has started off well and oh yes, we’ve been away and just returned from our road trip, just in case you were wondering why it’s been so quiet here. Before we left though, I did a big tidy up of my sewing area ready for the New Year. I moved my read further...
Black Skirt – Sewing Black (part 2)
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Yep, the titles are getting worse, but seriously at this time of the year, I can’t think anymore. As I mentioned in my previous post, black is not a usual colour I would dress my daughter in. Actually, the older folks, e.g. grandmothers, aunties etc do no like seeing little girls wearing black at all. read further...
Peasant Dress – Sewing Black (part 1)
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A couple of weeks ago, I showed you a sneak peak of what I was working on, remember, it was something black? Yes, I know the blog title gives it away, I couldn’t come up with anything clever but that’s what it is, a black peasant dress. Now why a black dress? It is probably read further...
