When I look back over the last 5 years of my TimeToCraft blog, I can’t help counting up the number of new craft skills I’ve acquired along the way. By no means am I a master of all these crafts, but I can do them. I know how to, and […]
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What do you wear in the kitchen garden?
My children are calling it my kangaroo apron. I like to think of it as my kitchen garden overall. Whichever it is, I’ve made it, which means it fits my needs perfectly. It had three basic requirements: 1. Must cover my clothes. Imagine the scenario. Guests are due in 10 […]
Read moreHee, hee – a new handmade blouse for me
When I finish sewing a project I always have mixed feelings. On one hand, I’m jumping with joy. At last I can wear/use/give the whatever it is. I can move on to the next project, which has been sitting impatiently in the wings. “Start me. Start me.” On the other […]
Read moreWhich fabric print describes you?
I woke early this morning and made a bee line for the sewing room, before anyone else woke up. You see, my room lacks a big table, for cutting out. Plenty of space for patchwork, but not laying out a whole dressmaking pattern. The only table large enough is the […]
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