An unabashed, unapologetic and unsolicited crafty rave.



We have a lot of books in our household.

Some of those books are non-fiction

and a lot of those non-fiction books are of the cooking/ sewing/ knitting/ other crafting variety. 

...and a lot of them have been very disappointing or just plain crap.

I just started sewing again this week

after really not doing much at all in the past 6-12 months.

I don't think, caught up in my obsessive knitting phase,

that I realised how much I missed sewing.

My first projects were some City Shoppers from Nicole Mallalieu's "You Sew, Girl" book.

I have loved the look of this bag since flicking through the book on Mother's Day

and decided that I now might just need to sew one up

as the necessary hands-free bag one might need on an upcoming trip to, hmmmm, say, Vanuatu.

I have made a lot of bags

but I have to say that I learnt so much in just making this one style of bag from her book.
The end result is so much more polished and professional than I am used to.



I actually made 3
(and the third will be making its way to Sydney for my giveaway
so I can't show you yet)

There are a few more projects that I am eyeing off in Nikki's book

and I am looking forward to ticking them off my project list.
She shares some fantastic techniques and tips
and these bags came together perfectly.

While a few of my craft books are currently dust collectors, this one isn't.
It's a gem.