How well do you know your quilting acronyms? Let's have some fun and crack the secret code so you can speak quilter's lingo like a pro! Acronyms make communicating quicker, but who can keep up with all the abbreviations?  They're a great memory tool because you only have to remember the acronym and then each of the letters serve as a prompt to fill in the blanks. But cracking unfamiliar acronyms can bring you out in a cold sweat! Our son (22) sends texts that are absolute letter gibberish, and it's a brain workout trying to decipher what he's saying. His generation has a very unique ..read more

Seven inspiring projects, seven talented makers! Quilting, crochet and baking links to inspire you to create every day of the week! Happy Sunday lovely! How has your week been? I helped some lovely ladies learn to crochet this week! It's so fun to see their excitement when they create something with yarn for the very first time. We started with some simple Granny Squares and hopefully this begins their love journey with crochet. I also found some wonderful projects for you this week, so let's go: Early in December, Maddi, Iris and I had a girl's day at Bridestowe Lavender Farm, and I p ..read more

Orange Marmalade was my father in laws favorite and Sunday is his heavenly 100th birthday, so I'm sharing the recipe I made for him over and over again! My father-in-law was an extraordinary man with very basic needs. Give him family, his dog, time in the bush, food in his cupboard and a comfortable place to lay his head at night and he was content. He was a meat and three vegetable kinda man, but his absolute favorite was bread and jam. Sunday will be his heavenly 100th birthday, so I'm sharing a recipe I made for him countless times, Orange Marmalade. When I first started making my ow ..read more

Granny squares are versatile and easy to crochet, and you're not limited to just blankets or cushions. Turn your yarn creations into wearable art with these gorgeous sweater patterns. One of my favorite lifestyle You Tubers wears the most darling crochet sweaters in some of her vlogs. She has quite a collection and I know some of them she found in thrift shops. They're feminine, cosy and super pretty and they've inspired me to crochet one of my own.  Granny squares have become trendy and they're a quick way to make your own wearables as there's minimal shaping and you're working in sma ..read more

Seven inspiring projects, seven talented makers! Quilting, crochet and baking links to inspire you to create every day of the week! Happy Sunday lovely! I hope you've had a creative week! Now that Easter is over, we can finally embrace the cosy season. Autumn is the time when we pause, reflect and let go, before we settle into our long winter hibernation, and I couldn't be happier. It's time for soups, chunky sweaters, candlelit rooms and a big thick book to read while the rain and wind batters against the windows - there's no better place to be right now! It's also time to craft and this ..read more

Seven inspiring projects, seven talented makers! Quilting, crochet and baking links to inspire you to create every day of the week! Harvest Throw Happy Easter Sunday lovely! I hope you're enjoying time with loved ones! It's officially autumn here and this cosy season grounds me. I love being surrounded by warm textures and colours and my ideal Sunday is snuggling under my Harvest Throw with a good book. What does your perfect Sunday look like? I found you some wonderful cosy projects this week, so let's go: I have to start with tonight's dinner and it's the Pot Roast Mushroom Soup re ..read more

The spirit of Easter is all about hope, love and joyful living. May your Easter season be filled with happiness, peace and family and don't forget, there's no such thing as too much Easter chocolate :) Happy Easter lovely ..read more

Seven inspiring projects, seven talented makers! Quilting, crochet and baking links to inspire you to create every day of the week! Happy Sunday lovely! I hope you've had a creative week. It's almost Easter and the week ahead is a full one. Landon and Iris have an Easter Playgroup party, I'm hosting a lunch for my craft girls, Good Friday will be spent together as a family and Saturday night is our annual Egg Hunt with friends. How are you spending Easter this year? I've found some quick and easy Easter projects for you this week, so let's go: Bake Play Smile has a 10 Minute Caramel C ..read more

Looking for something sweet and simple to bake for Easter? Why not try the viral Nutella & Biscoff Rosettes I saw on Instagram. They're quick, fun and extremely delicious! I have a super simple recipe for you today and it's perfect for any Easter celebration. The Nutella & Biscoff Rosettes went viral on Instagram, and you know you're old when you have to watch a fifteen second reel five times for your brain to absorb the recipe properly - perhaps that's how recipes go viral! Let's do an old-fashioned written recipe instead. These rosettes are fun to make, they taste amazing ..read more

The Rajah Quilt is believed to be the only surviving quilt made by convicts during transportation to Australia. Its beauty transcends the brutality of their circumstances and it's a historical record of women coming together and creating something beautiful! {photo from the National Gallery of Australia} Towards the end of 2023, ABC News ran a story that piqued my interest - Jane Franklin and The Rajah Quilt a play by Cate Whittaker had renewed the push for a historical quilt to be returned home to Tasmania (my home state). Currently the Rajah Quilt is in storage at the National Gallery o ..read more