It was Kids Clothes Week last week - and what did I sew? A cushion! Yes, but believe me Missy has attempted to wear cushions before, climbing right inside the cover and calling it a hat. But not this cushion cover - no chance. I love it too much And it's also a little indication of how I sew. Which is, very quickly,...

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It's Kids Clothes Week and I'm missing the party. If KCW means nothing to you, all you need to know is that right now, right across the globe a load of crazy sewing addict women are manically stitching, photographing and blogging. Sadly I'm not one of them. The KCW challenge involves sewing for one hour every day this week. And right now I...

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Squirrels might look cute and fluffy. But this one cost me blood and tears. (And that's before I wrestled with a shark  an elephant and a boa constrictor). Yes really, I stitched my finger with my sewing machine sewing this number... For those not familiar with Secret Squirrel, he's skipping around sewing blogs on his way to Straight Grain's blog,  offering a monthly...

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