I usually try to figure things out for myself, but I have such a collection of tutorials I have found along the way and saved, I should put it to good use! And make some cute stuff while I'm at it. And inform you guys of how I went with it. The first tutorial I decided to follow, my first in a VERY...

Continue Reading

Ok. I, Max California, have a severe addiction to paint swatches. I love just standing in front of them at the hardware and just staring at all the colours. Every shade imaginable. And all of them have the most delicious names - Cloudberry, Almond Bloom, Pink Dolly. When we lived in Brisbane, I was going to paint a feature wall in each room,...

Continue Reading

So I made this adorable little tartan helmet thing for Vin for when it gets cold out. It's made out of op-shop-bought black wool tartan and lined in red broadcloth. Oh, did you notice the BRIGHT RED MOHAWK down the middle? You did? That's pretty cool too isn't it! I'm going to buy longer faux fur, so it will stick up higher. That's...

Continue Reading

Ok I've got to be honest with you, this one I was very hesitant to try. I'm an incredibly fussy eater, and I didn't like the idea of this thing called Kale ((which I totally thought was a type of seaweed...y'know, kelp...)) or teh idea of raw pumpkin. But I decided to give it a taste test, and then grabbed another helping!! You...

Continue Reading

I think I've touched on the subject of my mummy's raw foodism before. Well instead of creating an entirely new blog for it, I'm going to publish her recipes here! These are delicious for everyone, and it's actually quite surprising how delicious and enjoyable raw food can be. First off, I'm going to tempt your tastebuds with my mother's version of Ice Magic....

Continue Reading

I'd like to say this is his first ever waistcoat, but would you believe this is his FOURTH? Yeh, he hardly wears them, but I guess it's because we've been on the move, and I just forget he has them ((or I havn't packed them)). Anywho. I'm going to make a matching pair of pants for this, so he has a cute suit....

Continue Reading

As in his first set of proper pyjamas! He won't sleep in these for a while yet I think, he keeps crawling out of the pants ((he could win the speed-crawling championship I'm sure)), but when he's a bit older they will be nice + snug and ready for him. As you can see they are too long in the legs and the...

Continue Reading

When I was in highschool, my mum taught me to applique. I appliqued ALOT of things, mostly faces of Angelica from the Rugrats onto shirts + pencil cases. Well I hadn't appliqued in forever, until I decided Vincent needed some cute new clothes. Well I'm on an applique-ing bender! You can applique anything, and use any graphic you'd like as an applique. Some...

Continue Reading

Hello everyone! It's been a wild + woolly week up here on the range don't you think? Crazy wind, grey sky. I am LOVING it. It's really inspiring me to sew what Vincent really needs - winter wear! So as you can probably see, I've revamped a little here. Not too many major changes, but the Tutorials now have their own little page....

Continue Reading

So I finally have my own little computer nook in the dining room. It's pretty great because I use the dining table for my pattern drafting + fabric cutting ((even if it is too low. Do any of you guys get Sewer's Back?)) so I have ANOTHER room I have taken over. Well I have started catching up on all the blogs I...

Continue Reading