the easiest fudge recipe in the world…ever!

My dad asked for fudge for his Christmas this year and, after a very bad experience trying to make it the conventional way, I resorted to a tried and tested method of considerable ease.
Are you ready?  Here it is:
~ Put 1 can of condensed milk in a microwavable container (quite a big one).
~ Add to that [...]

embroidered mushroom ornament

This post is copied from our new blog at www.madestuff.co.uk.  When I say our, I mean Alasdair and I.  We have decided for one reason or another to post collaboratively on our craft adventures.  Who knows, one day someone might want to buy some of this stuff and make our house a bit less cluttered.
The [...]

felted sweater bird wristlets

Remember the bird tutorial?
See anything familiar in the wristlets I made this week?

felted sweater appliqued bird wristlet (try saying that after a few drinks)
Well I attempted to felt an old cardigan, without a lot of success I might add.  I don’t think I put it through enough washes.  Still it felted enough to not fray [...]

da-da…the bag in all it’s finished glory

It was actually completed last week but there’s a daytime blog posting problem again and now I can only blog in those 5 minutes that Alasdair gets up from the PC to make a cup of tea.
Getting good pictures of this one was an absolute nightmare.  The fabric goes all swirly under the flash and [...]

not just for beginners dotee swap

Now that my lovely partner has received her dotee I can show you the whole package…

Here she is all wrapped up in her box with her reading material

And isn’t it always the way?  You’re ready to go and someone needs to go to the toilet one last time so you have to unpack!

And then she [...]