Claire Howard

  • Handmade Apron

    One of my friends came up with a sewing challenge for me and asked me to make an apron for her daughter… Challenge accepted! Continue reading

    Handmade Apron
  • Scrubbies

    At the start of lockdown, I ran out of cotton wool pads so I decided to make my own re-usable pads to use with my Pamper Me Gorgeous products. I made the pattern up as I went along by crocheting… Continue reading

    Scrubbies
  • Face Masks

    With the lockdown and the unfortunate and sad need to wear face masks at the moment, I decided to make some masks for my friends and family (I won’t be making these to sell). I found a great pattern on… Continue reading

    Face Masks
  • Hand stitching

    I love my fabrics from my local fabric shops but right from the start I was keen to add hand stitching to some of my makes. Continue reading

    Hand stitching
  • Sewing – where it all began!

    Yesterday, we had a day out in Torquay, which we try to do a couple of times a year, as my grandparents lived there when I was growing up. I think more than anywhere it feels like home even though… Continue reading

    Sewing – where it all began!
  • The Crafty Collective

    I’m now in my third month of being stocked at the Crafty Collective in the Angel Place Shopping Centre in Bridgwater – how time flies! Continue reading

    The Crafty Collective
  • My fabrics

    My next few blog posts will (probably!) be about the different things that I currently make so I thought a good starting point would be to write about where I get my fabrics from as without the fabric I wouldn’t… Continue reading

    My fabrics
  • The Beginning…

    It all started when I was looking for a different way to tame my 3 year old daughter’s unruly mass of hair (I blame her father for that!) and I thought I would make her a hair bobble. She liked… Continue reading

    The Beginning…