Sewing on a button is a very basic mending technique that everybody, not just people who love mending, should know how to do. Luckily it's not difficult!

Slow stitching helps our mind and body to relax, and this graduated chain stitch is a really great one to have in your slow stitching repertoire.

Whether or not to embroider using a hoop depends on a number of factors. Find out how to make the decision.

These buttons are a perfect way to use a 30 minute slot to pause and express yourself creatively using a small scrap of fabric.

One of the best hot weather creative exercises must be veil painting, a beautiful and satisfying watercolour technique from Steiner/Waldorf education.

This hand sewing micro project took me an hour to complete. I now have a beautiful pin cushion, and my mind and body also benefitted.

Use this heart template to embellish a plain notebook with paper embroidery. This makes a lovely hand made gift.

Paper embroidery is the perfect starting point for anyone wishing to try their hand at embroidery. It is also a very relaxing activity that allows you to let your mind wander...

As you experiment with sun printing, you will inevitably make mistakes - it's part of the learning process. Here are some I made...

Sun printing, and most commonly cyanotype and anthotype printing, has grown in popularity over recent years as it is easy to do at home, outdoors, as well as being a fun activity for people of all ages with huge scope for creativity.

Finishing stitches are the most satisfying hand sewing stitches there are. Learn how to make a catch stitch, ladder stitch and rolled hem stitch in three simple steps.

There are so many different ways to sew with a needle and thread. In this post I explain three of the most useful hand sewing stitches that will serve you well in any sewing project, big or small.

There are many ways to tie a knot - even in hand sewing! Here I explain the most important knots for starting and finishing your sewing project.

This leaf (or feather) must be one of the easiest macrame crafts you can do if you just want to see if macrame is the craft for you (or your children).

A fantastic small sewing project to get accustomed with your sewing machine as a beginner is making scrunchies.

Newborn babies' eyes are only just learning how to focus, and a Montessori Munari mobile, because of its high contrast, helps them with this.

To teach small children about the concept of time, there are a number of fun tools you can use: the phenology wheel and the perpetual calendar.

Easy to make paper envelopes and pockets that can be glued into a diary or journal to help keep important bits of paper safe.

There are so many ways to tie ribbons into bows - and the best technique is not the one we use for our shoe laces!

A pine cone is such a simple treasure from nature, I actually think it doesn’t need to be improved - but Christmas wants red and gold, so out comes the gilding wax!