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Monthly Archive for October, 2007

New Books – Bend The Rules Sewing

So my new books have arrived … I haven’t had a chance to look at them properly, but they’re beautiful productions. I had a quick flick through both books and I wanted to make pretty much everything. I particularly liked the scallop edge quilt in Amy’s book – I thought it would be very quick [...]

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Summer Shirt

I’ve been trying to buy my girls summer tops. I want them to be cool and to keep them covered (to avoid sunburn). I couldn’t find any in the shops, so I decided to make my own. I selected the Newlook pattern (6526). Although I’m going to make version A with the sleeves from B [...]

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Blogging Woes

I’ve been having a few dramas – comments have gone missing (so if you have left a comment and I haven’t replied, I’m terribly sorry), I’ve had surgery (so felt too dreadful to do anything but read trashy novels) and I’ve been working on items that I don’t want to publish on the web – [...]

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Birthday Card – Bethany

Another birthday card – sorry about the image my camera is out of action so I used the scanner.

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The instructions and design (in pes, jef and hus) are now available here or check out my sidebar (Machine Embroidery Designs).

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I’ve been working on my Snail’s Trail block. It is working better now that I stitch the entire foundation first and then the seams (before I was doing a bit of the foundation and then the seam and it took much longer).  As the final block is 13cm by 13cm, you can see the ‘trail’ [...]

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