Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery and Sewing
Posted in Book Review on Mar 6th, 2008
They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell. I chose to read this book because Cornflowerwas reading it for her book club - of course they had all finished it before I even started. It was a difficult book to find in Australia, but eventually I tracked down a copy in Borders. It was set in America [...]
Posted in Fabric Stash on Mar 5th, 2008
My camera went on holiday to Japan (it did a bit of skiing), anyway it bought me back some fabric – Japanese patchwork fabric from the Tokyo National Museum. I’m still contemplating what to do with it – at this stage I’m thinking about a Disappearing Nine Patch …
Posted in Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery on Mar 4th, 2008
We have two birthdays coming up, so I decided it was time to design a new card. This one is foundation pieced using my embroidery machine. I digitise the design in Thred, convert it to the right format and resize it in Embird and then stitch it out. The cards are from Officeworks (you can [...]