Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery and Sewing
Posted in Inspiration, Knitting on Feb 2nd, 2010
I’ve been working on my spiral baby blanket. It is very relaxing (almost meditative) knitting. The colour is beautiful and the yarn (surprisingly) lovely with which to work. While knitting I’ve been watching Emily of New Moon. I don’t think this was ever shown in Australia (I bought it from DVD Scene and they were [...]
Posted in Book Review on Feb 1st, 2010
The girls went back to school yesterday. We’ve had a lovely holiday, but I was keen for them to return to school. After six weeks of very little child-free time I decided to treat myself with a trip to the Subiaco Book Store. This is a great store – independent with an eclectic mix of [...]
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Feb 1st, 2010
I’ve started cutting my alphabet blocks. I used template plastic, which I’ve never used before, to fussy cut the squares. At first I tried to use my rotary cutter, but that was a bit of a failure. Now I draw around the shape with a disappearing pen and then cut it out using scissors.