I’ve continued working on this quilt. I’ve sewn the squares into strips and now I’m sewing the strips into blocks. To get the effect I want, accuracy is vital. So when I sew the strips together, I ensure the seams for each square are lined up and I press the seam allowance from one strip [...]
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Advent Calendar – 7
Posted in Christmas Decorations, Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Sewing on Nov 24th, 2008
The buttons are on. Now I’ve just got to finish the ornaments…
Advent Calendar – 5
Posted in Christmas Decorations, Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Sewing on Nov 17th, 2008
A pile of pockets ready to be sewn on and ornaments in a production line … The ornaments are a machine embroidery design from here. They’ve used velvet as the base whereas I have used felt, so I’m not sure how to cut the edges away (they used a candle and melted the edges, but [...]
Advent Calendar
Posted in Christmas Decorations, Fabric Stash, Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Sewing on Nov 4th, 2008
I’ve decided to make an Advent Calendar – just to put myself under a bit more pressure. I got the idea from here, but it’s developed a mind of it’s own. Each pocket will have a number embroidered on it. I haven’t quite decided on the position of the pockets yet – the one above [...]
Notebook-Pencil-Holder-2
Posted in Sewing on Oct 30th, 2008
I’ve made another Notebook-Pencil-Holder.. I’ve altered the pattern a bit – I wanted to fit 12 pencils (rather than 10) and I wanted it to be a bit shorter. Instead of making the main pieces 40 by 28cm, I made them 46 by 25cm. I used a medium weight interfacing this time and it worked [...]
Notebook-Pencil-Holder
Posted in Notebook Pencil Holder, Sewing on Oct 23rd, 2008
I found a tutorial and pattern for a Notebook-Pencil-Holder at One Red Robin and thought I would attempt one to see if it would work as a christmas present for my girls. The tutorial is excellent – heaps of photos and easy to follow instructions. I used an ‘iron on’ batting instead of interfacing because [...]
Princess and Dinosaur Appliques
Posted in Machine Embroidery, Sewing on May 25th, 2008
As P is very keen on dinosaurs and A on princesses, I decided to make them applique T-Shirts. I found the designs at Designs by Juju (I did briefly consider digitising my own designs, but as hers werre exactly what I wanted it seemed more efficient to just buy them – plus she had a buy two sets get [...]
Birds
Posted in Christmas Decorations, Sewing on Dec 10th, 2007
On the weekend I realised that I hadn’t thought of presents for my girls’ teachers. As school finishes on friday, I don’t have much time. I decided to make the bird christmas tree ornament from this book. Despite my best efforts, I couldn’t get the belly section to join the body section without puckers. The [...]
More T-Shirts
Posted in Machine Embroidery, Sewing on Nov 25th, 2007
I’ve been working on more T-Shirts… One of these is an order for my shop and the other are christmas presents – I hope to get some into my shop soon …
T-Towel Apron
Posted in Sewing on Nov 5th, 2007
I was motivated by the team at SewMamaSew! to attempt an apron from a tea towel. It is part of their 30 Days of Gifts to Sew. The original idea for the apron is from Randi (i have to say ) – there is a tutorial and everything. As the T-Towel is enormous (it’s one from [...]