Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
Posted in Inspiration, Sewing on Mar 6th, 2009
My copy of Weekend Sewing (by Heather Ross) arrived. I bought it from here. I have plans to make the summer blouse (here’s a picture of someone else’s) and the ‘Go Everywhere Shirt Dress’ – I can’t seem to find an image of that one. The instructions look good and the design and style of this [...]
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 [...]
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…
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 …