I somehow found time to make the name tag for my swap partner over the last few days. I would have liked to have sewn the pocket lining and the top a bit neater, but I think it’s OK, unpicking it feels worse as the stitches are tiny… The name is blurred out so the [...]
Other than my quilt top, I’ve received quite a bit of fun post lately. First up I got my neon yellow Michael Miller solid. It was stiff and pretty potent so I pre-washed it (something I never do). It’s taken some of the brightness and crunchiness out but I’m a bit concerned that it’s a [...]
It’s been a very heavy going weekend. I have been doing an editing job which has been very intensive, so 16 hours a day, and that still isn’t finished. Needless to say, not much sewing has happened. I should finish my Retreat name lanyard tonight though, and I have started quilting Wallander. I’m also negotiating [...]
I went away for the weekend to visit OH’s family and I took my completed Weekender with me! I’ve been working hard towards finishing computer based projects so I haven’t had much time for sewing this last few days, so it was nice to actually achieve a finish with the little time I did have. [...]
If you’ve ever tried to design your own fabric for Spoonflower in Illustrator, it can be a bit annoying getting it all to match up perfectly. I usually have to go back and shuffle things about slightly. So when I found this online class starting TODAY (it’s a bit like Craftsy, you can watch the [...]
I don’t normally join in with Really Random Thursday but today it felt appropriate! For exactly a month I’ve been collecting charity bags to see just how many we get. We get a crazy amount, some days we get more than one. I’d be naked if I put something in one every time one came [...]
In 5 months I have killed 3 irons. I’m not sure how this has happened, but exactly the same thing keeps happening. I plug it in (with water in) it heats up then suddenly it cools down. I try and turn it off and on again but the light stays off and it stays cold. [...]
…is to finish my Weekender bag! well as far as The Lovely Year of Finishes goes anyway. It will be a busy month as I want to finish the quilting on Wallander and I also said I would finish Hello Chevrons for the Finish A Long and there are only 29 days left of this [...]
Yey, I finished it just before work this morning! The bottom right corner features some circles, the real reason is because I ran out of dark green, the posh competition reason is because I wanted to echo another theme from the same office that I drew inspiration from. Sorry the picture is a bit weird. [...]
Well I learned to stop and passed level two on Skate UK, however on trying to pass level three, turning on the outside leg on a curve using the inside blade I face-planted in front of eight children and produced more blood than I have seen in my entire life. After startling some young children [...]
