I have been meaning to make a fabric brooch for a while and tonight I stumbled upon a great tutorial over at Wise Craft. My first attempt wasn’t too bad and with a bit of tweaking I think one of these could look great on my winter coat!
Knitting and Stitching Show
I managed to complete the application I had been working on all year and submit it on Friday. It felt like a complete anti-climax but I celebrated by heading off to the pub after work for a large glass of wine or two. On Saturday we visited Tate Modern to see the latest installation in…
Doll quilt progress
In between a hectic few days I have been busily working on the doll quilt. I think my swap partner might be surprised by the fabrics I am using but I have gone for an autumnal feel with lots of browns and greens. In between sewing I have been catching up with friends; a newly…
Another good day (almost)
I have had a great day today. I was on a course held at the Design Museum which was good as a) I wasn’t in the office and b) the course started late and finished early which meant c) I got to look round two exhibitions which I don’t get too do any more. When…
More beautiful fabrics
When I got home from work today there was a lovely package waiting for me from my swap partner in the Scrap Swap, organised by Belinda and Kate. Ellen, with the help of her daughters, sent me some gorgeous fabrics which I’m going to use in my next doll quilt.
More lovely post for me
A lovely parcel full of goodies was waiting for me when I got home this evening. My swap partner picked so many lovely things specially for me – ric rac, fabric, cute vintage patterns. Some books from Amazon finally arrived too, yep you guessed it, Bend the Rules Sewing and Denyse Schmidt Quilts. Plenty to…
Doll quilt progress
I have finally chosen the pattern I am going to make for the doll quilt swap. After my previous disastrous attempt I knew I wasn’t capable of making one without a little bit of help. So I bought a copy of Little Quilts which everyone seems to recommend and have chosen a lovely quilt which…
Too much goodness
I’ve been spending a lot online recently, due to working from home so much last week I think. Today a book and some craft supplies from ebay turned up, as well as my first etsy purchase from here. I think you’ll agree the fabric is lovely, almost too good to use. Oh, I think I’ve…
Butterfly
Today I travelled all the way to LLandudno and back to visit an office as part of my job. It took hours and hours to get there. So I spent as long on the train as I usually do at my desk! It was worth it though for the view from the train as we…