Book Review - The Maison Sajou Sewing Book by Lucinda Ganderton Published by Ivy Press ISBN 978-1-78240-085-1 Hey guys, I have my thoughts on another stitchery book published by Ivy Press to share with you today. If you have been reading my blog, you will have caught two lovely books from Ivy Press so far, with the Sew Quick, Sew Cute By Fiona…
Nice I hope? Last year I made some Christmas stockings for myself and my OH from Christmas-themed fat quarters. I could try and say that they are post-modern ironic but they are, as you can see, full-on Traditional Christmas Chintz with extra sparkly glitz added on for good measure. Well, we wouldn't want Father Christmas to miss them now, would we?
So what do you think? Do you think that everyone would like to have a pot holder for Chrimbo? :)Not a card today but some sewing. Really must get some more sewing done. I have just loads of projects in my head but a lot of them seem to just stay there. Do you have that problem too? I have recently joined…
I had the urge to do some sewing – a touch of embroidery and this week Papertake Weekly has a stitching theme – real or faux. So here is a little embroidery strawberry for you – not that I am trying to hold onto summer or anything. Materials: Paper - made by me Card - white cardstock Other - embroidery threads; cotton…
Cake, yummy cake – sorry, it is made from felt and beads. This one went on the front of a friend's little girl's birthday card. So a question for you – what do you call them? Cupcakes or fairy cakes? :) If you are old enough and from the UK, you probably remember them as fairy cakes. We all seem to call…
I haven't posted any sewing for a while as I've been concentrating on the papercrafts. So I thought I would put one of my felt flowers up. Made from felt, embroidery silk and buttons.I love working with felt, you can get it in so many colours and it looks fab. This flower is to put on a make-up bag but I'm going…
I have recently bought a new sewing machine. The motor went on my second-hand and very old Frister and Rossman. Having two sewing projects on the go and feeling a bit lost without a sewing machine I bought a new one. Wahoo. And have now completed my skirt (one of the uncompleted projects). Wahoo again.Now just have to work on the other…