Sewjournal

Well at last I’ve finished the Kaffe tunic. As it’s just the end of sumemr here it will be a few months before I can wear it but I’m very happy with it. Just need to wash it and block it now.

I know I’ve been very bad at keeping up the posts the last couple of weeks but we’ve been renovating and the sewing room has been the dumping ground for all the boxes and furniture that had to be moved. I have started quilting the “Man Quilt” but not enough to make it worhtwhile to show you. I have also finished the knitting [...]

I’ve been very busy recently. My copywriting business has suddenly become busy again – always good for the bank balance – and I’ve been ploughing on with the Kaffe knitting as well as designing a new quilt and putting it together. What’s more the postie’s been busy too. Yesterday he brought the last part of my Hancock’s [...]

Do you FMQ? I’ve tried it but haven’t practised enough. You may recall that a while back I took Deborah Louie’s Machine Quilting Classes but I haven’t really done much since then.I have done a few Stitch in the Ditchers and Straight Liners but no FMQ. I recently found the Craftsy Website and they had a special on and so [...]

Here’s where I got up to with my knitting before the wrist problem. It’s the tunic from Kaffe Fassett’s Glorious Knitting Book using Noro Kureyon yarn. My wrist feels much better after many days of no handwork so I might just test it out today and see how I go.