Sewjournal

I thought I’d see how many projects I could make using up scraps. Here’s my first attempt. It’s a Quilted Breakfast in Bed Set - Coffee Plunger Cosy, Egg Cosy and Serviette Ring.

Once I had put the Press ‘n’ Seal onto the top fabric I chose my other fabrics. The grey underneath will be the top fabric and the others will be the ones that peep through. My next step was to place it on top of my light box and slide the fabric I planned to [...]

I’ve so many different things to post about and I can’t decide where to start. There’s the fabric orders that arrived from Hancock’s and Shabby Fabrics; the new knitting I’ve started, the gorgeous new fine yarn I bought and the lacy shawl patterns I’m agonising over; then there’s my latest applique project and the new way [...]

The Scarf Well I finished my scarf and because of the way I did my lace pattern it snaked across the surface culminating in two angled ends instead of two straight ends. It furls really nicely. You can see in this photo here. (Ignore the wool hanging off the ends I hadn’t sewn them in at this stage.) The [...]

I have decided that unless I really, really need some fabric to finish something that I am going to attempt not to buy any more fabric for the whole of 2102. Before the end of 2011 I did order some fabrics to fill some glaring stash gaps and some of these arrived the other day. Here they are. Some yellow solids and some [...]

I got the knitting bug over the break and I really wanted to knit a fine yarn lacy shawl. I’m a reasonably accomplished knitter but I have to say I had problems with the patterns I found. Some of them had instructions which were incorrect but which I didn’t find out until several hours into the shawl! I tried four different patterns and ended up undoing [...]

Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2012 is a good year for you and your families. I finished my In a Spin quilt top just after Christmas and so then it was ironing the top with all those seams!                 Then sewing the backing,                 Then sandwiching…   [...]