It’s the end of the school year for my grandchildren at the end of the week. The girls head teacher is leaving and they wanted a present to give to him. This is the result. The Diolch / thanks is appliqué in a red sueded fabric. I had wanted to embro
Beautiful design from Embroidery Library. Takes a while to embroider but it’s well worth the effort. Embroidered onto a black organic cotton apron which I have given to my elder daughter. As I have mentioned a few times before photography isn’t one o
After no embroidering for a bit I have done these tea towels for friends. Design from Embroidery Library and the extra on one from me. The tea towels do need be ironing. Thanks for looking
Another bag for another birthday. Regular viewers will realise I am using this design a lot. Love stitching this pattern out, just watching it appear is extremely soothing and I have been making it for friends birthdays into bags. This has been a great lo
I recently bought some lovely leather. So far this is a prototype book cover. My Galaxie 3000 didn’t like embroidering on leather but my V3 slowed down created this. I will make some changes and make some more. Thanks for looking
Last present for third friend who also keeps hens. This is also a Embroidery Library design. Thanks for looking
Tea towel for friend with mad chickens that I often get eggs. I love this design it always makes me smile. Thanks for looking
Tomorrow our youngest grandchild is 6. Also three friends have birthdays too but are going to be older than 6. I have been having fun embroidering tea towels for them. This is a new EL design that I bought last night for the friend who enjoys going out o
Been having some fun making a valentines card for a friend to give. It’s ages since I did a card so realise my ‘finishing skills’ require improving. Balloons are currently the EL freebie. Thanks for looking
Present. Wool suiting fabric for a bag with UT design that was a freebie years ago and it’s a design I have used a number of times. Thanks for looking
Finally, finally completed these two tops for the granddaughters. After the hassles of hooping the largest and stitching it out I thought for a long time and eventually floated the smaller top and hey presto it’s all done. Obviously need to use my think
Tea towel that needed ironing. I needed a little something for a gin lover at Christmas so I came up with this. It had a press/iron before being wrapped
Table mat for granddaughters. Daughter saw the one I made for Gruff for Christmas and asked could they have one too. So here is the finished mat. Thanks for looking
A late Christmas present. The number of people meeting at Christmas and the time changed with little warning so the granddaughters were unable to visit. The sewing for them stalled. Completed this in today’s sewing session. Used my PE design for the wor
Started off the day feeling very low. By this afternoon I decided that the best way of improving life is to turn on a embroidery machine so I did. I also decided that making birthday presents was a good idea. This is for a friend who has 3 beautiful cats,
