I do a lot of hand sewing in the evenings - mostly EPP. If I had £5 for every time I had to dismantle the sofa to find my scissors I would be a rich woman! Hopefully, this will help. It is a cushion filled with polystyrene beads, topped with a thin bo

The strangest thing I've ever embroidered - Mikehas been building this model Viking Ship for months. I couldn't let him have a plain sail! Design from Urban Threads.

This is an "artist's companion". Sketch pad on the right and pockets for pencils etc on the left. It was made in the hoop. The embroidery design on the front is from Urban Threads. It has elastic to keep it closed.

The strip of voile was pleated onto the bottom of the t-shirt after the embroidery. Finally I gathered up the side seam to give a ruched effect. When I wear it, the bottom is stretched a bit and the lower end of the ruched seam is just on my hip bone. Des

More Jumble Sale Challenge - I've been playing about trying to make the biggest ITH bag I can. This one uses recycled jeans and is about 28cm x 20cm. The design on the centre panel is from Urban Threads.

Tea towel and matching kitchen roll. Design from Urban threads. These will be a raffle prize at a tea party on Sunday where my choir is singing.

Junk transformation. Before and after. Urban design, stitched on balsa wood and glued onto the top of the box. Easy peasy!

I couldn't resist buying the new "Crazy Christmas Lady" design from Urban Threads, but I didn't really know what I was going to do with it. After a bit of head scratching I made this apron. I think I may have to add a pocket...... OK so I've a

This is one of the new Gilded Yule designs from Urban Threads. I thought it went rather well with my collection of Greenmen.

A little shoulder purse. I couldn't resist adding this new little design from Urban threads to one of my own ITH purse designs. I must have been saving these fabrics just for this!

This design is the current freebie at Urban Threads. I added the Gandhi quote.