I thought I'd better report in and explain why I haven't been around much this week. My sister came to stay for a few days for some intensive sewing therapy with a job list as long as your arm! She has just gone home so I'll share some pictures of what
Deep breath - now is the time to sign up for the Secret Santa Scheme for 2016.<br /><br /> You will need to make ONE item and send it to your Santee to arrive by 20th December. How difficult is that?<br /><br /> To sign up, please send an email to c
It is very unusual for me to attempt something that requires accurate cutting and stitching, but I had to have a go at this.
Dopey moment. Was having a browse through the Urban Threads sale and I put a design I liked the look of in my basket. The lovely website told me I'd already bought it along with my order number. Aren't they great?
After reading about drcindyl's experience with her credit card, I don't think it would hurt any of us to review our on-line purchasing habits. Firstly we should check that any site we are buying from has a URL beginning https. The s is for secure. It
This lap blanket began as a pile of granny squares I had made for something else (which didn't quite work out how I wanted it.) By the time I had decided not to use up the squares, I had started to crochet a square with the leftover yarn (for no particul
I've learned a new acronym today. SEX (Stash Enhancement Xperience) Well, fabric shopping can be quite sexy!
I've just seen an article from an English newspaper which begins: " A COUPLE from St Austell who added popular logos such as Hello Kitty and Fireman Sam onto goods they were selling through their eBay shop have been ordered to pay up for illegally us
This my current work in progress. To be honest I'm not sure I like it. (I've had the jelly roll for about three years and I love the colours and most of the fabrics, but there are a few really random ones in it. Also, they are not all cut very straight.
Having only really done my own ITH designs, I wasn't aware of methods used by other digitisers. A friend asked me to help her with a design she had bought. According to the instructions, it was necessary to print a pattern and cut all fabric pieces to si
I took some random hexagons on holiday to stitch together by hand. (English Paper Piecing.) I thought hand stitching might not stand up well to use in a bag, so I've now machined them together (and to a sort of compressed foam backing) using a fancy stit
I've been MIA for the last few days - perhaps some of you would like to see (part) of what Mike and I have been up to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I...
I hope you have all noticed that Veronika is having a fantastic sale, but only for 24 hours! Look for the tab where DBC used to be! There is also a membership sale - too good an offer to miss.
I got the pattern for this strange garment from a Japanese book. The first picture shows it as a skirt and the second, fastened at the bottom to create harem pants. Interesting, but I don't know how much wear it will get!
Does anyone make Fidget Quilts for dementia sufferers? How big should they be?