My friend found this very old cloth in a bag of jumble sale donations. The edging is exquisite hand crochet. It had a couple of nasty stains. One is now under the duck and the other under one of the flowers. It was beautifully hand hemstitched as well, bu
The picture was the test stitch of the first design I did with Sfumato. I found it when I was having a clear out and decided to make it into something for the arts and crafts exhibition which is being held next month at the church. The fabric came from S
Chambray tunic - the neckline was embroidered and the facing attached in the hoop. The side slits were done with one of the heirloom stitches built into my machine. The colours I used are a bit subtle for me!
Crochet hook case to go with the knitting needle case I made a couple of weeks ago. The elastic loop is the fastening, but I may take it off as the fairy doesn't kook too comfortable with it around her middle!
I bought this lovely fabric at "Sewing for Pleasure" a couple of weeks ago. I thought it would be perfect for a set of knit/crochet storage items. Here is the first one - a zipped pouch for my circular needles. I hope it will stop them either escaping o
Two bunnies for a new baby. Dopey is a free design from the J-Club website and the realistic one can be found on My Garden Embroidery Design.
I've been fiddling with this design for a couple of days. I wanted to put it on a sweatshirt, but it didn't stitch well on an old t-shirt. So I stitched it on a piece of medium weight calico and made a bag to save wasting my time!
These key fobs will be thank you gifts for people running workshops at an event I'm helping to organise.
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 birds as requested. I hope you approve of these two - I looked at hundreds of photographs before I came up with these! Like the British birds, they are stitched on felt and the colour of the felt shows through the "feathers".
I had a small piece of sheepish fabric left, so I thought I had better use it before I lost it! Hence this purse for all of the paraphernalia that knitters carry about (stitch holders, tape measure, cable needles etc.) The word paraphernalia didn't fit s
Three cute little guys to look after your Easter goodies with alternative fastening methods. Kam Snaps - yet again. Unfortunately the chick (or is it a duckling?) doesn't have room for an overlapped back and it is optional on the other two!
After some tweaking my little birds are ready to fly around the world. They are the common birds that are found in English gardens, just about life size and made in felt. They perch with the help of tiny clothes pegs. The leaf design is included. I hop
A case for a set of crochet hooks, made in the hoop. I couldn't resist the fabric! The elastic is under slight tension so it holds the hooks firmly, but it does distort the shape a little.
When I digitised the very simple place setting design for the village hall table cloth, I didn't realise now versatile it would be. Here is the largest size in the centre of a quilted place mat made in the hoop. The fabric for the ends and backs was a
