A keepsake bear for a new member of my family. Strange names to me but Wilfred is a name from way back in the family. My daughter's comment was "at least the initials don't spell anything dodgy!" This baby would have been my late sister Mave's fif
I had some bits of the brocade left from my bag, so I made an ITH zipped purse to go with it. Luckily there was one piece of fabric big enough to make the purse back. It is fully lined with no raw edges or visible stitching. Those of you who are observ
My first play with In-R-Form. Well I tracked some down here in England (not easy) and paid an arm and a leg! The pile of fabric came from USA in a friends luggage. (She always likes to bring me a challenge.) The pieces are silky brocades, probably from a
This is what has been keeping me quiet for the past few days. The background is paper pieced using the last scraps of a jelly roll (Wrens and Friends.) The bees are an Urban Threads design. I can't claim the credit for the original idea, I was inspir
Here is the T-shirt out of my duster bag, brought back to life with a new design from Urban Threads, (Any excuse!)
Here is the final version of the table mat. It is made entirely in the 130mm x 180mm hoop and the finished size is 26cm x 22cm.
A work in progress. This sunflower tablemat is made in the hoop. I think it would look better with more (overlapping) petals, but I don't think most machines would cope with the bulk. Is it worth persevering?
My rabbits have been breeding like........... rabbits! I suppose it was inevitable. Mike said I needed to do one in a more upright pose so here she is. Note the fabulous pompom tail on the new one. My daughter showed me a neat method yesterday while the b
I know this rabbit was intended to be realistic but I couldn't resist adding a touch of whimsy! She is made in the 130mm x 180mm hoop with a small amount of hand sewing to finish.
Here is another patchwork eyeglass case - made ITH with no raw edges inside. The pentagon in the middle is big enough to add an initial.
I've been experimenting today, to try to come up with a realistic rabbit. Here is my prototype alongside the very simple but unrealistic one I did for the J-club members. The new one is double sided with four legs as we discussed in Toogie's thread in c
Yoriko asked me for a fully lined (no raw edges inside) eyeglass case - and here it is. It is strip and flip to give a braided effect. I think the effect is a lost a bit with the the very busy fabrics I chose. The back is the same.
These two purses originally appeared in DBC but Yoriko persuaded me to hunt them out and update them. They are now fully lined with no raw edges inside and a little bit bigger that the originals to make them more useful. Hope you like them!
Folkart style waistcoat for Teddy. I digitised the waistcoat pieces to make ITH. They could have done with being a little bigger, but my hoop size was at it's limit. The folkart style decorations are from Embroidery Library.
This shirt is my response to The Great British Sewing Bee's obsession with invisible zips. Designs from Urban. The zip up the side seam was where I started - to cover up a tiny hole. I may not have finished yet!)
