Mugrug and table runner - pieced, quilted and joined in the hoop. The second picture is straight from the hoop (just trimmed.) The backing has to be added by sewing machine. Actually, I think I could have done it all in the hoop, but I would have had to h
I wanted to make a reading cushion for a child and having been a teacher for 35 years, I know how important clear fonts are when learning to read. Much as I love the word art type designs, I couldn't bring myself to use one!
I've made this fiddle bunny to take to a concert in aid of Alzheimers Research. I'm sure there will be someone there who knows someone who would like to have him. He has a bell trapped in one ear and a bead in the other. There is crinkly cellophane a
You might have been wondering why I haven't posted any projects recently. This is a Snapshot of our Library now finished and hanging on my kitchen wall. It consists of 25 blocks, individually digitised. It is intended to represent the contents of our ten
This is "Stripnflip Santa" - the latest addition to Engineered in Stitches. Thank you ethan for the inspiration! He is designed to hang, but I think I will make some without the ribbon to sit on bottles like this one is doing. He now has a little bro
Lucy Locket won't lose this pocket in a hurry! I added the loops and D rings in the yoke seam when I made the skirt. The purse is an ITH quickie with the little lobster claw thingies added whilst making. It is a sort of girlie sporran!
A change from the quilt! I thought I had CD's out of my system some years ago but they have resurfaced! The design for the Christmas version is now available from Engineered in Stitches. The one on the left is made with die cut poinsettia bracts and t
I've been AWOL due to a nasty virus, but in between paroxysms of coughing and feeling miserable I have managed to finish my ITH sampler quilt. I have to say I'm very pleased with the back! (The black stripe across the top is the hanging sleeve. I
This is what has been occupying me this week. Aldi had very cheap FQs at the weekend so I bought 3 packs. I added some white for sashing and black for backing and I'm using them to test my own ITH quilt blocks. These are pieced, backed, quilted and joine
In a recycling mood today - I began with the skirt from a sundress I bought at a jumble sale, the lid of a CD spindle and two scrap CDs. I had to add some Bump from my stash but that is all. The basket is in two sections, each was made ITH. Pockets fir
My big sister dropped this owl fabric off yesterday and told me that she needed a bag to send to her great granddaughter in Australia by the end of the week. As little sisters always do as they are told, I came up with this. I digitised an applique owl i
My Green Man found a friend! The two sets of designs are now available from Engineered in Stitches. All made and assembled in the hoop.
Fresh out of the hoop - this green man has been in my head for a couple of weeks while I have been away and has just seen the light of day for the first time. He is made in the hoop using felt (3 hoopings) and measures about 30 cm across. I plan to stretc
This table runner was English paper pieced by hand, but quilted on my embroidery machine. The second picture is the back of the runner. I digitised the quilting design to fit the large hexagon shapes.
Meg needed a new bandana to be festival ready. If you don't believe she is a wonder dog - watch the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B... It is a simple triangle fastened with Kam Snaps. (Her ID tag is vinyl with a snap as well - lasts