Friday, 21 November 2014
It came upon a midnight (well... about 7.30pm) clear
So my awesome friend Alison from Stitches of Time gave me a MASSIVE box of Christmas fabric today, and I've been pondering what to do with it every moment since. I'm planning a few drawstring gift bags, maybe a few stockings, but then I came across the suggestion of Christmas aprons and thought, YES.
I have spent the last hour trawling the internet for a good free pattern and Lo! LO. Here is EXACTLY the apron I want to make: Elephant in my Handbag: Christmas Apron Tutorial.
...it's the weekend now (and as per, I am horribly behind in all my bloggery) but I shall see if I can't rustle up a few of these in time for the Craft Fair on the 6th December. Craft Fair? Oh, yes. See, told you I was horribly behind. :)
I have spent the last hour trawling the internet for a good free pattern and Lo! LO. Here is EXACTLY the apron I want to make: Elephant in my Handbag: Christmas Apron Tutorial.
...it's the weekend now (and as per, I am horribly behind in all my bloggery) but I shall see if I can't rustle up a few of these in time for the Craft Fair on the 6th December. Craft Fair? Oh, yes. See, told you I was horribly behind. :)
Friday, 14 November 2014
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
OH LAWKS
Of course, the ridiculous thing is that while I haven't blogged for months, I have been sewing like a mad thing the entire time.
In the spirit of my "use stuff up" project, I've been doing 12.5" quilt-as-you-go blocks for the wonderful Soy Amado project:
And I made some pot-holders for a wonderful friend of mine who got married last week in the US. I wish I could've been there but from what I've seen it was a fab day and she made a gorgeous bride.
And I've joined a real actual sewing bee! The Siblings Together Bee (mk 2), where we make 2 x 12.5" blocks per month for a year. These are November's rainbow coloured slab blocks, although I got a bit carried away and made 3...
I also made a commissioned toddler quilt which I didn't even take a photo of, and half a dozen baby quilts for Project Linus which will go to the Calderdale babies ICU. I didn't take photos of those either. I am USELESS!
Worst of all, I've realised I never posted the finished Bear Quilts. So here they are, two disappearing nine-patch quilts in "Indie Chic" by Riley Blake fabrics and a few stash bits and Kona solids, for a pair of twin boys:
Here's a close-up of the Bear Block at the top of each quilt (based on this block at Quilter's Cache, but tweaked a bit for my purposes):
There, that'll do for this post. Now let's see how long before I post again...
In the spirit of my "use stuff up" project, I've been doing 12.5" quilt-as-you-go blocks for the wonderful Soy Amado project:
And I made some pot-holders for a wonderful friend of mine who got married last week in the US. I wish I could've been there but from what I've seen it was a fab day and she made a gorgeous bride.
I also made a commissioned toddler quilt which I didn't even take a photo of, and half a dozen baby quilts for Project Linus which will go to the Calderdale babies ICU. I didn't take photos of those either. I am USELESS!
Worst of all, I've realised I never posted the finished Bear Quilts. So here they are, two disappearing nine-patch quilts in "Indie Chic" by Riley Blake fabrics and a few stash bits and Kona solids, for a pair of twin boys:
Here's a close-up of the Bear Block at the top of each quilt (based on this block at Quilter's Cache, but tweaked a bit for my purposes):
Each quilt had a little teddybear to go with it, made from a Love Patchwork & Quilting pattern. Unfortunately the bears had to be posted off before the quilts were finished, so I didn't get a proper photo, but I managed this one while the quilt tops were still on the design wall:
There, that'll do for this post. Now let's see how long before I post again...
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