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Today’s mail
The Amy Butler Soul Blossoms FQ Bundle that I won in the QLD Flood Appeal Auction at Carli’s Clan has arrived and it’s soooo pretty! (despite my ordinary photos). Many thanks to Carli for hosting the auction and to Jayne who donated the fabric. Now between you and me I’ve never made a quilt before, [...]
Owl love
This is the owl that I embroidered for my sister for her birthday. The pattern is free from from Stitchy Britches. I used simple back stitching and daisy chains and I think it worked quite nicely in spite of needing a good ironing! However, this is my second attempt. The first time I used a [...]
Sewing Practice
I’m what I would call a beginner at sewing. Oh I can whip up a cute little top or some PJs, usually following a pattern, but when it comes to being more precise I need lots of practice. There are SO many inspiring blogs out there that I’m determined to practice and become at least [...]
In: Chatter, Sewing · Tagged with: home, quilting, Sewing
Fabric stashing
The pretties have arrived! I’m a sucker for charm packs and jelly rolls because they provide coordinating fabrics without me having to choose them all, so I ordered these charm packs from Fabric Shack. Clockwise from top: Bare Essentials by RJR Fabrics, Califon by Northcott, Soire’e by Moda & Zippity Doo Dah by Moda. For [...]
In: Chatter, Sewing · Tagged with: fabric, Shopping, stash
Time to Sew
In an effort to lower my still-too-high-for-my-liking blood pressure I try very hard not to stress about things that I can’t change. It’s not working. Dad has been to see a new specialist about his lung disease and the prognosis is not good, he does in fact require a lung transplant but is unsure whether [...]
In: Chatter, Sewing · Tagged with: fabric, family, Sewing, stash, Uni
ISE5
Last week I sent my International Scarf Exchange 5 pal’s scarf. I forgot to photograph the other things, there were some Tim Tams, handmade stitch markers and some variegated wool yarn in blues and greens. ETA: you can now see pics on my pal’s blog. As I’ve previously mentioned this pattern is Shifting Sands by [...]
SP11
November has ended and so has SP11 (if a little late on my part). I received this package from my pal: Includes cocoa butter soap, lollies, DIY earring kit, paper cranes and bath salts (which we almost mistook for some sort of drink due to foreign labelling … close call!). Beautiful sparkly fibre. I’ve had [...]
In: Knitting, Sewing, Swaps · Tagged with: sewing knitting sp11
Made
It’s been a slow couple of weeks, I’m recovering from my second respiratory tract infection in a month and feel absolutely dreadful so I haven’t been very productive. But here are some FOs from last week. The first is a cosmetic case that I made following queenofdiy’s tutorial at Craftster forum. Totally genuis way of [...]
In: Craft, Knitting, Sewing, Swaps · Tagged with: sewing knitting ise5 FOs erin
