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Category Archives: Boys

Elephants

6 Apr
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Have you ever had that experience when you make something and you know it will be fairly simple to make another one as long as you do it soon?  So following on from making a Rowan Tee for Leah I...
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2018 Finish-Along, Boys, clothing, Overlocking, sewing with knits 2 Comments

Hey Mr DJ!

2 Jan
This is some pattern testing that I did that has been waiting to be turned in to something: the pattern is by Molli Sparkles.  My plan was to turn this into a cushion cover for my brother who likes to play...
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2017 Finish-along, Boys, cushion, gifts, Paper piecing, Pattern testing 4 Comments

I’ve still never seen Star Wars

23 Jan
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I started this paper piecing gift at the beginning of the year knowing that it needed to be gifted today. I do love paper piecing just one block to turn it into a cushion cover; it’s a lot of work...
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2017 Finish-along, Boys, cushion, gifts, Paper piecing 6 Comments

I’ve never seen Star Wars

19 Oct
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So this is what happens when your middle child gets invited to a friends birthday party and they are a Star Wars fan. I immediately thought of making something but what? I know there is a line of Star Wars...
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2015 Finish-Along, birthdays, Boys, cushion 5 Comments

A new pyjama pattern

10 Aug
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I’ve written recently about the Goodnight Sweetheart pyjama pattern; sadly Leah is now too big for this pattern and I don’t have the skills to grade it up for her so I had to find a new pattern.  I did...
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Boys, clothing, Girls Leave a comment

Years later…

31 Jul
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Over four years ago I made an Easy Linen Shirt for Mathias: It was too big on him at the time but he has worn it extremely frequently over the last year. But he’s grown so I thought it about time...
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Boys, clothing, Upcycled 1 Comment

An origami cushion?

12 Jun
No I didn’t make a cushion cover by folding fabric!  The origami theme comes from the fabric used!  Bethan had a birthday invitation with a weeks’ notice which led me to a slight panic about what to make.  Rather than...
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birthdays, Boys, cushion 3 Comments

A personalised birthday cushion

7 Jun
It appears that there’s a trend here for gifting cushions for birthdays this year.  I’ve made 3 in the last month and there is another in the works.  I blogged about the shirts cushion I made for Tobi already so...
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birthdays, Boys, cushion, Paper piecing 3 Comments

Shirts

17 May
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I was looking for some fabric a week or so ago and while rooting through the cupboard a bag of paper pieced shirts fell out. Rather than put them back in I decided to get them out and make a...
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2016 Finish-Along, birthdays, Boys, cushion, Paper piecing, swap 3 Comments

A mini from scraps

13 Nov
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You might not remember this quilt from December last year: It was made with 6 FQ’s and I kept the leftovers just because that’s what I do! I discovered them one day last week and wondered what I could do with...
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Boys, Patchwork, Quilts, Scraps 1 Comment

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