My name is…
19
Jul
In preparation for FQ Retreat there are a bunch of swaps that one can sign up for. This year knowing that we would be in the middle of a building project on our house I opted out of these. But … Read More »
Category Archives: projects
A Lovely Year of Finishes – goal for July
2
Jul
So last month saw me piecing a quilt top for Siblings Together, I now need to piece the back, baste, quilt and bind it. It has to be done by 17th July as on the 18th I’m travelling need to … Read More »
June’s projects
1
Jul
June saw not much progress on the house front but I got some sewing done; Projects from Patchwork, Please! my first ever bee block (check out the speedy Lynne who has already pieced the top), paper piecing, a quilt top … Read More »
Sidekick Tote
25
Jun
(Winners of the gaming giveaway announced here) Trying to keep up with myself is sometimes tricky; at the end of last month I briefly mentioned something I’d made during the month suggesting that I’d share it shortly. Whoops, it’s a few weeks … Read More »
Cutty, cutty
26
Apr
Whoops I made this right at the beginning of the month and never got round to sharing with you. The And Sew On BOM was this gorgeous block: Titled: Snip it Real Good / Not for paper I chose the pale … Read More »
Aeroplane Bag – finished!!
24
Apr
My challenge to myself for this month was to get the pieces cut for the Aeroplane Bag. Life in this house was going to be chaotic and I really had no idea if sewing was going to be an option. … Read More »
KCW – #fail
23
Apr
On Sunday my eldest daughter chose some fabrics from my stash that she wanted me to make some shorts with. I’ve used this pattern a number of times before, it goes up to age 8 but I didn’t have the pattern printed … Read More »
Do I need another bag?
3
Apr
You may have seen recently that the talented Sara has brought out 9 new bag patterns, all available in her pattern shop . I just happen to be a reader of Katy’s blog and last week she had a giveaway of readers … Read More »
3 is the magic number
13
Feb
Or so it might seem. You may well have seen a number of pouches popping up on sewing blogs all with 3 zips. Yes, 3, well if you can put one in you can probably put in 3! This is … Read More »
Colour your own lunch sack
5
Feb
All of our children have packed lunches for school/preschool. A couple of years ago I made Bethan a lunch bag which is still going strong but not looking quite so fresh. Leah’s shop bough lunch bag has been looking quite grotty … Read More »