Putting together the blocks! So far I have sewn 5 strips of triangles together, but not the strips to each other yet. I need to line them all up together first and then fill in the gaps at the end that will be trimmed down. Seams are ironed upwards for one strip and then down …
February 2020 archive
Feb 25
3D patchwork quilt – part 2
Construction of a block. This is an ‘A’ block for my pattern. It will point to the right, with the light colour at the bottom. I start with a pile of the 3 fabric trapeziums (in light, medium and dark), and triangles. First align the triangle, right sides together to the right of the ‘light’ …
Feb 24
3D patchwork quilt – part 1
This is a major project!! I have been meaning to make a patchwork quilt since we bought our bed 4 years ago. In the showroom the beds had lovely patchwork quilts on them. I did attempt some patchwork then, but have never had the inspiration or time or patience or inclination to do a full …
Feb 24
Spice Market by The Guy with the Hook
I bought the wool for this before finishing the last Carousel! It is intended for Scheepjes yarn, but I have been disappointed with their yarn in the past, with the number of joins, so I went with similar colours in Stylecraft Special DK which I do like a lot! Wool from Black Sheep Wools as …
Feb 24
Carousel mark II
Finally finished the second one of these. I love the colours, but get a bit bored with the repetitive nature of the crochet itself. Just trebles and counting!! At least it is crocheted together as you go along, so there isn’t lots of sewing / crocheting together at the end. This time, however, I did …
Feb 24
New Look 6415 – another
I wear my first one of these (see Christmas 2018 post) a LOT (although the gold sparkle has rubbed off a lot, which is disappointing). I had bought some tartan style fabric LAST Christmas, for going away to Scotland, and never got round to using it. Now was the time to try and get this …
Feb 24
Another Evening Dress
I love an excuse to dress up, and to sew, so the chance to go to another RAF AC Squadron Dining In means – another dress 🙂 I hadn’t liked wearing a shawl (to cover shoulders throughout the meal) last time, so wanted a dress which covered them anyway. Hours trawling the internet and patterns …
Feb 24
King Cole Shine Jumper Ta-Da
This one has been quite slow going. I made the sleeves longer, as I hate sleeves being too short!! I probably didn’t need to though, as it has stretched quite a bit. I like the finished product and am wearing it a lot, but I am disappointed with a few things – the fact it …
Feb 24
Christmas Stuff
Mum bought a ‘money pouch’ at a craft fayre somewhere, got chatting to them about it and found the website they got the FREE design from for me 🙂 https://www.kreativekiwiembroidery.co.nz/ So I had to have a go. I did the smaller version to use as labels. This was my first attempt with fabric I had …
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