I’ve been getting a little excited that I have booked my holiday, so this week I decided to make a travel wallet using the fabrics I use for my collection, but with foot prints carved from lino. Cute result!
travel wallet hand lino print
It has taken me too long to share this!
I was very excited to learn a few weeks ago, that my Blossom Tree cushion and table runner was to be photographed and printed in Country Homes and Interiors October issue.
It’s all thanks to one of my stockists- Pablo Blue who stock the cushions and table runner.
The issue has lots of natural, autumn themed loveliness, so well worth a look!
I’ve got some new retail packaging for my egg cups! They are made from eco friendly recycled card, and have an open back to show the different colours and prints of the cosies.
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Did anyone watch the Great British Sewing Bee final where they made shirts? I thought I would share my attempt! I had a bit more time than they did, but I have successfully made a fitted mens shirt for my boyfriend.
I took apart one of his old shirts that fitted really well and used it as a pattern, which took ages to unpick, but takes away that horrible moment when you put on your creation and you’re straining to breathe! Shirts have a few little bits where you can use a contrasting fabric, like the inside of the cuff or the inside yoke.
I used a soft, rumply (I don’t quite know if that’s a word, but I think you know what I mean!) linen, and a stripe cotton for the contrasting bits. When it came to putting it together I had to be very accurate- it’s worth taking the time to cut it out properly and making sure your seams are perfect. I used a flat felled seam to produce a strong seam. These are the double top stitched seams you see on jeans as well as shirts.
If anyone has any questions about making shirts, leave a comment below 🙂
I LOVE polymer clay. It’s so easy to use- I used to make hair brushes and cakes for my dolls house when I was little! I’ll have to try and find those….
Anyway, I was having an experiment with making canes. In case you have no idea what I mean by canes, think sticks of rock. They’re quite economical as you just cut off bits to make beads.
Most of the time I made circular beads, but I thought I’d try something a little more creative. So here we go- beach huts!
I made most of it in a cane, but added to door on afterwards.
I’ve made a few in to brooches, and might use the others on greetings cards.
These are some of the pictures of the workshop. We started off learning how to set up a sewing machine for free machine embroidery, and then started thinking about designs. The lovely thing about doing this is that you can use any scrap pieces of fabric to create little pictures. I brought some Liberty prints and lots of brightly coloured fabrics to make different designs. We had houses, boats, trees all sorts made by the ladies on the workshop. They all looked lovely, and they achieved some lovely tea towels on their workshop which I hope they will be proud of.
This Saturday I ran my first free machine embroidery workshop at the lovely new Lavender Blue Workshop in St Albans. They have lots of workshops going on, so it’s worth looking at their new website, and learn something new! This … Continue reading
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