I Quilt. I Sew. I Craft. Join Me!
Tomorrow I have a very cute project to share on the blog as part of the Make a Plushka Toy Blog Tour. As I was making my toy I decided to create a tutorial that I’ve been planning to write for a while now. I wanted to show you how to blanket stitch an applique. [...]
In the midst of tidying up my linen cupboard, I came across this lovely ballerina doily embroidery that I just had to share. I made this when I was much younger – maybe in the first couple of years of highschool, so about 12 or 13 years old. I think the kit was by Semco [...]
One of the items that came out of storage at our place last weekend was this Christmas stitchery. It is only about 40cm square so it hangs just inside our front door under a mirror that is there. I finished it about the same time I was learning to free motion quilt on my sewing [...]
Remember my owl ornament from last week? Well, you can check it out here if you missed it. When I bought that kit I also bought a babushka doll one. I decided to stitch that one in the same colours to make a pair. I have cross stitched simple rows of red and green. So [...]
I finished another little project this week – probably because it was so small and quick! This owl ornament was another find at The Haby Goddess. I decided to stitch it with Christmas colours to hang it on our tree. I try to make at least one new ornament for the tree each year. I [...]
After I started this project at the ProBlogger Event last month, it got lots of lovely comments. But it has been slow going. It has been my “take to swimming and dancing” project so it only had a little bit of time on it each week. But last night when the end was in sight, [...]
I’ve been at the ProBlogger Training Event. My brain is full of marketing and monetization, ebooks and email auto-responders. It was fabulous! But also overwhelming! So much great information. But more importantly: Craft! I couldn’t go away without taking a small project to work on with me. This one fits into my handbag so it [...]
It gets chilly here in Winter so we often seem to need extra blankets on the beds or the couch. This blanket tutorial uses some of the felt I received from Plushka’s Makery plus some recycled shirt buttons. Polar fleece is a fabulous fabric to work with because it won’t fray. You really don’t need [...]
Polar fleece fabric is fabulous! It doesn’t fray so you don’t need to finish the edges. But I like the look of edging around blankets so I often stitch my edges with blanket stitch. How to Blanket Stitch Start by folding your edge over – once or twice, whichever you prefer. Pin or peg the [...]
I remember admiring this table runner as a young girl and marveling at the tiny stitches and the colours. As an adult and a pretty “crafty mummy”, I still marvel at it’s beauty and the time that must have been spent on it. It was made by my Mum when she was at college. It [...]
