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Tag Archives: sewing
Dress for a Garden Party
When I planned for my birthday / retirement party I hoped for a hot sunny afternoon in the garden but of course this is Yorkshire and the heatwave broke a few days before! Having said that, we were very lucky … Continue reading
Posted in Dressmaking, Sewing
Tagged Bluett dress pattern, Deer & Doe, dress, dress-making, fashion, pattern-review, sewing
37 Comments
Christmas in August HQAL!
Having finished my Owl and Hare Hollow quilt I decided my next project should be a UFO which I think has been sitting quietly in the corner since February 2020!! It’s hopefully a fairly quick finish as it’s just a … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged Christmas runner, Crafts, embroidery, Hand-quilting, Hugs and kisses, Quilt, Quilting, quilts, redwork, sewing
2 Comments
Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL
It’s happy dance time, I have finally finished my Owl and Hare Hollow quilt! It’s taken a while, it was back in April 2023 that I started the BOM from the Homespun magasine and it’s taken 12 months to hand … Continue reading
Posted in Owl and Hare Hollow BOM, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged Crafts, Hand quilting, Owl and Hare Hollow BOM, Quilt, Quilting, quilts, sewing
21 Comments
Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL
Well it’s time for a little happy dance as I have finished hand quilting my Owl and Hare Hollow quilt, it’s only taken me eleven months!! To be fair I have had quite a few other projects keeping me occupied, … Continue reading
Posted in Owl and Hare Hollow BOM, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged Crafts, Hand quilting, Owl and Hare Hollow BOM, Quilt, Quilting, quilts, sewing
7 Comments
Tealing All Our Stories
Every year Kate Chiconi makes a quilt to be auctioned for an Ovarian Cancer charity. Several quilters around the world help make blocks for the quilt. The ‘colour’ for ovarian cancer is teal so that’s always the colour scheme and … Continue reading
Posted in Serendipity
Tagged bookshelf quilt, Crafts, Ovarian Cancer charity quilt, Quilt, Quilting, quilts, sewing
3 Comments
Birds and Blooms Book
As I mentioned in my last post, my Birds and Blooms book won 3rd prize at Otley Show, last time I wrote about it was at the end of April, I had just begun constructing it… All the pages are … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Serendipity, Textile Books
Tagged Birds and Blooms book, cross-stitch, embroidery, Fabric Books, sewing
6 Comments
Dressing Miss Daisy
Daisy was stitched, but she could hardly go to the show with nothing on, she’s quite a shy little sheep! Daisy needed some clothes for the show, I decide to make her a dress and apron. The dress is called … Continue reading
Posted in kits, Luna Lapin, Sewing
Tagged Apple-picking apron, Coolcrafting, costume, Daisy the Sheep, sewing, style, twirly dress
4 Comments
Daisy the Sheep
It’s our local show on Saturday and I rashly entered ten items, many of which hadn’t been started, never mind finished! One such class was a toy suitable for a young child, in other words it had to be small … Continue reading
Posted in Luna Lapin, Serendipity, Sewing
Tagged Cool Crafting, Crafts, Daisy the Sheep, Luna Lapin, sewing, toy making
3 Comments
Birds and Blooms Book
I’ve started constructing my Birds and Blooms book, this book is a mixture of new cross-stitch birds and ones I made over the last few years as mini cushions. I’ve interspersed them with a handful of cross-stitch flowers to fill … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, kits, Textile Books
Tagged cross-stitch, Cross-stitch smalls, embroidery, Fabric Books, Fido Stitch Studio, sewing
4 Comments
Birds and Blooms
It’s Otley Show soon and I’ve entered several handicraft classes including cross-stitch. I decided to make another fabric book using various cross-stitch birds and flowers I’ve stitched over the years plus a few new ones. We regularly get long-tail tits … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, kits, Textile Books
Tagged birds, Crafts, cross-stitch, embroidery, Fido Stitch Studio, sewing, textile book
12 Comments


