Category: Sewing
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Bird Life
I started this piece last weekend, Easter weekend, and had to pack my sewing room away, as I do every week, and turn it back into my office. So I was pleased to be able to finish it this weekend. The last pieces of orange and red flowers come from a lovely fabric I just…
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Upcycled lace & bits into purses
The bigger purse has elements like the “Handle with Care” tag and the little bag with the scissor taken off the inside of other garments … just to add a little fun! I started these two bags about 3 weeks ago by pinning on all the lace and things. Then, when I had a few…
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Days for Girls Jig
DaysforGirls is a wonderful group helping women and girls in third world countries. I often sew the labels on the Days for Girls bags. I find sewing them on isn’t a problem, but what takes time is the measuring and making sure they are sitting exactly straight on the bag. So last week I made…
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Holiday Street
Easter Friday 2018, what a beautiful day…. relaxing, peaceful, happy! Along the way… I actually cut out the base piece from a very stiff table runner that I decided I was never going to use. It was great for the freemotion sewing as it held really nicely. So, there will be more where that…
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Men’s shirt makes cute dress
Some men’s shirts have the best fabric, and you can often pick them up cheap from second hand shops! You can make all sorts of things with them. I didnt have quite enough material with the one shirt so combined two shirts and I love the effect!
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Purse trial 1
Having the best day! Watching inspiring You Tube videos, like this one [LINK] which made me attempt this little purse. Plus, inspiration from a pin I found on https://roxycreations.blogspot.co.nz/ and they linked to this amazing woman called Marna Lunt who makes gorgeous embroideries by hand. Definitely worth checking out. This was really easy, but…
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Towel Bling
Had the fabric, had the towel. Just felt like a bit of bing in the bathroom to coordinate that green tile in (that we inherited).
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Scrap stitching
I decided to try something new, well for me anyway! Just choose random scraps from the scrap pile, one of them, and see what I can create. No pattern required. I love it. It’s kind of like free motion sewing without the sewing machine, so it’s totally relaxing. I have been pinning these kind of…
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Cross Stitch Book Bag
So, I decided that my cross-stitch seems to lie around the lounge quite a lot, waiting for me to pick it up, and well, looks quite messy. So thought I would see what I could come up with in terms of a bag or something. I got a few ideas off Pinterest and then checked…
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