No matter how adept and efficient I get at sewing or how much better my 1/4″ seam gets, I still have to refer back to some tutorials or information a lot of the time. And that includes the ones I’ve written myself, too! These are the three tutorials I keep coming back to regularly, some a little embarrassingly so… Making… Read More
Archives for March 2014
Paper Chains
This has been the state of my sewing desk this week, as I’ve slowly plodded through Gemma’s New York Beauty block for Wombat Stew (February… not that anyone’s keep count?!). Thankfully each arc is easily chain pieced, and I even tested out sewing a centre segment to the first arc with much success! The pink and yellow arcs are nice… Read More
Lala Salama Slamming It!
I am the worst procrastinator, so of course I finally started my quilt for the Lala Salama 100 Quilts For Kenya project last week. I had already made a plan, but only began cutting last week. Friday saw the first half laid out on an improvised design wall (aka a big piece of batting hanging from skirt hangers), Sunday saw… Read More
Sew Cute Tuesday
Happy Tuesday! Connie made this beautiful spring pillow – it’s been a long, cold winter everywhere it seems, and this is certainly a happy reminder of what is hopefully just around the corner! Jo shared her newly-tidied up craft room, and you know how much a sucker I am for checking out where other people sew! And Lorna finished this… Read More
Three Loves: Clover Notions
Now, we all love our notions fairly equally. Rulers, rotary cutters, little gadgets and gizmos, everything that helps make our sewing just that little bit easier that we can’t really narrow down to just a select few favourites. So I’ve cheated a little and narrowed it down to my favourite brand, because it appears I am partial to the Clover… Read More