Another handmade birthday gift handed over this week was my take on Art Gallery Fabrics free Dahlia Bag pattern. I made a few changes to the original pattern, firstly by English Paper Piecing the hexagons together by hand, rather than machine piecing them using the Y seam method. These turquoise prints are my friend's favourite […]
Hi everyone! I hope you are getting some beautiful sunny weather in your corner of the world. I haven't been doing much sewing lately as I'm trying to sell my house and find somewhere to live closer to my parents. But I did enjoy a lovely afternoon sewing with a friend recently (now that we're […]
Last Saturday afternoon I had my Denim Pouch Workshop, hosted via Zoom by Crafty Monkies. 16 ladies (some in different time zones!) got chopping and repurposing as they used their denim finds to create Denim Zippy Pouches. The class was following my 9.5" x 5.5" samples, using the Quilt-As-You-Go technique to piece and quilt the […]
A good friend of mine recently moved into a long awaited new home. This friend is my equal with regards to her love of repurosing textiles, especially vintage sheets and denim! So I slipped into my happy place and made her a few items for her new home! Denim Coasters: These are […]
Hi everyone, I hope you are keeping safe and well and keeping the creativity flowing! Yesterday I hosted my first socially distanced afternoon tea party in my garden, to celebrate my cousin's birthday! I'm happy to report that the sun shone all afternoon and a wonderful time was had by all! It […]
Our studio in August looked a little bit like a jeans factory, as many pairs of jeans were massacred in the honourable pursuit of making my Boro Denim Bag pattern. Repurposing projects are among my favourites, and it was exciting to see the ladies' bags grow in a very organic, non-prescriptive way. […]
Following the immense fun I had making the patchwork denim pouch for my daughter's friend, I just had to make a bag in the same boro style! Oh I had a ball mixing one of my favourite textiles (denim) with one of my favourite pastimes (patchwork & quilting) while fulfilling one of my […]
For the past 6 weeks some very talented ladies in my classes have been beavering away on my Denim Hexie Bag Pattern. This pattern combines techniques such as English Paper Piecing (EPP Hexies), eyelet holes, zippered pocket, handbag construction as well as some serious denim upcycling! At times it looked like a […]
Hi there! How has your week been? Isn't it crazy how fast the weeks are flying in! But I'm glad we're almost out the other side of January, aren't you? When I first started learning patchwork, one of the first blocks I tried was the humble log cabin! And it was love at […]
Some much needed time off in December meant 'play time'! And for me, playtime usually involves denim!! I love the many different tones that exist in this durable form. I started my 'playtime' with a little denim EPP (English Paper Piecing) in front of the open fire on chilly December evenings. […]
