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 […]
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 […]
To enter my 10 year blogiversary giveaway click here. At the end of this month (30th January, 4pm - 7pm) I will be teaching another live zoom workshop for Crafty Monkies. Their theme for January is all about using what you have available (following the post Christmas slump!) and so repurposing some old jeans into practical […]
To enter my 10 year blogiversary giveaway click here. Happy New Year everyone!! I love new year, so much more than Christmas. It's a turning of the page, a new start, fresh hope, renewed motivations and goal setting! Bringing in this new year definitely feels a lot different from previous years, but positivity and hopefulness […]
My daughter needed a secret Santa gift for a female work colleague so I offered to make her a pouch! With no information about the likes or dislikes of the recipient, I had free reign to come up with whatever I wanted! Yay! Let the playtime commence! I had recently been pinning some mixed textile […]
I recently made a load of Flying Geese from some Tilda scraps. These are going to be borders in a quilt I'm currently working on. Because I was working from scraps, I couldn't use the 'No Waste' method to make all of the geese. When making one 'goose' at a time, you trim […]
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 […]
The last of my recent run on gift making is this plush velvet tote bag for my youngest daughter. She requested an everyday sizeable, soft tote bag, especially when she's too-ing and fro-ing to lectures at Uni. Now this girl of mine is super tactile! I gave her a choice between […]
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 […]
I've been working on a few gifts lately, and now that one has been received I can show you it here. This bag was made as a special thank you to a lovely lady who enjoys repurposing textiles as much as I do! I had a few relaxing evenings making up […]
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 […]
My youngest daughter requested a handmade gift for her friend's 18th birthday. So last bank holiday Monday, I had a happy afternoon 'playing' in my sewing room with my first love, denim! Using only my smallest denim pieces, I used the 'quilt as you go' method to quilt the pieces directly […]
I promised to post this week about the projects on my 'Spring into Summer' Table. Never one to break a promise, I'm starting with my Denim Applique Sailboat Cushion. I originally designed this cushion for a summer edition of Pretty Patches Magazine. I loved re-purposing some denim and scraps for […]
