Some kitchen couture!! With all the gorgeous aprons popping up in the sewing blogging world at the mo’ I thought I should show why I did not take part in the big sew-along this time… you see; I have a…
Tag: embroidery
Blue-grey hoodie
I have made a hoodie; this one for Sam. Sam is my quiet one; he never asks for anything, on the contrary he will firmly and testily deny that he ever needs new clothes or any new belongings at…
Bees on white cotton
(to be sung to the tune of Knights in White Satin, of course 😉 ) I was quite taken with the grub roses kbenco has been embroidering onto her knits, and was inspired to follow suit… so for my latest…
A handmade Christmas, II
some Christmas decorations… a series of mittens and gloves, of a single width of felt and decorated in various ways. These made nice and simple little gifts for friends. The little glittery gold bell was made by a 4 yr…
A handmade Christmas
I do admire other people’s Christmas trees, the ones which are all glitzy and sparkly and beautifully colour co-ordinated, sometimes even with a new colour scheme each year, but it is just not for us. We have a small artificial…
Embroidered chair cushion
I embroidered and sewed up this chair cushion cover when my oldest two were tiny, using a pattern transfer given to me by my much loved granny. Unfortunately as this is a cushion that has been used, and well used,…
