I had a lovely, super relaxing birthday on Saturday. :-) Flowers from Tony. Presents of the fabric kind! I spent the afternoon finishing the Cloud quilt top. Bliss. Cake made by Tony. Check out the…
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Some 3D-ish embroidered flowers I have been stitching on and off for the past month. I just drew it freehand on the fabric and started stitching. I ended up doing all different stitches for each…
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I meant to post this tutorial for fly stitch when I posted about the Parterre de l’Eau pattern. Because fly stitch is used quite a lot in that pattern. The wavy lines? Fly stitch! I…
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This is another freeform, appliqué fabric collage type thing… Again with no plan for what to put on it. I have a bag with different bits and bobs that I pull stuff from: ribbon, buttons,…
View PostThis is another freeform, appliqué fabric collage type thing… Again with no plan for what to put on it. I have a bag with different bits and bobs that I pull stuff from: ribbon, buttons,…
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One of the things I really missed when I first became vegan was Dauphinoise potatoes (or potato gratin), ‘coz that’s made with cream and I hadn’t yet gone exploring all the various vegan dairy options.…
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Hi! Happy April! Can I just be totally honest and say I’m freaking out slightly because it’s APRIL already. How did that happen? Freaking out aside: it’s new pattern time. Yes! Ages ago I made…
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A couple of weeks ago I bought a big bouquet of tulips. The first of the year! They were this amazing combination of red, yellow and white. There were enough of the tulips to split…
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This is part two in a mini series on making fabric hexagons. You can find part one right here. :-) Put two hexagons together, with right sides facing each other, lining them up at two…
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