Wishing you a merry festive season with your loved ones. A couple of shots from last night, Danish Christmas Eve celebrated here in England. My parents are visiting for Christmas this year so they were…
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I wanted to make some nice festive cushion covers for our sofa this year. My original plan was to make some kind of precision pieced ones, but I just haven’t been able to find any…
View PostI wanted to make some nice festive cushion covers for our sofa this year. My original plan was to make some kind of precision pieced ones, but I just haven’t been able to find any…
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This is the last in the mini series about clipping and notching Corners & Curves. Previously we’ve looked at inward corners, outwards corners and convex curves. Today it’s about concave curves. Here’s a concave seam.…
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Right, picking up the Corners & Curves series with this post about convex curves. Previously, we looked at outward and inward corners. You can find convex curves in lost of places. Scallop edges on a…
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When I stitch my embroidery patterns, I always stitch on this particular kind of fabric I buy in Denmark. It is really nice, and just a bit stiffer than quilting cotton. I often have scraps…
View PostWhen I stitch my embroidery patterns, I always stitch on this particular kind of fabric I buy in Denmark. It is really nice, and just a bit stiffer than quilting cotton. I often have scraps…
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The last couple of weeks, in between painting the bedroom(!), I have been stitching this new embroidery pattern. I’ve had the sketch for it in my sketchbook for months and I’m so excited about finally…
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The previous post in this mini series was about outward corners. In this post we’ll look at inward corners. You will often come across this type of corner when making some types of softies which…
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One of my favourite kinds of email is when customers get in touch to show me what they have made with one of patterns. It just makes me so happy. Especially when they make it…
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