I’m sure my sewing story is a common one…. until recently. I’ve sewn for longer than I can remember. My home was a place where sewing was normal, it had been a necessity for the women in my family in the post war years and then a hobby, as RTW became more accessible and dressmaking …
free motion quilting We’re going to show how to get your Juki TL QVP Mini straight stitch sewing machine ready for free motion quilting. This Juki straight stitch machine has 4 features that make it the perfect quilting machine: space, speed simplicity and strength. The simplicity of the Juki straight stitch machine makes it easy …
Hello Emily here. I saw this adorable flannel, called Sugar Plum by Heather Ross for Wyndham Fabrics. I knew it would make really cute pyjama bottoms for my kids. Hobby Craft offers a super simple pattern, that would kit out the whole family. But for this project I’m keeping it to the kids. I wanted …
An easy sew at home Halloween costume of Dorothy from The Wizard Of Oz I really wanted to share with you a simple way to create a fun girls Halloween costume out of an item you may already have. Like a lot of British schools, our children have a girls summer uniform which consists of …
Pumpkin fields As you can see, the fabric reminded me of the pumpkin fields. I loved the wildflower and weedy background and the repeated yet varied shapes of the pumpkins in all different sizes were just begging to be stitched over! Piecing the quilt I decided to use the Mischief Night fabric as a wide …
One 5-foot, high-tech quilting frame. 6 hours. 3 fabrics. No cutting board, rotary cutter, or ruler. The above ingredients combined most wonderfully on the last day of the Festival of Quilts 2019 to make this cot-sized baby quilt:
Tools and Materials white and bright pastel A4 card paper scissors for cutting the cardboard shapes a pen or pencil for tracing the design pretty thread for stitching the mobile together a topstitch needle for stitching through the cardboard layers an awesome sewing machine Cutting out the card shapes I chose A4 card in the …
A few years ago at the Festival of Quilts, while Ellie was helping out at our JUKI stand, she fell in love with some fabric across the aisle. When she had a spare 5 minutes she would go across to the African Fabric Shop stand and drool over the gorgeous hand blocked batiks. She needed …
Sewing tutorials and tips from the pro’s. We were luckiy enough to spend some time with a seamstress recently who really helped us develop our knowledge of sewing. Cloths patterns scare me but for no reason. I feel sometimes I just need someone there to give me little push and tell me I am doing …
