tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36800484727634271572024-03-13T01:25:05.816+00:00sewing divaLeigh the sewing divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901441393273348691noreply@blogger.comBlogger310125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680048472763427157.post-1281821549182534612013-12-12T16:33:00.000+00:002013-12-12T16:33:00.021+00:00Moses basket <div style="text-align: center;">
When a good friend of mine found out she was having a girl she asked me if I would give her moses basket from her previous children (boys) a bit of a makeover. I'm always up for a challenge so I said yes. So lots of pink ruffles later it looked like this:</div>
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I even made a little quilt that matches as the perfect finishing touch. </div>
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And here is a photo of my son holding the new baby at just one day old. </div>
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So what do you think of my cool new shoes?? I had just gotten these pink ballet flats comfortable when a deep scratch appeared on the front that even shoe polish wouldn't cover. I didn't want to throw them out but I couldn't really wear them as they were (this photo makes it look a lot less obvious than it actually was). Then I remembered seeing a pin on pinterest where they had covered the shoes in buttons and I decided to give it a go. I bought a pack of small assorted colours buttons from Tesco for £2 and set about slowly sewing on a few buttons a day when my hands were ok and in no time I had these amazing one of a kind shoes. </div>
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A few people have called me crazy sewing on that many buttons but for me it was worth it. What do you think?</div>
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A very good friend of mine who I think of as the baby sister I never had got married in September. As they had lived together for a while they didn't really need any traditional wedding gifts and she insisted she didn't want a gift anyway just for us to be there. </div>
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Doesn't she look beautiful! And my two gorgeous nephews. </div>
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And I couldn't resist sharing this photo of my Sammy looking handsome and grown up in his suit. I really must figure out how to edit the photo and get rid of the strange light shining on his trousers. </div>
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I decided to repeat the trapunto effect wall hanging I made for my friend last Christmas. This time I chose a celtic knot design for the top and bottom</div>
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I then chose a smaller celtic heart design for the centre panels and alternated them with squares embroidered with their names and wedding date. The deep red is the colour she had chosen for bridesmaids so I made it to match that. </div>
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I'm pleased to say she was very happy with it. </div>
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So last week I shared my parcel I sent Jaime for the sweet pouch swap. Now it's time to share the amazing parcel that Jaime sent me. This big box arrived and I couldn't wait to open it! It took all my self control to open slowly and take photos rather than just diving straight in there. </div>
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Jaime had done a little cyber stalking and seen my ongoing hexagon project and my quest to collect fabric scraps from people all over the world to add to my quilt's story. She enclosed some fabric scraps for my collection and by pure coincidence the Beatles fabric was special to me as I spent three years at university in Liverpool which is the home of the Beatles. </div>
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But it doesn't stop there! I had the most amazing swap gift ever! </div>
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Jaime had made me a folding hexagon travel kit! Of course it's pink which is very me and it showed how well she had cyber stalked me. It has pockets for fabric, a pocket for a pen, a mini pocket for a seam ripper and a little pin cushion. She even included some beautiful contents in my kit. I got a charm pack of fabric, a pack of paper hexagon templates, a pack of paper apple core templates, a heat erasable pen, a seam ripper and a pack of pink flower head pins. </div>
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A few months back I signed up for a sweet pouch swap. I was paired with the wonderful Jaime from Utah. After a little cyber stalking I decided on a scrappy striped pouch with this lovely neon pink and white striped fabric lining. </div>
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So I filled it with some lovely sweet goodies that I consider typically British </div>
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A bar of the very British Cadbury chocolate. I chose caramel as she had mentioned in her lists of likes that she liked caramel. She had also requested the turkish delight as had heard it mentioned in the lion the witch and the wardrobe books and couldn't get it in the US. </div>
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Then as a little extra treat I added this Welsh magnet</div>
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And this 2012 olympics souvenir tin of mints</div>
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She says she loved them so I'm very happy :-) </div>
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This year I tried to make as many birthday presents as I could. I made this tissue box cover for my father in law who loves liquorice allsorts. </div>
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Sam and I made this bag together for my mum's birthday. Dod (pronounced door d) was what Sam called her when he was a toddler and for some reason it stuck so that is what he still calls her now. He chose the fabric (it was my quilt cover when I was a teenager) and chose the colour felt for the letters. He helped trace the letter templates and cut out the letters too. </div>
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Then it was time for the sewing. I stitched around the letters then sam stitched all the straight seams himself. It is so much easier for him now that I have the new machine that works without the foot pedal and he loves to sew things. </div>
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During the summer holidays I finally made some time to do some sewing for myself. First I made a lanyard for my keys using this lovely Amy Butler fabric that I had been saving for ages</div>
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And then I made a matching lanyard for my timer </div>
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They are lovely and so pretty. I think I need to make more time for sewing for myself. </div>
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Over the 6 weeks summer holidays we did some work on the rental property we moved into at Easter. This gave me time to get some sewing jobs finished and stopped hubby getting bored a week into the holidays like he usually does. </div>
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First I finished the curtains for our bedroom</div>
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Then once hubby had painted this wall in our kitchen diner a few shades darker than the other walls we added this vinyl outline of a VW campervan which I love. Doesn't it look cool! </div>
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Then it was time for hubby to tackle the very neglected small add on between the kitchen and the garage that we wanted to turn into a utility room. That meant knocking off damaged plaster, sealing walls, painting the floor and painting the walls. </div>
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Hubby let me choose this lovely pale pink for the walls and we chose a silvery grey for the floor. He installed the washing machine and added a worktop over that and the freezer. We already had some metal shelves and just bought one more to match. Add in some ikea storage boxes to keep everything organised and dust free and we were done. It's like a completely different room in there and I love it! It's so nice having a clever hubby. </div>
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My little boy is growing up so fast! A few weeks ago he made his promise and officially became a beaver scout. Here he is receiving his badges for his uniform. </div>
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They all have to go in specific places so thankfully I managed to download this handy guide of where to sew them. </div>
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He has his first sleepover in a few weeks time and as you can see from this picture of him testing out his sleeping bag he is very excited. So more sewing for me now making a bag for his sleeping bag, a toiletries bag and adding name labels to things. It's worth it to keep that lovely smile on his face! </div>
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A while ago I made a little ironing pad for my sewing room but it had seen better days! So it was time to make a new one. After trawling tutorials, pinterest and talking to hubby we came up with a plan. I'd bought a damaged cupboard door from bargain corner at IKEA with plans to make an extension table for my sewing machine but since I got a new machine that came with one its been sat unused in the corner of my room for weeks. In comes some pretty pink fabric with tailors dummies on perfect for my sewing room and a packet of ironing board padding. </div>
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Typically when I need it the staple gun has disapeared so we had an unplanned delay in assembly while I bought a new one but now its finally finished.<br />
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I used 2 layers of the padding so its soft enough to iron on but still firm enough to give some pressure when pressing. It sits beautifully on my little table next to my sewing table but is small enough to lift onto my sewing table if I need to. Really pleased how its come out and I have plans to make a sewing machine cover and mat in coordinating fabric. </div>
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So hands up, who watched the Great British sewing bee? I loved it and know many other crafters who did. What did you think?<br />
For those of you who didn't see it or aren't British it was a TV programme where a group of 8 amateur sewing enthusiasts competed in a series of challenges and the judges decide who leaves each week.<br />
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The competition was won by an 81 year old lady called Anne </div>
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But one of my favourite competitors was a gentleman called Stuart. So you can imagine my surprise and joy while making my way around the spring quilt show at Malvern and I look up from my wheelchair to see him walking towards me!! I asked him for a photo and he was more than happy to oblige which made my day! </div>
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I saw this and just couldn't resist sharing. Hubby says this is how he feels whenever I go in the fabric shop!<br />
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So my scrappy hexagon quilt is progressing nicely. Here is 7 rows of the full width of the quilt (30 hexagons) so only 33 more rows to sew!<br />
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My lovely friend bought me this lap tray for me to sew while I'm resting which was very sweet of her and it's getting some good use. </div>
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I had an unexpected stay in hospital (including my birthday) which gave me plenty of time to stitch and pass the time and lots of progress was made.<br />
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I posted a request on my sewing group for unwanted scraps to help me complete the quilt and I've been overwhelmed by the offers of support. I've had fabrics arrive from around the world including Australia, America and other parts of the UK and promises of fabric from even more. It's been lovely to see these packages arrive with little notes telling me all about the people that sent them and this quilt is going to have some stories to sell when it's finished! I've been keeping a list of any parcels as they arrive so that I can make a detailed quilt label for the back of the quilt detailing the names and locations of all my wonderful friends who have supported me. </div>
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After wanting a newer fancier sewing machine for quite a while look what my amazing hubby bought me for my birthday!! We saw the machine on a demonstration stand at the Malvern quilt show and I was in love but as I was about to leave the stand a little voice behind me piped up with "we'll have one" all I can say is I'm glad I was already sitting down! </div>
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We need bedroom curtains as the room is just too light with just the roller blind. Here is the lovely fabric we have bought. I've started marking out the cut lines and they have been pinned up on the curtain pole in our bedroom for weeks now for me to get a feel of the length but I was so nervous of making a mistake after the disaster last time I made curtains I pushed them to the back of the UFO pile but I really need to tackle them. </div>
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I started this top a little while ago and I can't wait to see it finished. I love the purple patchwork fabric and I'm sure once I get my head down it won't actually take that long to finish. Very sorry for very blurry photo don't quite know what happened there. </div>
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I made this hexagon cushion for part of my college coursework in the 2010-2011 year. I started making some other cushions out of the same fabrics but using different patchwork styles but they have been sat in a ziploc bag ever since. It's about time I got them finished! </div>
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Here are 3 that I've started. A log cabin type block, a 9 patch block and a rectangular cushion with 3 grandmother's flower hexagon blocks to be appliqued on. I may stop at 4 or carry on depending on how much fabric I have left but my goal is to complete 3 making a total of 4. The flowers have now been appliqued in place (hand sewing projects come in handy for taking to quilt guild) so I have made a tiny bit of progress but not enough!</div>
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This crumpled mess is my first attempt at making myself PJ bottoms. I started to sew them together but went a little wrong sewing 2 fronts together and 2 backs together instead of 1 of each so they need unpicking and restitching together. Once I start they shouldn't take too long but I'm procrastinating as unpicking is bad enough but unpicking jersey fabric is a nightmare!</div>
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This one has actually made a massive amount of progress from the last quarter and I really want to see it finished. The top is all assembled and sandwiched so it's just the quilting to finish and then binding to put on. I've completed the echo quilting on 6 of the 8 squares so there are 2 more squares to do and then whatever I choose to put in the sashings and borders. I'm so pleased with this quilt and really want to get it finished and pride of place in our living room! </div>
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And the one new addition to the list is a secret item that is a wedding gift for a friend, I've cut out the pieces and traced the design onto 1 of the big sections but need to set up some sort of 'light box' to trace the other big section and the 3 small sections as I'm finding tracing on the window too physically demanding at the moment. </div>
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After a bit of a delay which we have no idea what happened my covert robin swap arrived and boy it was worth the wait!!!! </div>
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I got lots and lots of goodies including lip balm, fancy tissues, a badge, bubble gum</div>
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All enclosed in this beautiful little pouch (which for some reason keeps reverting to this orientation no matter how many times I rotate it) </div>
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I managed to complete one (yes you read that correctly one) item off my to do list! So while Sam has a lovely new laundry bag for his bedroom and is very pleased with it I still have a rather large basket full of UFOs. </div>
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I've tried many different types of sewing machine seam guides.</div>
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Then one day during quilt can Bonnie Hunter mentioned the technique she uses. She uses a thick piece of plastic like a hotel key card or a shop loyalty card and attaches it with these </div>
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They are made by scotch and are easy to reposition with no damage to the surface. This pack contained 18 1x1 inch squares and I used one square cut in half for my seam guide so it's not expensive. Plus I can think of 100 other uses for the rest! </div>
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And this plastic card that my new phone sim card came in is perfect! </div>
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The sticky tabs make it really easy to take off the guide for things like quilting that don't need the guide and also to remove the front of my machine to access my front loading bobbin. It is thick enough that it creates a nice edge to butt your fabric up against and extends beyond the presser foot to keep fabric straight as it comes out too. I'm really pleased with it. One of the cheapest solutions but definitely one of the best! </div>
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So the house move is completed give or take about 6 boxes left to unpack. For a little break this week I decided to work on a few finishing touches. Our previous house was all neutrals and while this house is mostly neutrals the living room has a feature wallpaper featuring orange, gunmetal grey and silver flowers. </div>
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We already had teal cushions as that was our feature colour previously and I wanted to keep those. Then we have the one completed cushion I made in college and the pile of 3 UFOs which had a strong teal colour theme and a minor orange colour theme. They are absolutely perfect and it's like they were designed with this situation in mind, how's that for luck! </div>
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I wanted a dried flower arrangement to go in this vase that my husband had since before we met. So I pulled together all the dried flowers I already had and added a few extra in cream and orange and made up this arrangement for the living room </div>
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They add a lovely extra splash of colour and help the house feel more finished. A job well done I think. </div>
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So we are almost settled in at the new house. We have about 5 boxes left to unpack and lots of things floating around that haven't found a permanent home yet but we've only been in a few weeks so I'm really pleased. </div>
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My sewing room is taking shape nicely. Its quite a bit smaller than my old one but I still have one so I count myself lucky. </div>
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A couple of months ago I signed up for my first ever swap with the covert robin swap. I was really nervous but my lovely friend Samantha reassured me that I'd be ok and to just throw myself in. So after a bit of cyber stalking I decided on a library bag as my partner mentioned trips to the library. All that was left was to decide on a design and colour scheme. I chose a natural colour palette that complimented the cowboy fabrics I chose. I attempted this star pattern using English paper piecing and appliqued the finished star onto the front of the bag. </div>
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My second gift was this hand made seam ripper made using fimo. It has an off white base with brightly coloured stripes running around it. </div>
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And of course I couldn't resist making one for myself too in a lovely marbled effect of pinks and purples with a little added sparkle. </div>
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All that remained then was to add a piece of welsh flag fabric, some chocolate and a letter. I've heard it has arrived safely with it's recipient and she liked it so my first swap was a success. </div>
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OK so in order to try and shrink the giant pile of UFOs overflowing from under my desk I've decided to enter the Finish-a-long link ups for the year <a href="http://www.shecanquilt.blogspot.ca/2013/01/2013-finish-long-q1-begins.html?m=1" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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For quarter 1 with a little help from Sammy I pulled out all the UFOs and sorted them into piles of urgent and non urgent. Then I added projects that I had the fabric for but hadn't started and added those too. This list seemed a little ambitious but I decided heck why not go for it! I managed to complete 3 things on my list so I have quite a few to roll over to quarter 2 and I've clearly not learnt my lesson as I'm starting this quarter with a massive list of 13 things! </div>
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I've tried to put them in priority order this time and hope with some calm time ahead now that the house is almost sorted from the move I can at least make a very good dent in the list. </div>
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I bought 2 fleece blankets, one plain beige one cream with beige spots, to make a fleece patchwork blanket for my parents. I cut the pieces and then forgot all about them so the plan is to get this assembled for their wedding anniversary in April. </div>
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I made a few shired dresses and tops a few years back but they are looking a little past their best now and one or two are too small so I've bought some gorgeous jersey fabric to make myself some more ready for holidays at the end of April. Here is one of the originals when it was first made. I've since learnt how to do shiring on the machine effectively so I need to finish off this top properly and start the 2nd. </div>
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I made this bag a couple of years ago in college but after only a couple of uses a few of the seams are coming apart so my task is to re-sew the seams that are coming apart ready for holidays at the end of April and actually be able to use this bag rather than just moving it around my sewing room and avoiding the dreaded hand sewing task! </div>
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Here are 3 that I've started. A log cabin type block, a 9 patch block and a rectangular cushion with 3 grandmother's flower hexagon blocks to be appliqued on. I may stop at 4 or carry on depending on how much fabric I have left but my goal is to complete 3 making a total of 4. </div>
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Here is a basic sketch of my original plans. They have changed slightly now but the general idea is still the same. The plain quilt covers I bought are a lovely cerise pink (yes we have 2 separate single quilts. not conventional but we prefer it) and the fabrics I have are a lovely mix of pale pink, greens and browns which match the bargello runner I made in Q1. (I just used bright colours on the sketch so they would stand out) </div>
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The fabrics for the blocks are all cut out and 4 of the 8 blocks are assembled.</div>
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I seem to be constantly finding scratched CDs where they have been in hubby's car and not looked after. So I decided that I'd make him a load of CDs via itunes so that they can be easily replaced if they get damaged as they won't be originals but he will need something to keep them tidy. I've cut out the parts for this so assembling it should be a nice quick job. </div>
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I love this jumper but it's a little bit on the tight side and a lot on the the short side. I cut the hem off and was going to add a fabric frill but when i pinned it on it just looked strange so now I'm thinking of adding some lace to increase the length and maybe a panel in each side to increase the size?? I'm not really sure where I'm heading with this one. </div>
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I'm not 100% sure of which fabrics I will use for which yet but currently thinking it will be the striped fabric with the red fleece lining and the Thomas tank border strips as pockets. </div>
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This crumpled mess is my first attempt at making myself PJ bottoms. I started to sew them together but went a little wrong sewing 2 fronts together and 2 backs together instead of 1 of each so they need unpicking and restitching together. Once I start they shouldn't take too long but I'm procrastinating as unpicking is bad enough but unpicking jersey fabric is a nightmare!</div>
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Leigh the sewing divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901441393273348691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680048472763427157.post-45442454290058291942013-04-02T23:48:00.002+01:002013-04-02T23:59:29.840+01:00Finish a long Q1 final update <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So as you know I am taking part in the Finish-a-long quarter 1 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My list of tasks I hope to achieve can be found in more detail in <a href="http://www.thesewingdivaandherreluctantmodels.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/finish-long-quarter-1-2013.html" target="_blank">this</a> previous post. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today is my final update to see how much of this list I managed to complete. Sadly I haven't got as much finished as I had hoped due to ill health, a house move, other unexpected tasks and things taking longer than expected but I'm sure that if I hadn't started this I wouldn't have accomplished half as much and I can always roll these items over to next quarter. I ended up with 3 completed items so that is 3 entries into the competition draw but that wasn't the point of joining in and I'm definitely joining in next quarter. </span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1- Strip piecing college coursework. </span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">b) seminole strips to edge pillowcases. <b><span style="color: #38761d;">I didn't like how these looked so I'm now looking at alternative options</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">e) 3 x dresden plate blocks for my quilt. <b><span style="color: #38761d;">I've printed out the templates but I'm not sure whether to do 2 pineapple blocks for each quilt or not. </span></b></span></div>
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Leigh the sewing divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901441393273348691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680048472763427157.post-5537617462893131652013-03-26T11:00:00.000+00:002013-03-26T11:00:08.082+00:00Aprons <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love the colour of these aprons so bright and summery. this is the second lot of aprons I've made for a family friend's autistic granddaughter. As she is mentally significantly younger than her age and size they were struggling to find young girly aprons to fit her so that's where I step in to help. So they are made to fit her nicely and are made slightly longer than usual to give as much coverage as possible. </div>
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I got this lovely laminated cotton fabric from IKEA and its really reasonably priced at £4 per metre. The last lot I did was in the pink gingham and this time I went for the bright sunny yellow for a change. Although it doesn't fray I still hem all the sides just to give it a little more structure. Then I add a simple cotton tape for the neck and the ties. </div>
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She did mention that she was sending one to school so I made one with her name on and 2 plain ones. </div>
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The pictures aren't great but trying to find a floor space that isn't covered in boxes at the moment is proving virtually impossible. </div>
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