Category craftings
New to Me Challenge: The Slender Bell Jean by Angela Wolf
It seems like this week is a week for practicing my topstitching! I am a great lover of jeans. I used to generally pull on a pair every morning, pick a tshirt from the enormous collection, then out of the door. But, the perfect pair of jeans is an elusive creature, something that requires the […]
New to Me Challenge: Kyoto Kimono Jacket by Elise Patterns
This wasn’t what I originally intended to make for the New-to-Me challenge this week, but then I saw this pattern on the Mercury Handmade blog, Loved it. Bought it. ……………..then realized that because of of the width of the pattern pieces, I wasn’t going to be able to use any pieces from my ever-growing stash, and would […]
Sewing Indie: Colette Peony.
I wonder, is it counting as “stashbusting” if you use some fabric to make a dress, but it is fabric that was bought for that intended purpose, but has been sat on a shelf for 3 months. It is kind of appropriate, as the pattern had also been unused and unloved for 7 month or […]
Mr Macaw: Ara chloropterus
Yey for more colourful birds! The previous two that I had tackled from the CrossStitcher collection had been kinda monochrome, an occasional bit of orange or yellow, but mainly shades of grey and white. I much prefer the more colourful ones. Sorry birdies with minimal colour, you are just a little bit dull to stitch. […]
My Sew Stretchy Challenge: a sporty little number.
I had planned to not leave this until the last minute, but my first stretchy project didn’t pan out (a bamboo jersey knit version of the Scout tees I made the other week – too big and saggy!) and is currently sat in the corner thinking about what it has done, and so this was […]
Moss the (long overdue to be completed) Rabbit
So, when I say it is long overdue to be completed…. I started this project in June 2010! It was originally to be a maternity leave present for someone I used to work with, now of course little Stevie is coming up to 2 years old, and baby number 2 is imminent… and I no […]
Crochet One-Skein Wonders: Bellisfaire Beanie
I am trying to use up some of the yarn in my stash. Really, who knows how this stuff builds up! …and for this, I am quite liking the projects from Crochet One-Skein Wonders, like the bag I made the other week. I find crochet really portable for a little project on the go, and a […]
Mr Stork: Ciconia ciconia
The last of the birds! I am now up to date and ready for the Parrot of next month’s issue of CrossStitcher. I have to say, I don’t like this one, and the Seagull as much as the other ones, I prefer the bright colours of the bluebird, and lovebird, and budgie. I finished the […]
“Hana” Bag.
So, this weekend we spent in Tahoe with Brother M and his girlfriend, I made hobnobs to take with us, and further varied my coconut hobnob recipe….. Absolutely the best yet. I have updated my original recipe accordingly. Treat yourselves. Anyhow, I was chatting to my Mum via the internets this weekend. Gotta love it! […]
Mr Seagull: Larus argentatus
One more birdie after this one, then I am fully up-to-date! Until next issue. (And next issue is a super colourful parrot! That is definitely being stitched) In the lab I used to work in back in the UK, one of my co-workers got slightly mad whenever anyone would refer to a bird as being […]
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