Home stitched fabric postcards are like sending a hug through the post. This year connecting with family and friends is more important than ever. It’s a good time to stitch something special. Stitching Christmas postcards is easy. We’ll show you how. All you need are some festive Christmas fabrics, pretty thread and fleece or wadding. …
These DIY Gift Bags are fun to make and you get to use them again and again. Emily posted about these Gift Bags on her Brick Dust and Glitter Blog. She’s keen to reduce, reuse and recycle. These Christmas Sacks are a great way to cut down on wasted paper. They’re one of Emily’s alternative ways to wrap presents. …
Every film has a backstory. Here’s the story behind our film prop quilt. Getting Dressed in the 18th century In September 2017 Crows Eye Productions released Getting Dressed in the 18th Century. It was a short film commissioned by the Lady Lever Art Gallery and National Museum of Liverpool showing a Lady in the 18th …
This post is all about folk singer-songwriter Elanor Rosalind making the Ella Blouse from Sew Over It London. Ellie’s a 20 something English Literature graduate living in Leeds. Our idea was to get someone new to sewing, like Ellie, to stitch up something gig worthy. We were looking for a top that would look fabulous …
Gathering materials Suzie got the reversible swimsuit PDF pattern from Gigi Patterns on Etsy. PDF patterns are so FAST to find. They’re easy to print and stick together and you can print them multiple times for different sizes. The main fabric, an etsy purchase from Bec’s Oh Sew Shop is a light blue swimwear fabric …
Inspired by Baskets A repost from our archives, because we still love the book! And it continues to inspire new makes. Emily @brickdustandglitter shares her rope bag. For this post I used a wonderful new book from Tabara N’Diaye called Baskets. I must say, it was weird using a book for instructions. I’m so used …
I grew up listening to Julie Andrews singing in The Sound of Music. So I was delighted when the penny dropped and I realized that this quilt called Favourite Things was actually inspired by the Sound of Music song lyrics. The roses blooming in my garden reminded me of this amazing quilt by Katy Whitby-Last. …
We’ve been drinking lots of tea in our house. It’s a good cure for pandemonium. Like many of us, my husband and I are now working from home. When the universities closed, two of our children came back home to ride out the storm. Being together in this strange time has made me grateful for …
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 …
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 …
