Finally pics of the finished dress! I must admit it was done a few weeks ago and last touches were still being done on the day of the ball. A couple of days before I had to do a mad dash 2 hours drive away as I had not been able to find any beads
Another UPDATE The zipper is now in and I have been spending hours upon hours hand stitching this guipure lace to the bodice. I was hoping to attach it by machine but the satin has a stretch feature and the lace doesn't so that will cause no end of he
One of the more enjoyable alteration projects I had this week was to transform this pretty strapless chiffon gown to make it suitable for a young 17 year old girl, who is very self conscious and concerned about a wardrobe malfunction at her school ball. D
Yippee I am the proud owner of a Janome 500e! I have been busy setting it up and getting to know it today. My poor family didn't see me much today until I made them each a little something! A FSL bookmark for hubby and some FSL hearts for
For newbies and others, just because a design says it is lace doesn't mean it is FSL. If you are unsure check with the digitiser first not do my trick... I purchased a lace border design from oesd. Thinking it was FSL I diligilently embroidered 15
Look what my clever hubby made for me today. It still needs to be painted but I just couldn't wait and wanted to share with you his design with a few tips from me. It is a multi-purpose spool holder for upright spools and metallic threads that fee
UPDATE: Just made some salted caramel fudge and some chocolate marshmallow fudge posted by maggiecal, half with sprinkles. Verdict is they are both delicious. Pieces are 2cm x 3cm and managed to get 48 pieces. These will be for Easter gifts ***
I have been trying to sort and tidy up my embroidery designs folder and have come up with an idea that I have not heard anyone mention before and thought some of you might like to use it too. I have added a main folder for sets I am currently collectin
How do you keep track of your embroidery purchases as opposed to the freebie ones? I am losing track of my purchases when I sometimes forget to put a copy in my purchased designs folder. I am thinking I need to make a spreadsheet so I can ju
I performed a special sewing operation today for my daughters classroom teddy, "Molly". Each night one child is chosen to take her home and then the child does a recount of their time together to read aloud to the class the next day. Well this time my d
This might be a sill question but what should I use to protect a mugrug from spills and staining? I have been wanting to make these for a while but I would not like to give any away unless I know they are easy care. I know a few people that would
I am amazed at the standard of sewing comes from the factory these days. Have a look at the original hem (bottom piece of fabric) on this high end lace dress. Top piece is the now finished dress which has almost a full circle skirt. Customer paid over
Just had to give our new baby Time Out! Need some advice. He is 9 weeks old and it has been a very long time (20 years) since we had a kitten in the house. He is a ragdoll, very energetic and adorable, he loves human company and follows us everywhe
I am after a super quick to stitch out ith rectangle doily with a fabric centre. I have tried searching but I don't think I am using the right terms as I can't seem to find what I am after. I thought I had downloaded one similar from DBC way back when b
Not sure if this has been posted already but Yoriko will be closing her site by December. May will be the last chance to purchase a membership before her site is shut down. So sad to see another great site going. It costs a lot to keep a website going and