Heat pack warning! Keep away from cats! I came home to crunching underfoot and then found our cat surrounded by rice and an empty wad of fabric that used to be a heat pack. Found rice throughout the whole house! I wish i had an indoor cam
It has been a crazy few days here and on top of it all, my nephew managed to break both bones in his forearm. He was sent home with a triangular muslin sling and told he will need to have his arm in it for up to 2 months. His poor mum, who does not sew, w
I have a new Pincushion and my DD has her own mermaid shell stuffie. Fleecy on the outside and sparkle fabric for the inside.
We went strawberry picking yesterday. We all had so much fun. We left with tummies full of strawberries, arms loaded with 5kg trays of strawberries and covered in farm dust! We picked 2 huge trays ourselves and bought several others that were picke
I updated my DD's toddler painting smock into an art shirt for school. I added the floral fabric at the bottom to make it longer, replaced the elastic and digitized the paint palette as I couldn't find one that I liked anywhere else. The design
I have just been blessed with 3 massive (read garbage bag size) bags of sewing to do in the next 2 weeks. Among the goodies I have been asked to repair the button on a pair of shorts. It is like a jeans button only it has one hole in the centre. I've bee
I am after some gift idea for boys, my nephews are not into any particular sports or interests so I am stumped for present ideas. One is 11 and the other is 17. I am happy to make them something, but I am fresh out of ideas. A quilt is not an option for t
My daughter wanted to gift these to her dance teachers for Christmas. We added some holographic glitter and left over tulle cut from the hem of a ball dress i made a couple of years ago. These are well received and often appreciated longer than chocolate
I have very limited knowledge so far on machine embroidery but doing as much research as I can to learn, as classes are not in the budget right now. I have been overwhelmed by the huge amount of embroidery designs both free and paid that are available. I
It is dance concert time again. I embroidered some shirts and added some hot fix crystals for extra bling for some of us that will be helping. I put thses on the backs of the shirts. I bought the design ages ago but didn't like the background so edited i
I found this link for heartstrings name library in my bookmarks as I was sorting them out. Other links that I have seen before have been stopped by my virus protection software but this is an archive copy that works. Scroll down to see all the letters the
Here is my bunny as an applique. This is another gift. I ended up re-digitizing her completely to make her work as an applique. To give you an idea of size this top is a girls size 7. It was a fun challenge to hoop as the fabric is more like ribbing a
Help please. Sewing room layout ideas needed! I am in the process of completely reorganising my sewing room. I am having trouble trying to find the right configuration. I have 3 preowned sewing cabinets that open into an L shape and one wall is co
Hi Cuties, I am trying to make 4 of the same design in my 8 x 8 hoop on my janome 500e and I am wanting to embroider all of the first colour for each design then all of the second colour then third and so on...... I have not been able to figure it out. I
My eldest daughter and I helped out in my youngest daughter's class teaching them how to use a hand needle and making stuffed Christmas trees. They all had a great time and most of the kids had never used a needle before.all aged between 6 and 8 and quit