A cousins daughter became a mum on as lockdown started. Late March 2020. This is his first grandchild and is very special so I made Aida a taggy as I love making taggy blankets. A lack of open fabric shops so I used the lovely ladybird fabric which was l
A pair of towels made recently. Names created using my PE8 softwear. Sadly the quality of the towels wasnt what I wanted but the completed gifts were well received. My IT skills are not what they were so please is there a way I can upload a picture
Finally got round to having some fun with the embroidery machine. Made two tea towels for daughters birthday. I don't usually give household presents for birthdays but being in lockdown makes it more difficult and these are great designs from EL which
Another pair of scrubs. The fabric is being donated and I wore my sunglasses to sew them. Instead of adding a label that was hidden I have decided that we aught to be proud of what we are making so I have embroidered a label at the back of the neck and
The rubbish photographer strikes again... This is a black towel embroidered in neon colours for a 10th birthday present for a young boy. Each letter of the name is a different font. Flowers and thanks for looking
One of my friends asked would I make two cushions for her sisters for Christmas. As per usual my photographic skills are lacking but I was told that both sisters loved blue or green fabric. This does give one a wide choice so after a trip or two into my
Taggy blanket as requested by one of my daughters friends/colleagues for her first grand daughter. This was put in Zara's Christmas Eve box and my daughter was sent a small video of Zara opening the present, which she then took to bed with her. I love
I have finally had some time in the past two days to sew...brilliant. This is the result. I have been experimenting with fabric and designs. The first is Tir Heddwch which is a housewarming present for a friend who is having her home built. We, her fr
Work for a friend who wanted a special 50th birthday present for her son in law. The cushion was made from a fine wool and great to work with. The dragon side has the Welsh dragon with the National Anthem of Wales embroidered over. This takes almost tw
The rubbish photographer strikes again... I have had this idea for ages of embroidering the dragon from the Welsh flag and then putting the Welsh national anthem on top. Finally got round to it today using my PR machine. I have used a piece of woollen f
This is a small bag made from linen. The linen was originally a almost new pair of work trousers. Now retired I don't need the smart sober coloured clothes I wore so I cut the trousers down into shorts which I do wear. I have used one of the legs to ma
CUTE VALENTINE CHALLENGE. I enlarged the design and stitched onto some thick linen fabric that I have using two shades of pink. I added the button which was one that came from my late mother. I feel tempted to make another with the same design using bl
Present for our younger daughter. The gold thread on Family and their surname worked very well but the rest of the design caused problems but its finished and ready to post. I have stretched the fabric over canvas and stapled it into place and added a ri
Few weeks ago I made tags for granddaughters lunch bag. Did about 6 more for their friends at Christmas and now more for the girls as Catrin is about to start school. Surname is covered up and along with the child's name is the class they are in. Had
Yesterday was fraught trying to get some sewing done. I spent a hour trying to get this hoodie into my large embroidery frame (20x30cm). Finally I got it into the machine and it all popped out... I got it set up again eventually and checked all was read
