A client asked me to embroider a towel, which in her case always means to digitise something. This time she needed a vinca major, so I made one - pict 1. But she wanted the petals to be a bit more pointed to match her friends tattoo. I never use white whe
Too hot to knit, so I upcycled one of my dad's shirts (he died in 2011). I got a new sewing machine in March and need to keep the user's manual close, as the brand is not the one I have been using since 1980. So I push the wrong buttons now and agai
During the last couple of months I've done a bit of knitting. The two green ones (colour looks grey-ish in pic #6) are made of a cone from which I knitted two others - I am happy to say I have just enough left to knit a hat. The wine coloured one is t
In my stash I had a couple of meters of this bubbly cotton material. I sewed two dresses last week. Picture #1 shows one that's size 18 mnth or so, it's an Ottobre design I've made several times before using remnants, old men's shirts etc. Pict
During the last five months I have not done much as far as embroidery is concerned. Years ago (Feb 1984) I knitted jumpers for both my daughters with their names on the back. See pict 2. Last week the younger daughter reminded me of it and asked if I c
Has anyone seen a good design of a diver? I was asked to embroider one by an acquaintance. She gave me an image but I don't want to digitise it as she always expect things to cost next to nothing since I did a number of things for free when she had Cher
Last year I digitised and embroidered a towel for my help's elder son when he passed his swimming test. I digitised one for his younger brother too. So when I heard he passed his test this weekend I only had to stitch it out, being sure there would not b
SHRIKRISHNA all your questions have been answered but I get the impression you never read the answers. Pleased click on the text of the questions to open them and see the answers.
I have been knitting the last 18 days as me husband was in hospital, followed by therapy sessions - and as he was not allowed to drive I spent many an hour to wait for him. Not only had these two items done, I also got many nice comments sitting in the wa
I tried to make a dent in a large bin of old jeans. So I sewed a number of bags. Took a leaf out of Toogie's book and put on some labels, as an afterthought. Next time I'll do them as appliqués before I sew the lot together. My help saw them
The top one I showed some time ago. I liked the pattern and knitted two more. The bottom one is made from leftovers from a sweater I knitted for one of my daughters back in 1985 (!).
Some days you'd better read a book than do anything else. In my drawer a tiny baby item had been waiting patiently to be saved: there was a small hole due to a mishap. So - I decided to embroider a small giraffe head that was on my Brother 190D ove
Two years ago I made 10 book covers for a friend. She now asked me to do another ten. And so I did.
Done some more stash reducing. * Started with a green sweater for the older brother of the boy that got the first green one - by machine except for the ribbing. * Then I knitted the yellow one. I used a Drops design pattern, but instead of colour
Towel for my granddaughter. Actually, it's my test stitch-out, but with over 60.000 stitches I did not want to waste it, so I used a towel. She had seen a very nice duvet and pillow cover set when on holiday in France, even had her mum send me a p
Two years ago I made 10 book covers for a friend. She now asked me to do another ten. And so I did.
