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Another in the hoop rag doll. I managed to digitise my own face this time and fiddled with the outline to make the arms longer. Now I think the feet are too big and the arms are too thin! My family is growing by trial and error. I hope my next attempt wil
I am thinking very seriously about our Secret Santa exchange. This has been running now for about 8 years and was started to encourage group participation. However, in recent years a lot of people have joined who never contribute to the forum or post in p
Tote bag - made almost entirely in the hoop. (Testing a new design.) The second picture shows it still in the hoop - all that remains is to join the side and bottom seams of the lining.. The front section has a pocket which is closed when the flap is fast
In my Facebook group, there was a cry of despair that the swirly unicorn couldn't be made in the 100 mm square hoop. (The horn just wouldn't have worked!) So I decided to make her a little sister. I used a different design (the reindeer), made the nose
Should I be upset, or should I say "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"? https://www.urbanthreads.com/prod...
I've just had this message from Yoriko: "Thank you for mention my website, I just received 3 enquiries about the membership, and decided to open a membership until 31/12/2018 for USD25,00. I hope this will help me with my finances. In fact I am curre
I've made a lot of these this week whilst testing this new design with a few tweaks so I thought I could make them in my sleep. I was proved wrong this morning when I decided to make another one for my own kitchen. I was half way round adding the binding
Maisie has now moved in and taken over. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l... She is 9 weeks old tomorrow.
This small quilt was made from stretch fabrics given to me by a friend. I made the central section entirely in the hoop and then made the borders in strips to sew on. I use voile as a base fabric to build up the blocks and stretch toweling inside (both al
I know that some people have trouble following written instructions, so I've been trying to make videos instead. This set of four explains how to make a quilt block in the hoop. https://youtu.be/v5nPqHW5l6s https://youtu.be/pjcPkzvAVo4 https://y
Carolyn reminded me that I hadn't posted this new A5 book cover yet. It is made and fits in a different way to the usual. It accommodates different thicknesses of book and adjustments can be made for slightly different cover sizes. The matching A6
Two of the ladies who come regularly to my J club asked me for a "nice bag pattern". They have Janome 350E machines and their "big" hoop is 140 mm x 200 mm so this was a bit of a challenge! Made in the hoop except for a couple of straight seams to
I've been doodling this design today. The book cover is made continuously in three hoopings. The style of cover will accommodate different thicknesses of book and small adjustments can be made for slightly different cover sizes. Now to write the instr
FQ's from Aldi enable me to try out ideas and test new methods without spending a great deal of money. For this quilt I used 4 packs of FQs. I took 3 out of each for the backing and used the other three for the piecing which was all done in the hoop of m