fromthecraftroom

Sunday, May 05, 2013

Latest from the craft room

I stitched this one out over the last couple of days

it is from my Jane Austen embroidery pattern I have been working on

it has sections of applique that you can chose to add

I have used applique on just the bodice on this example you can even fabric paint sections

let your imagination go wild!

as you can probably see i am not the greatest hand embroider with just a few stitched under my belt but it was really relaxing stitching this one out,

I even sat in the garden for a while yesterday happily stitching away to the sound of bird song

It is May bank holiday here in the UK & the weather is looking good so I am off to enjoy a little gardening now

Have a great weekend

Thursday, May 02, 2013

Busy Bee

I have been as busy as a bee and i loved every moment

Back in the sewing room after a long hard few months of lambing

I have missed my sewing so much

I made two quilts this week! yes 2 you did read it correctly but they are small ones

I made this orange & brown on first out of a Moda scrap bag

I am quilt new to quilting so keep it simple

Then I was reading my lovely friend Terry s blog and was inspired by her Blue & white quilt

Made from nine block patches.

I was always nervous of trying something like this but after looking at Terry s quilt in two colors it sort of hit me how it was put together so with a little advice from Terry I went fabric shopping for two colors of fabric to use in the quilt,

Well as you can see I was seduced by the array of fabrics on offer & chose

Moda Paris flea market for the patterned fabric & a cream sort of paisley shadow pattern for the rest of the squares & the back

I also loved the way the quilt took on that loved look after it was laundered so saddled with a color catcher sachet & a little washing powder I nervously pushed my quilt into the washer

and washed it

here it is drying in the sun yes the sun it is a rare site but the day has been wonderful!

Thank you terry you are now my quilting Angel

you inspire me every time I look at your blog

and I forgot to mention my youngest son was 16 yesterday

My sweet baby boy where did the years go

Happy Birthday

Here he is with big sis age 3

Age 8

Monday, April 22, 2013

Cute fabric coasters

I did a little bit of sewing this weekend

I made some cute coasters here are two of them below

I used pretty Moda French General Pom Pom de Paris squares they are 4"x4" & just perfect for making coasters

You will need 2 x squares of fabric & one piece of quilt batting the same size

Sandwich them together & pin with batting in middle
and good side of fabric facing outwards

"for an extra bit of stiffness include a layer of interfacing next to the batting"

Sew around outside of all four sides to hold all layers in place

Free motion embroider through all three pieces to quilt them together

and use ether bias binding or make your own binding tape to finish off around the outside.

And you will have some cute washable coasters
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English Tea Party Banner will be in my store soon
printed on white 250gsm linen embossed card each card measures 4 x 6"

Sunday, April 14, 2013

New Look site

Hello all

It has been a while I have been so tired due to the lambing & not feeling too well the whole family & myself have had a really bad bout of something flue like over the last couple of weeks,

It could not have come at a worse time right in the middle of lambing time & to put the top hat on it all we had the worst snow in years & a tractor that decided its clutch was extinct and we had to wait over a week for the repair as the poor garage staff had also succumbed to the dreaded flue bug!

I felt really bad about that as I think hubby had given it to them!

I have got a new Look to our website Here for any one interested it is still in its early days & has a blog section built in