Shop pinny

Because I am again working casually at Calico & Ivy, I thought I would make an apron to carry a few handy bits and pieces about. The phone, especially, seems to like disappearing under bolts of fabric. When it rings, …

Daisy needle case

I do not have a lot of free time, but I managed to squeeze in making this needle case. As always, one of the most difficult things was deciding which fabrics to use, and that involved pulling everything out of …

Small things

I have a month-long break from study, so I hope to find a bit of time on the weekends to complete a few sewing or knitting projects. To celebrate the freedom, I allowed myself to make a couple of little …

The forgotten little makes

When you do a tidy-up, you discover things you have forgotten. In the holiday lull, I have been tidying my sewing space and my photographs, and I discovered images of things I made in January 2017 that I had not …

Crochet and poppies

Earlier this year, I made a case for my crochet hooks, but I forgot to tell you about it. So, here it is! It has pockets for all of my hooks and a flap to stop them sliding out. The …

Starting and finishing

Last week, I went a bit wild and started four projects in four days. We know we should not, but we all do it, right? On day 1, I started cutting out templates and pieces for a Christmas tree skirt I have …

Bowl

According to Instagram, I made this experimental free-motion quilting sample a year ago. It sat in my UFO collection until a week or two ago, when I started picking friends’ brains for ideas. To use it up, making a vinyl zipper …

A bit of this and that

Life got in the way of sewing and blogging all through May. I was busy working and moving my grandmother into residential care and out of her unit at short notice, a move that has been exhausting and stressful but …

Cushion swap

I was going to stay focused on sewing my projects this year and avoid joining bees or swaps, but I could not resist joining the Instagram cushion swap organised by Alison (Little Island Quilting) and Sami. I secretly stalked my partner, …

Binding kits

I have been meaning to make some Goody Goody Binding Kits for a while, but I could not choose which fabrics to use. I wanted to make one to use something from my stash of heavier cotton and linen fat …