How many sleeps until Christmas? Really? It still feels like about October: partly as the weather is so mild, but also the time is going past soooo quickly!
I have managed some sewing in the last week or so:
I did some secret selvedge sewing
from this magazine
I did some machine embroidery: A friend bought three identical stockings for her three daughters - could I stitch their names on. Its really difficult to sew onto a completed stocking, so we discussed alternatives, and name tags seemed the best alternative:
And I made some replacement medical bags for school. 4 years ago I made these
One for each class: to keep inhalers and EpiPens in so they can be easily grabbed when needed, and can go with the class on trips etc. One bag was falling apart, and another was now too small (so many more children with inhalers) so I made a new set using Svetlana's design
Today's project is the perfect pillowcase! I used this 'Hotdog' method yesterday, and whilst her instructions are excellent, and I ended up (will end up) with a fab pillowcase with no raw edges,
It also doesn't have that extra bit of fabric that keeps the pillow inside the pillowcase.
Sometime over night I thought of a way to combine this design with what I want - watch this space.
I also have a Christmas sack to make for a customer - better get cracking!
I started this blog for me - it expanded to show BFF Jackie what I was doing - and a few others have invited themselves too - everybody welcome! Mostly about patchwork, with random comments about embroidery, family and life in general, come on in, put your feet up, and I'll put the [virtual] kettle on.
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