Upcycled shirt

When your son outgrows his shirts and you turn it into a lovely little summers top.

From Jeans to cat: Repurposing with a Creative Twist

I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for giving old things a new lease of life. There’s something deeply satisfying about transforming something worn-out into something wonderful. So, when I recently came across my son’s old jeans – the ones that had seen better days from years of use – I knew I…

New placemats

I’ve made a new table cloth for my dining room and decided some placemats in the same fabric would look lovely. I had a lot of fun digitising the knife, fork and cake fork, then embroider it on the fabric.

No way! A kitty!

I’ve always admired people making soft toys.  However I thought that it would just be too hard to do. When I saw I could make an ITH kitty, I thought I’d give it a try. What fun! ITH is making something In The Hoop of an embroidery machine, so there is normally very little sewing…

Recycled Jeans

I love recycling fabric!  Here is my latest project. So far I’ve made a little handbag and a knitting basket out of one leg of my hubbies old jeans.

Spring cushion

A quick embroidery project for a lovely textured cushion.

The first cushion – start to finish

I have fallen in love with something that I’ve stopped doing years ago, when I started working full time. I can still remember my first embroidery project that I did with my mom when I was a teenager ;-).  And now many many years later, my kids are all grown up and I found myself…