When your son outgrows his shirts and you turn it into a lovely little summers top.
Tag: fabric
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.
First machine embroidery project
I LOVE technology and I love being creative so it is amazing that I can combine the two!
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…