Jan May

I've got there in the end!  One puffy pillow already for the bed.   The puffs were easy to do - and a good trial run for my next project of a bed runner to match.  I actually think the pillow would look better if it was all puffs, but hey - ho - you make and learn. Here's what I did...... Fabrics collected together.  The finished pillow is 14 inches square.  Allowing 1/4 inch seams - I cut the centre embroidery at 7.5 inches. Then 12 different squares of 5 inches each (top) 12 squares of 4 inches (back) cut from old white shirt.    There's no need to tack.  Though pins are a must. Begin by folding each top square in half (wrong sides together) and run over with an iron at the edges.     Match up the corners with a backing square.    Pinch fold in centre, and fold down flat against the backing square.  Pin in place, and continue around, bending each fold the same way.     All squares pinned, placed, and ready to se...

Happy New Year everyone! Oh my goodness - I can't believe how long it's been since I last blogged.  Darned house move - it hasn't half stopped my craftiness in it's tracks.  Good news though - I'm now moved, and very nearly sorted.  Best of all - my sewing room is up and running - and mine, all mine! Yesterday was the first time I have had time to call my own.  I stood in the middle of my sewing room wondering what to do.  I've pulled out a selection of fabrics to make a bed-runner to match my new bedding.  But... before I started cutting into it, I noticed one of the birds on the pillowcase.  So.... instead I have started a stitchery.  I can't call it embroidery - as it is nothing like!  Embroidery needs to be neat and precise.  I have neither the time nor patience required.  I am to embroidery what a 5 year old with a packet of crayons is to Fine Art.  Still - I like to dabble. I've sketched the bird lightly onto pla...