It is Valentine’s Day again and the perfect time for a love heart design. I have been working hard on learning to use Illustrator lately. My skills are still very basic but last week I made this design. It is a simple two layered heart design that can be appliquéd on anything you’d like in any colour you’d like. Love hearts don’t have to be red or pink.
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Hello Everyone,
It is almost Christmas time and this year I haven’t had time to make any new tutorials. I haven’t had time for any Christmas sewing at all, which is a shame since I have so many pretty Christmas fabrics.
Two Christmases ago I posted this post about how to make these Christmas pillows. You can find the post here. The pillow on the left is made from a pattern from Diary of a Quilter’s Amy Smart. You can find the post here.
Last year I found a picture on Pinterest of a table runner that I made with Christmas and wrote this post about how I made my own version. You can find the post here.
These cute little Christmas bags is a great way to use scraps of Christmas fabric. You can find the tutorial on my tutorials page or here.
I hope you have time for some Christmas sewing. It is still two weeks left until Christmas, hopefully I have some time too. Or I have to plan better and start earlier next year. Don’t forget to enjoy Christmas time, it is very hot here so tomorrow I am going to the beach with my teenage daughters.
Until next time, happy sewing and take care.
Annika
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This week I have been working on birthday presents for a friend and for a family member.
I made a box zipper pouch for my Read More
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Last week I made this dress for my youngest daughter. Spring is just around the corner here in Australia and it is always nice with a new dress when the warmer weather arrives.
The pattern I used was McCall’s M6958, view C, with the cap sleeves and knee length hemline. As usual I made a few changes for a better fit. Read More
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My youngest daughter is a very big Harry Potter fan and seems to know every detail about the topic. In a couple of weeks she is going to Oz Comic-Con here in Melbourne in a Hermione Granger costume and asked me to make her the beaded bag.
I did a bit of research and the blog Finding My Way gave me a lot of inspiration on how to make it.
I have made a tutorial and a pattern that you can download from my tutorials page or use the links. This is my version of the bag and not a replica.
It is a quite easy tutorial and one of those projects where you can play around with materials and embellishments. In addition to cotton fabric I used scraps of velvet and satin. For embellishments I used a braided ribbon and black seed beads and also the decorative stitches on my sewing machine which I usually don’t use very often. I hope you enjoy the tutorial.
Until next time happy sewing and take care!
Annika
