tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:57:24 +0000and other craftinesshttp://sewthere2.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Will)Blogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-2021660936836637048Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:48:00 +00002009-08-14T09:53:16.259+01:00Found at a car boot sale, I think he's very Froudian : ) His head is hand carved out of one piece of wood, he also has carved hands and feet, he was once a marionette but was so tangled I had to set him free.http://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-fell-in-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-6339698908249463681Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:33:00 +00002009-08-05T13:47:16.172+01:00TunicabayahupcyclecaftanI have 3 abayah/caftan things I bought from ebay ages ago to do something with, they are some kind of polyester material and apart from Halloween outings they didnt see the light of day so in a burst of creativity today I turned the navy one into something more wearable - a tunicish thing.The pic is horrible cos my batteries are going but the abayah was plain navy, I cut it off below the bust andhttp://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/08/awful-picclothing-upcycle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-6102865132098814660Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:09:00 +00002009-07-26T10:16:45.403+01:00My friend was looking for tiles yesterday and we went to Home Elite Interiors and I found some great fabric for 99p a metre so £1.98 =Its just 4 rectangles 2 for the basque and 2 for the main skirt and a waistband...easyThank you Jan for modelling it - now go and do tiling : )http://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-skirt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-7903877663521737526Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:25:00 +00002009-07-24T05:59:04.217+01:00TuniclayeringtutorialI wanted to make a huge tunic thing for layering, I couldn't find a pattern for what I wanted so I decided to 'bodge' one up, this is how it turned out:The material is a stretch jersey remnant I got from ebay and its a very 'in your face' pink. It might be nicer done is something more drapey too. Anyhow, here's the tutorial of sorts;After you've measured and cut it out, sew up the shoulder seams.http://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/07/huge-baggy-tunic-tutorial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-4146774618139117197Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:20:00 +00002009-07-22T13:31:13.686+01:00Two posts in one day!! And...and...the quilt is finished:OK I can hear the sharp intake of breath from the quilting experts...its NOT perfect and I daren't even show you the back, there isn't much symmetry going on there but he loves it!and thats why I kept on with it : )http://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/07/hang-out-flags.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-4270843712266122649Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:48:00 +00002009-08-03T12:37:24.189+01:00Fat quarterappliquebagsCath KidstonI haven't been entirely uncreative even though the quilt still isn't finished I'm ashamed to say.I visited the Fat Quarter shop yesterday and saw some great mushroom print which was ideal for my friend who is spending this season as a mushroom : ) and ran it up into a bag as soon as I got home.Yes that is a toaster in the background but it was the only room in the house that was bright enough tohttp://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/07/bags.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-5399202465013161475Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:40:00 +00002009-07-02T07:51:57.107+01:00SingerBrotherJonesToyotasewing machineI have gone from being the proud owner of a Brother XL5500SE to owning 3 others:-An E&R Classic n521 made by Aisin which I believe is Toyota which I swapped for a pristine Singer 99 hand operated machine that I got for her from a car boot sale. She has never used this machine because she is a complete technophobe : DI have to say I don't really rate Toyota having had one a long time ago and http://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-in-one-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-4520187040079506374Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:30:00 +00002009-06-28T07:58:27.967+01:00recycledfairy gardenrepurposedpine benchYea I know this blog is meant to be about sewing, making and stuff but its now also about the evolution of the Fairy Garden. For the uninitiated this is the area of my garden where the pond is, where, due to the enormous proportions of my neighbours cypress leylandii, it is always midnight. In order to give it some interest and colour we have turned it into the Fairy Garden which basically http://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/06/oh-deer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-2593336969947526000Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:53:00 +00002009-06-22T22:01:21.145+01:00quiltingsewingI finished the quilt top and its very big, I guess I got a bit carried away so I'm going to have to bodge the back to make it big enough, going to do wide strips of different blues.And I probably can't get batting wide enough so will have to join it....still its fun.http://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-sooo-big.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-863970710742540482Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:19:00 +00002009-07-22T06:07:55.741+01:00I've done enough quilt blocks now and got some material for filler and backing so this is where it'll all go wrong.Too busy at the moment though as my friend will be staying with me while she's post op so spent the last couple of days cleaning, washing and doing the garden, I noted with some horror that the new wildlife pond is now completely alive with wiggly scary things like something out of ahttp://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/06/busy-doing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-3844318236820763701Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:30:00 +00002009-06-10T06:49:13.174+01:00Fat quarterFreecycleQuiltYesterday was grey and miserable. DS was miserable so it was the perfect day to start his quilt, he's been hinting ever since I made a cot quilt for my new Grandson. I looked through the quilting mags I got from Freecycle and decided I wasnt that clever yet so decided to do 5 inch squares. Why? Because it was easy to measure on the new cutting mat and because they are quite big and it'll show http://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/06/quilt-but-not-yet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-4285918195971253426Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:47:00 +00002009-06-09T06:56:41.844+01:00primitive catsewingPrimAs you can probably tell I really like making prmitive stuff, its something DS can help with too, in fact there were 3 of us sitting around the table painting this cat with tea and cinnamon the other day.Everyone who sees her wants to cuddle her so I wont be stuck for Christmas present ideas this year. I wanted to post the link for the pattern but I can't find it, it was one of those downloadablehttp://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/06/more-prim.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-1549429066943528082Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:59:00 +00002010-01-30T14:23:18.805ZPrimitive craftPrimI visited a Sue Ryder shop yesterday a picked up a great tin sign for £1.45Obviously you are meant to put a towel on the little hook but I thought it was a great place to hang one of the primitive crows I made from this pattern which Sassafrashill are kindly giving away as an epattern. DS and I had great fun 'aging' him with coffee, black acrylic and cinnamon, it smelt disgusting but came out http://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/06/charity-shop-find.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-6533815550015442914Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:38:00 +00002009-06-06T14:59:58.860+01:00coconut pyramidsold recipesreciperationingMy mother left me her Olio Cookery Book, originally written in the 20s and this one dates from the 40s, I believe it was the bible for the new bride of the era, its a great read not that I do so much these days as its falling apart. It contains little tips for removing rust stains from kid gloves, how to make up laudanum as well as the yummy eggless,fatless cake which occurs by some kind of http://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/06/not-like-mother-used-to-make.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-4338037778331673762Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:04:00 +00002009-06-06T13:36:42.256+01:00halloweencarniverous plantslittle shop of horrorsaudrey 2My son is completely mad about the movie Little Shop of Horrors (as well as Dr Who) and obsessed with the idea of owning an Audrey 2.I dread Garden Centre visits as he will zoom straight to the Carniverous plant section in the hope that there will be something vaguely Audrey like for sale and will usually buy another type of fly eating thing anyway which I usually manage to kill.Amazingly this http://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/06/little-windowsill-of-horrors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-2082459604531490760Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:53:00 +00002009-06-05T19:34:31.540+01:00cloth baby shoebaby shoe patternMy daughter and my friends daughter have both had babies in the past few weeks and I'd been looking for something to make for them and came across Heather Baileys baby shoe pattern for Bitty Booties . They are really easy and the possibilities are endless.Here is an extra pair I made which I thought I might stuff with pot pourri and sew a little bit of net over the tops to hang in the wardrobe orhttp://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-daughter-and-my-friends-daughter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170412999728700877.post-2810888128251956923Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:50:00 +00002009-06-05T11:52:50.692+01:00sewingpatternless draftingdr whobermudashortsIts probably officially summer as its so hot, was caught on the hop for summer clothes to fit DS and decided to make some.I actually bought a meter of the sunshine material while I was at Hobbycraft then realised it wasnt enough for bermudas and had to add yellow bits from my stash, turned out ok in the end though I think.I took the pattern from a pair of his shorts and just drew the outline on http://sewthere2.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-summer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will)0