Spinning
March 30, 2016
Home made items from home grown wool. … More Spinning
Month: March 2016
New venture final products
March 26, 2016
New venture closer to completion
March 26, 2016
All is revealed
March 25, 2016
The outcome of beautiful fabrics combine to cover a bespoke lounge. Leafy cushions compliment highlights in the settee cushions.
New ventures – ongoing
March 24, 2016
New ventures
March 23, 2016
I have just the thing for these butterflies. I sure love the fabric.
Learning more than sewing – embroidery
March 15, 2016
As I grew through childhood I was taught to embroider by hand. A fairly wide range of stitches were under my belt by the time I was a teen. I took the skills from home to school and created a petticoat with an embroidered bluebird in a circle placed around the hemline. It took much longer … More Learning more than sewing – embroidery
Moving on
March 12, 2016
My recent bargain – Brother machine – sews like a dream
Growing into sewing
March 12, 2016
As a kid, Mum insisted I learn to sew all sorts of simple garments on my treadle machine. Skirts, tops or blouses and – much later, dresses. At high school in the sleepy wheat belt town I did Home Economics and learnt how to make a dress. I remember everything about that dress – the … More Growing into sewing
Hidden talent
March 12, 2016
Whenever we went into the lounge room of our farm house the green curtained off area held a sense of mystery. In reality it was shelving for family games and a quarter zone for Mum’s sewing table and machine. The table was a converted treadle machine base. The drawers were stacked with cottons, scissors, pins, … More Hidden talent
