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Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 11:04 pm
Filed under fabric, fabric design, thrifting

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Red is really hard to photograph.

Today I picked up two cards of jumbo red ricrac and a red potholder. When I got home, I found some lovely fabric from Lara in my letterbox. I had forgotten that I had ordered it so it was an extra nice surprise!

Wasn’t Lost so good tonight - oh my god, the ending! (US people, it was the episode with Nicki and Paulo)

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patchwork apron

Thursday, May 24, 2007 @ 10:58 pm
Filed under fabric, fabric design, quilting, sewing

Remember this from yesterday? I wasn’t too sure what it would become…

Well, it became an apron!

I used two tea towels (dish cloths) that are taupe with a red stripe and attached the patch piece on as a pocket. I really seriously love this. I haven’t made an apron before but it was so easy.

The pocket has a layer of batting and then a plain fabric (thrifted bed sheet) and I quilted it before attaching to the tea towel base. Some red cotton tape to bind the pocket edge and some white cotton tape used as ties. I sewed two vertical lines of stitching to divide the pocket into three.

Some of the fabrics in there are ones that I printed myself a while back, using stamps and fabric ink. Of course there are many designer fabrics in there too. About a month ago, I cut a huge pile of fabric strips and sorted them by colour, all ready for stripwork projects, remember?

I love all of these fabrics. And now I get to see them all the time - and even wear them! This apron makes me happy.

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fabric stamping

Sunday, March 18, 2007 @ 4:33 pm
Filed under fabric, fabric design, stamping, tutorial

I have been having fun with these:

and these:

and this:

Stamping your own fabrics is fun!

Stamping your own fabrics is addictive!

Stamping your own fabrics is easy!

All I did was get some stamps (foam, mounted or unmounted - it doesn’t matter) some fabric ink (I used VersaCraft) and some cotton fabric (I used homespun) and stamp to your heart’s content. Wait for a little while (it will dry fast) and then throw it in a hot dryer for 10 mins or so or give it an iron (I did both, using a big old iron press to get more done at once) and then wash it and iron again.

Sew it up into something cute and stand back and admire your work! (I haven’t done that bit yet.)

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Good Book Day!

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 @ 9:45 pm
Filed under art, crafty books, fabric design, quilting, sewing, stuffies, toys and dolls, things to buy

Today I had a good book day - unlike yesterday.

First there was a mysterious and intriguing parcel on my doorstep:

Then I opened it and I was very excited!

My order from Amazon Japan had come at last! I’m afraid I went a little bit crazy the day I ordered them. I’ve now got 7 (count ‘em) beautiful new Japanese crafting books: