by Emmely | May 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
After auditioning some different border colours in Photoshop for my Cherrywood project, I decided on dark blue as that appeared to maintain the energetic feeling of the pieced part best. I am now waiting for the fabric to arrive, so time to start on something else! A...
by Emmely | Apr 7, 2018 | Finished project, Gifts, Quilting, Uncategorized
During my blogging hiatus I made several baby quilts because I wasn’t the only one in our circle of family and friends to have a little one. The last one that was completed is the first to make an appearance here. Mostly because I didn’t have to search where the...
by Emmely | Jan 21, 2016 | F2F, Quilting, Uncategorized
In December it was Christine’s turn to receive three blocks in her chosen colours dark grey, turquoise and coral. She also likes scrappy, so where for other people’s blocks I would have repeated certain fabrics a bit more, for these blocks I tried to use as many...
by Emmely | Jul 27, 2014 | Pattern drafting, RTW fast, Sewing, Uncategorized, Work in progress
If you are now wondering whether you missed a post about muslin 1. You didn’t. I had originally planned to blog the whole fitting process but muslin 1 was unfortunately not suitable for public display due to indecent exposure of underwear. I am attempting to sew...
by Emmely | Apr 27, 2014 | Finished project, Sewing, Uncategorized
I’ve made a piece of underwear! They’re Thread Theory’s Comox Trunks and I made them for my brother. Clearly, the best part of these trunks is the elastic! I don’t have a lot of elastic in my stash and what I had didn’t feel nice enough to sit next to your skin all...
by Emmely | Mar 16, 2014 | Sewing, Tutorial, Uncategorized
Ali asked if I could do a tutorial on how I constructed the zipper pocket in the lining of my It’s all about the zippers bag and here it is! I incorporate this type of pocket in nearly every bag I make nowadays. It can be used on the outside and in the lining. It is...
