Quilted bag tutorial This quilted bag tutorial is the last in a series of posts I have been writing to show what can be made using the new Tilda fabric collections, Memory Lane and Cabbage Rose. I was sent the fabric so that I could take part in Stitch Craft Create's Tilda Blog Hop. I've so far made a lined pouch with a zip and a flat bottom, a quick and easy fabric basket and a small round bag. This project uses 3 fat quarters, 1 ... Read the Post...
How to Make a Top From a Scarf
How to Make a Top From a Scarf This is a guest post by my mum, who is going to show you how to make a top from a scarf. My mum has been sewing for a very long time. Her mum taught her, just as she taught me. The soundtrack to my childhood would feature the hum of the sewing machine! She made countless little dresses for my sisters and I. I remember a little green party dress with pintucks on the front, school photos of my sisters and I ... Read the Post...
How to Make a Shirt Without a Pattern
How to Make a Shirt Without a Pattern The full tutorial showing how to make a shirt without a pattern is here on the Minerva Crafts Bloggers' Network. My third little boy, Barnabas, took a fancy to wearing shirts a couple of years ago. I don't know the exact reasonΒ but I'm guessing it's also why my second boy, Aidan, won't wear trousers unless they're tracksuit bottoms (apart from his school trousers, which he has no choice about!). As I ... Read the Post...
Small Round Bag Tutorial
A Small Round Bag Tutorial This small round bag tutorial is the third in a series I'm writing to showΒ what you could make using the new Tilda collections, Memory Lane and Cabbage Rose. I was sent the fabric by the people at Stitch Craft Create. The previous two are aΒ very easy fabric basket and a lined, zippered pouch with a flat bottom. This little bag is a more involved project than the previous two, but it still fairly easy. It just ... Read the Post...