Tote 2

I made this Autumn tote with one side beautiful autumn reds and oranges

 and the other blues and reds,

it will be lovely to use come Autumn :)

summer tote

winter tote

Happy Stitching

summers on the way...

yes, that's right summer is on the way..its official :) British summer time starts tomorrow and today was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine :) the morning was spent gardening and this afternoon I made this tote bag, perfect for all those picnics on a hot summers day :)

 how it started

finished, lined and Quilted

Happy Stitching

Quilt finish

The baby Quilt is finished and its far from perfect but for my very first attempt I'm pleased with it 

:)

the more I create the better they will become and the more I will learn.

first quilt

Happy Stitching

its a start

hi all hope you all had a great weekend, it was a beautiful sunny weekend here in the UK, so in between relaxing and enjoying the rays :) I made a start on my baby quilt, my first ever quilt :) 
so here are a few pics of my progress so far.

next weekend I'll finish sewing it together, I've done some already but will leave the rest till next weekend

happy new week to all in whatever craft you're doing :)

pin wheel passion

Hi All :)

well, I've been practising no end this last week as you'll know I'm new to sewing machine work and any quilting but want yet another hobby :) so I'm trying my hand at teaching myself sewing, learning along the way by watching others and plenty of practice and patience lol

The pattern I'm going to try on my very first quilt will be the pin wheel, I love these and I thought it would look great on a baby quilt which is what I'm starting out with, something not too big and beyond what I can do at the moment,

so here are some practice pin wheels I did this week, I think they came out well :)

also my table that I ordered was delivered giving me plenty of work space now and another is on its way for the other side of the room... so even more top work space and storage underneath.

I'm so very lucky to have this spare room to turn into a sewing room and I love it, it faces an open field full of wildlife and it's just lovely on a spring day to sit and sew and look at all the wildlife around :)

practice run

today was spent playing with my sewing machine and finding out what I can and cant do with it, 

I also found plenty of material to recycle :) so I had a practice at patchwork and enjoyed just playing around with it so here are my very first pieces :)

 I dont have my work table yet so had to cut the pieces on the floor, my table should turn up next week :) i've also bought a small iron and ironing mat to set up on my table, then i'm ready to go :)

Fat Quarters

Hi All :)

since I bought my sewing machine back in October last year I thought I would try my hand at patchwork,

I've been getting a few things each month and following blogs that already do it for info and tips,

last week I bought my first fat quarter and cutting mat,

today I bought my second fat quarter as I thought the first one looked very lonely 

in the box by itself

 lol

you know I just had to buy it don't you hahaha

I love this bundle with its flowers :) very summery :))

I also bought this hexagon template and rotary cutter, more patchwork goodies will be bought very soon I think :))

 I'm also looking into getting a six foot long table as a work station, there just isn't enough room on my small desk, this spare room is now quickly moving into a sewing room

:)