Category Archives: Gifts and Sewing Galore

Place to document the stuff I make and give.

Embroidered Denim Pinafore – upcycle

This is an embroidered denim skirt, extremely popular in the late 90’s. On a regular sized person, it would hit about mid calf, however on me, it would brush the ground, meaning the hip/thighs hit the wrong point, and it … Continue reading

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Denim Pinny

Pattern Description: The York Pinafore is easy to layer over tank tops for summer or turtlenecks and leggings for colder weather. It is a modern take on a classic pinafore dress with a cocoon shape and two views. View A features … Continue reading

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Grey Linen Lounge Pants

Pattern Description: Pull on pants or shorts with elastic waist and side seam pockets Pattern Sizing:18W-24W. I made the 24W Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it?sort of, considering I am … Continue reading

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Book Week costume

Way back, early in my sewing journey, I made clothes primarily for my daughter Naomi.  She was a long thin baby, and a long thin toddler/child/teenager.  I made clothes for her, simply because all I could ever buy for her, … Continue reading

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The Embroidered Quilt

Ages ago, I picked up a big stack of embroidered panels. The centre panel needs some lines of stitching, and I plan to use my machine and a twin needle to complete those. There is a lot of sadness surrounding … Continue reading

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Baby Christening Gown

I have been prevaricating about this gown for ages, asking all sorts of advice, and doing test stitch outs on various bits of fabric (including a tunic for me). But I have decided that its about time to bite the … Continue reading

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Summer dress … just in time

2018 Summer finish along with Sunflower Stitcheries and Quilting – on FB, in the Sunflower Garden.  This was a project sew along for our group, that encouraged you to choose a number of projects, and then plan to get them … Continue reading

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Solstice Quilt – a gift for the new adult

My niece turned 18 this year, a fantastic milestone.  Quite a few years back, as part of my first steps into quilting, I made her and her brothers a quilt each, all single bed sized.   I am sure she wasn’t … Continue reading

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Xmas 2017

Oh my poor neglected blog, you poor thing.  This has been the year of Thyroid Cancer, and I just didn’t have the energy to maintain this blog in addition to everything else that I was dealing with.  For those that … Continue reading

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Xmas Sewing 2016

A quick scroll through my photo albums, shows that I have been particularly slack with documenting my sewing for the last few months.  Those that know me, would understand that this has been because I was diagnosed late last year … Continue reading

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