Embroidered button swap

I got my parcel, all the way from Hungary! A while back it has to be admitted, but there was the inevitable delay while I went to fetch it from the post office, and then waited for a nice sunny day to take some photos. I love my parcel – Judit has been so generous. [...]

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Embroidered button swap

Embroidered buttons Originally uploaded by TheCraftyLibrarian I finished my first swap parcel of 2010 in time! I’m quite impressed with myself, and now that Judit has received her buttons (in record time – 3 days from the UK to Hungary – very impressive Royal Mail) I can post a little about my first button-making experience. [...]

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There’s a hole in my finger, dear Liza, dear Liza.

I have a tin full of needles. And there are more in my pincushion. Needless to say, this situation is not conducive to having whole, un-spiked fingertips, particularly if like me you tend to sew in the evenings when the lights are dim and the brain is dimmer. Making a needlecase is something I have [...]

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Derek.

So a girl gets a new sewing machine for christmas. And by new I mean new, not just new to me, but new to the world. This is a memorable event in my life, having only owned 1970s/80s singers before now (one of which actually exploded while I was stitching a quilt – not a [...]

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Knots.

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I was struck the other day by the beautiful simplicity of incywincystitches’ french knot sheep. I love the contrast between the flat background and the bright white sheeps – and for such small creatures they even seem to have a personality. So I’ve started my own [...]

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