Making a tie
It has never been so easy to produce a present for a 36 year old male! We walked into the Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust shop in Stratford on Avon in the … Continue reading
A year at Warwickshire Stitchers
You will have noticed that i do not do much dress making these days, which is a pity because i love doing it. I dont need any more clothes, but … Continue reading
‘Rag rug’ cushion
Methods of using up scrap fabric…. I did my rag rugging course with Jenni Stuart-Anderson last year, not long before i moved house. It’s quite a messy process. I decided … Continue reading
Variation on a Sports Coat
Yet another Maker’s Atelier pattern, bought on a bit of a whim before she stopped selling paper patterns. How many coats does a woman need? I wear this coat a … Continue reading
Another Maker’s Top
An update on the Maker’s Atelier Maker’s Top…… I originally made a version in cotton that swamped me, and rather got in the way of any making, and washing up! … Continue reading
Leatherwork
This is a much anticipated one – off. Making anything with leather. I made a belt. It was a half day course, and most other courses seemed to be making … Continue reading
Saori weaving
At last i have done a weaving course. It was in the Japanese art of Saori weaving, created round about the 1960’s. It means ‘creative weaving’. In theory there are … Continue reading
Scraps
Hello again and a happy new year. Scraps! The biggest problem in my sewing life. I have cupboards full of leftover scraps from sewing projects. Little bits that really aren’t … Continue reading
Cornwall cross stitch
My mother did loads and loads of cross stitch work. Having just completed my first piece of work, i appreciate even more than previously, how many hours / days / … Continue reading
Smocking
Clearly it’s a dying skill, because spell-checks have all sorts of trouble with the word! Thanks yet again to the Maker’s Atelier magazine (Summer 21) for inspiration for this project. … Continue reading
all my own work by ann 