SEWING – Page 10 – RAINBOW HARE

A SUMMER STORY

If you have been thinking that Granny Square’s hair looks a bit like a bird’s nest, there’s a reason for that: One morning, Granny Square was out of sorts. “As soon as you have finished your breakfast, I’d like you to go all round the caravan oiling the hinges, Knit,” she said. “Something has been […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

A BASIC JOINTED CLOTH DOLL TUTORIAL

This post is adapted from the Tutorial which accompanies my Basic Jointed Cloth Doll Pattern. I’m posting it here because the techniques used are readily transferable to many patterns for dolls and softies (although some patterns will have some pieces that will have to be cut with a seam allowance and sewn in the traditional […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

A Family Photo

Here is Knit (you may have met him at the weekend in this post) with Granny Square. Granny Square thought it looked such a lovely day that it would be nice to go outside for a family photo. Purl is sitting nicely… …but Knit is fooling around. He did come and sit still in the […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 26 (wool and knit)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays – 26! This week, I had an email from Emily’s Mum, who blogs over at Quilty Doings. She has a friend who keeps a small flock of Rare Breed Ryeland sheep as a hobby and he currently has some really beautiful wool for sale. If you are looking for yarn […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

little people in progress

I keep forgetting to link up a WIP post so, I thought I’d share my progress on these small people, today. I’m making a scalable basic jointed doll pattern and these ones range from 4 1/2″ – 11″. Whenever I post a doll like this I always get comments about nudity so (to set everyone’s […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Yarn Finishes, A Little Sewing and Two Caravans

This has been a week of yarn finishes, here at Rainbow Hare and my sewing friends have probably seen enough of these but I’m posting them again because I’d like to link up with Tami’s Amis for Fo Friday First a crochet finish – the stats for this crochet blanket are all in last week’s […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Fractured Colours Cushion

It’s Friday and, for once in a long long, time, I have a proper sewing/quilty kind of finish! A little while ago, I was lucky enough to win a gorgeous AMH charm pack from AMY at CLOUD COU COU. I cut into it straight away and paired it up with some Collage and some PBJ Layer Cake […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Vintage Caravan Sewing Machine Cover – Pattern (Version 1) and Tutorial

A Version 1 pattern for my Vintage Caravan Sewing Machine Cover is now available. I am hoping to release the final version for sale, together with these instructions, in a few weeks but, in the meantime, you can download it for 50p The final version has been released and now costs £4.00 in my Etsy Shop. […]

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A finish of sorts…

The bad news is that my Friday Finish this week is only a lining :( Who knew what a palava this pattern making would turn out to be. I started the week feeling confident that the Vintage Caravan Sewing Machine Cover pattern test and tute wouldn’t take too long. It’s a simple design and the […]