Blue Monday!

Yesterday, I finished Cindy’s block and that means I’m technically no longer behind in the bees – yay! But not for long unless I get this month’s three done soon. I was too tired to concentrate on another bee block, though, and I noticed my box of solid scraps was looking very blue so I […]

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Friday Finishes

An oak tree for Brinda… A scrappy squares star and strippy heart for Dena…and some hst blocks for Nicky. I resolved to sew nothing but bee blocks until I got up to date so I have nothing to show except bee blocks! But they’re finished and it’s Friday so these are my Friday Finishes for […]

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Twirling Asterisk!

I’ve been very tempted to join in with Spring Fever… But I’d thought I’d better give it a miss because for one thing I don’t have many stringy, or potentially stringy, scraps and for another thing I resolved to sew nothing but bee blocks until I get myself up-to-date (not to mention my that trip-a-long […]

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A Sunday Shoe

needle case sole space for thimble etc pincushion stuffing in toe I think I’ve lost my mojo :( I didn’t have the heart to post my Friday Finishes when everything was the same as my WIP and all I’ve accomplished since Wednesday is this slipper pincushion.  One of my Bee friends loves shoes and I […]

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BEE – ing

for Debra front I’ve go so behind with my Bees lately that I’m resolved to do nothing but Bee sewing until I’m caught up so all my WIP this week is Bee related. The house pincushion was inspired by a TV Advertisement for British Gas (which you can see here). back for Fiona Next on the list is […]

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Design Wall Weekend

Do you have a design wall? If I had one this pincushion is my most recent project that I would have pinned to it. I planned to add some sheep but once I’d made a world less that 3″ in diameter and a house less 1″ tall the scale became too daunting! After I had […]

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Easter Bunny Cushion!

If you feel like making something quick and cheerful and seasonal, how about finding a Springtime image at the Graphics Fairy. You can find the brown rabbit print I used here or browse through hundreds of free vintage images. Just print your image onto a piece of transfer paper (I used a TAP Transfer Sheet), remembering to […]

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Really Random Friday.

This week I had big sewing plans. And, as it turned out, the world had other plans but I’ve been trying to have at least one Friday Finish every week this year so I made this little pin cushion. I always think you can’t have enough pin cushions and a little finish is still a […]

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