Sunday Stash 5th October 2014

Polka Dots

My new additions this week are very...dotty

Pink and soft green polka dot quilting cotton

And some candy coloured threads to co-ordinate. I also bought these Janome embroidery scissors which allow me to get very close the the base of the thread and snip it cleanly.

I need some new pins-these have become bendy and are fast losing their sharpness.

A new experiment today- I made a couple of contoured burp cloths.

 I made the tag into a handy hanging loop. These are lightweight with little polyester padding for easy washing and fast drying.

There are so many versions out there and I just made up the pattern measuring myself and drawing a curve freehand, then copying it for the other side. I used some newspaper as a template to get the shape right (scrunch it up first so it does not slip as much). If you want a tutorial, have a look at the Contoured Burp Cloths Tutorial by cloud9fabrics.

Happy Sunday!

Sunday Stash 24th August 2014

Fabric Fabric Fabric!

I have added all these to my Stash!

Soft romantic vintage floral in pink and roses bouquet in blue. 

 An antique pink polka dot

And mint cupcakes!

Strawberries! I thought this may work well with the Burlap I have

Bright Pink- can never go wrong with this one

 and mint

 and coral

Here is the coral with grey.

Too busy to write more, have been sewing all day and hopefully will have some new things to show tomorrow.

xo xo

Eva

Sunday Stash- 10th August 2014

I have been buying LOTS of fabric this week and other supplies.

a few things have arrived

 Amazing birds and butterflies in duck egg. This is a curtain fabric from Clarke and Clarke, an English firm who make amazing upholstery and curtain cottons. The quality is fabulous and it comes in 150cm width.

I find it works really well for my fabric baskets and is more hard-wearing.

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 A lovely soft roses bouquet quilting cotton. 

I love the sweet design of the pink background, how it looks like lace doilies.

 Another Clarke and Clarke curtain fabric, dotty in yellow. It looks a bit more lime here, but in reality is is a soft powdery yellow.

 I have made fabric baskets with the reverse of this fabric, Dotty Taupe with Pocket Teddy. I am very excited to be using this option called Natural, pale cream with mocha cappuccino dots.

 Here they are all together.

These are hair pins! They work wonderfully in keeping thick fabrics together, the kind of thickness that gets distorted by pins and even bends them. They cost under £1.00 for 20, so they are much cheaper than long quilting pins. The spring is quite strong and they are super quick to attach and remove as you go.

I have been busy with orders from the shop, but managed to make one new thing: a burlap storage container set. There is a square one to be used for general "stuff" and a tall and narrow one, the size of a coffee cup, to use as a pen stand.

Burlap was easy to work with and zig zaging the edges was fairly quick. It made me sneeze a lot at first because loose fibres were coming off, but a squirt of spray starch solved that problem and gave it a nice crisp looking finish. This is pre-washes burlap so the weave is dense.

 

I have put a brooch on the bow, to make it removable. I really like how these turned out, I think I will make some for myself.

What did you get up to this weekend?

Have a great week.

Sunday Stash 3rd August 2014 with Molli Sparkles

It has been a busy week with lots of fabric basket sewing.

I did find a little time to buy some new fabric.

They are all pink.

My favourite is this bonnet girls print linen look cotton. The pattern is multi-directional which is great as my fussy cutting skills are still primitive.

This vintage look roses bouquet is very sweet and the green gives it some sparkle 

A piece of pre-washed burlap. never worked with this before. I am thinking definitely interfacing or zig zaging all the edges.

A nice antique pink check (plaid) on cream background

Have a good week! 

Linking up with the amazing:

Sunday Stash 11th May 2014

For a couple of weeks, I only bought boring supplies like fusible fleece and white thread, so there was nothing to report.

A very nice discovery in a craft store- a multi pack of cross-grain ribbon 

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The pastels are divine shades of spring

I also bought this linen look cotton, elephant parade on grey- looks a bit green here

A lovely bright stripe in 100% quilting cotton

And a rose bunch floral, Vintage Rose Garden on Mint

Can't wait to sew the elphants.

Sunday Stash Easter Sunday

Fabric is such a personal thing!

Due to work commitments I sent out my other half to run some errands, including buying additional fabric for one I had already bought and with the instructions: " If you see anything else similar that is really nice get it!

Here is what he came home with:

Let's start with the bad one:

All I could think of was tablecloth in fish and chip shop. 1960's kitchen curtains. Possibly garden cushions? What will I ever make with this?

The yellow and blue stripe I kind of like for my fabric baskets

It is Summer Time, nice quality fabric

and the next

although not my choice, I can make a ... fabric basket with it too.

So, I have one large gingham check and 2 stripe fabrics I am not that keen on. I don't want to sound ungrateful but think I will not be sending him to buy me fabric again.

Happy Easter!

Sunday Stash Display

This week I bough some fabrics which were slightly over my usual budget but I felt they were so worth it.

Don't you love the squirrels?

And the matching solid- Love this acid yellow

Something almost salmon pink

 This is going to be a summer version of my brown fox, coral fox? I am sure it will look nice.

This is the sort of bike I dreamed of when I was a kid

Need to find a nice pink to complement this one.

and thread to sew them all. I normally buy Gutermann but I am trying this Coats for the first time. It seems a little bit thinner.

I was laughing when I sew it was made in Greece ( I am allowed because I am Greek).

Sunday Stash New Spring Fabric

After careful consideration for my mental health and the sanity of those around me, I bought a new ironing board this week. The old one was fine, as long as it was open. The handle for closing it was connected to a metal rod which somehow bent in a weird fashion and would no longer work.

Convinced I could fix it, I hammered away and sprayed liberally with wd40, which worked for...2 days.

I then kicked it, pushed it and swore at it, which seemed to irritate my boyfriend but somehow the anger gave me super strength and I managed to close it eventually.

When visiting a bargain shop and spotting a small ironing board for only £14.99 I just bought it, and we are all very happy (including the cat) now as this one will open and close with no fuss.

Now, the fabric!

I bought some new fabric this week,

 This beautiful spring floral would make a lovely shirt...but I will most likely use it to line a zipper pouch

 Lovely spring green polka dot, a cute floral and antique pink polka dot- looks a bit more bright pink and I like the retro look. The spots are tiny, 1mm, they look like pin heads.

These roses are as far country/cottage chic as I would go, but they do look nice...

and I want to make something special with it.

I feel I need to challenge myself and start making different things.