Tag Archive: free-machine applique

Appliqued Lampshades

I really enjoy creating interesting projects to tackle for my Sewing Workshops which I  run in Nottinghamshire and further information can be found here. Often I am a little over ambitious in what… Continue reading

Appliqued Sewing Garden Tidy

I really enjoyed dreaming up this project for my latest sewing workshop, no need for a humble piece of hessian to be boring when it can be transformed into a useful item! Here… Continue reading

A Sewing Year

I’m not sure where this year has gone too but on the sewing front it has been a great year. After another successful year of sewing workshops that I have run in conjunction… Continue reading

Hoop Art!

I have a workshop in a couple of weeks time making appliqued pictures in a hoop and decided I ought to get a couple of examples ready to photograph for my presentation. Oh my!… Continue reading

Appliqued Aprons Workshop

On Friday I ran an appliqued aprons workshop at Manor Farm Tea Shoppe. I always really look forward to these creative days, meeting old friends and new people who are as crazy about… Continue reading

Happy Easter

I really enjoy making these little super cute egg cosies as they always make me smile! Not just because they are cute, but because it reminds me of my first attempts at free-machine… Continue reading

Fabric Collage Creations

   I always enjoyed making collages as a kid using cut outs from magazines, sugar paper, bits of wool thread or string, shells, beads and stones or anything with some interest in terms… Continue reading

A Creative Day – Making Appliqued Cushions

I don’t know what it is about cushions that women in particular have a strong affinity with. Is it the fact that they make a place homely, comfortable, colourful, decorative?  Images of Caroline… Continue reading