more houses

i have completed 30 little houses and sat today and cut the fabric for the borders. i chose a red spot and a blue fabric and as you can see i have decided to mix them up rather than keeping them all the same. i am really pleased with the fabric choice, the colours work well together and i am already thinking about what else i can use them for. i have decided to use these first 30 houses and make a completed quilt, i will still make a house everyday but i think that throughout the year i will make a few smaller quilts rather than one large one.i am really keen to put the first one together to see how it looks, i hope to have something to show by next week. i may not have it quilted though as i am considering pieceing quilt tops first then doing the quilting when the weather gets better, so i can sit outside and finish them. i think this might work better for me so that i am not spending the spring/summer indoors at the machine but i will still have sewing to do.

happy new year

hi, i have decided to take part in the building a house quilt by completing one block a day for 366 days! as you can see i have made a great start, 6 houses in 5 days, i am not sure how long i will keep this up. the house are fine to sew although a little wonky, but it took me 2 days of cutting fabric for about 2 weeks worth of houses. i did manage to get rid of a lot of scrap though so ill keep going for a while. if you are interested information on the project can be found at http://buildinghousesfromscraps.blogspot.com/
good luck.

dress a girl

hi, the last few months i have been busy making dresses for the dress a girl project, http://www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com/
it is a very worthwhile organisation and if you can sew then you should at least make a few, and if you cant then what a great project for beginners, pillowcase dresses are easy. give it a go.
even though it is an american website, they benefit the world.

I have been trying to get them noticed here in britain and managed to convince SEW HIP magazine to run a story which they have published this month ( April edition, check it out) so thank you to them for bringing this great story to all the british sewers where "every girl around the world will own at least one dress".

If anyone wants to help but can only manage a few you can send them to me and i will post them to america with my lot to save postage, also if anyone has any pillowcases that they could donate to me to make the dresses then i would be very grateful.

Dress a girl

Happy New Year,
just a short post to tell everyone about a great cause called dress a girl.
find them here: www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com
they need volunteers to sew simple pillowcase dresses to supply to girls all over the world.
please help

snowman pincushion

FINISHED

snowman pincushion part 3

with right sides together sew the front and the back pieces together leaving a gap for turning.

clip corners, turn and stuff. sew up gap.

snowman pincushion part 2

2. take the 2 longer pieces and sew to the top and bottom. iron.
Trim.

1. Take the fabric strips for the front and sew the 2 short pieces to the sides of the snowman. Iron flat.