Had a lovely day out at the Stitches & Craft Show yesterday - or as my good friend Linda called it, her "Little Britain day out with my carer"!!!! ( which just goes to show a broken ankle can only slow you down so much!).
It was super quiet which made it easy to move around & see everything, but I did feel sorry for the stall holders who would surely be expecting a much larger crowd. We sat in on 2 free pop up " listen & learn" sessions at Pauline's Quilters World- quilt as you go, and "precision patchwork" which were both quite interesting. I really liked their nifty binding gadgets, and bought one of the small ones to use to press bias binding in half ( which I often make & use for sleeve & neck binding on tops)- should be easy to use and save my fingers from getting burned!
I also bought some ribbon, the Star Wars ribbon will add a bit of zing to a denim apron I have promised to make for my son ( but the trim will be a surprise).
And after looking at mini irons at every craft show for the last few years, I finally bought one! Should be much easier to use for craft than my big heavy iron, especially in my tiny sewing space!
Friday, 24 November 2017
Melbourne Stitches & Craft Show
Saturday, 18 November 2017
New sewing patterns
Always worth having a look at the craft section in Savers. Found these new ( uncut!) sewing patterns today for $1.99 each, always looking for new tshirt/ top patterns! Mind you it will be January before I have time to try any of them!
I had to laugh at the description of the picture on the Butterick pattern ( top in the photo above) - all about top A,B,C D E and then " Purchased bottom" .... duh! It's a DRAWING! And a drawing of only part of the legs!
The top pattern - simplicity- has shorts, pants & skirt WITH POCKETS!! Yay!
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
Upcoming craft & community events
School fete Sunday 19 Nov
Etsy market in Coburg 25 Nov
Coburg Makers & Shakers market 12 Nov
Coburg West school centenary.
And the Merlynston market is on Nov 26 10-3 Bain Reserve.
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
October round up
Not much sewing/ crafting going on here lately, so here is a bit of a catch up of photos from recent weeks.
Lovely yellow roses from my Dad's backyard - even the fallen petals are pretty, they look like a potpurri mix!
I knitted this cowl a month or so back for my niece but gave it to her before I took a photo-
A sneak preview of my current project- hope to finish it later today maybe!
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