It's getting harder to keep up but I sort of did. I managed to forget to post on Friday (although I was sure that I had but didn't check...) Oh well, it's not really going to make any difference in anyone's life so I guess it's fine.
read moreWelcome to Free Motion Mavericks, Week 318. I'm afraid that this week's trip to Mars has been postponed.
read moreHi, I hope that February finds you well. I thought that I would take the time to write about projects that were completed recently but not posted.
In the last few months I finished a special journal cover for a dear friend.
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| Finished Japanese Journal Cover - Front |
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| Finished Japanese Journal Cover - Back |
You may remember the original fabric that I free motion quilted (FMQ) last March (see Related links below).
The piece was meant for a larger journal but when I came to make it, I did measure three ...
read moreI'm back to making hand-stitched projects based on our latest workshop at TextileArtist.org's 2020 Stitch Club. This week's teacher is Ali Ferguson who showed us how to make a stitcher's sketchbook or journal with paper, and then to cover and embellish it with fabrics.
This is the first workshop that I finished the project only a few days after it had started. I was hooked! I couldn't leave it.
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| My new stitching journal |
For my paper, I chose some printing paper (one with a gardening motif that I bought years ago ...
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