sewing awards

It would have been nice to have a mention in the sewing awards, so if anyone fancies popping my name in the 'other' section, please feel free!

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photography by...

Oh, and all photographed by my very talented husband Garie Hind!

Click here to see his pinterest page... I think he's the best!

My books

I'm so proud to have all three of my books in the top 20 best sellers in embroidery on Amazon, Half Yard heaven is still at number one in all crafts. All of my books contain simple sewing techniques aimed at the beginner, and you won't find patterns in the back that you have to increase in size by 200 per cent!

I honestly never expected the to do so well, thought I'd share a few pictures from my first book, Making Cushion Covers published by Search Press

My Lottie dress for Humphrey's Corner

This is the little dress I've designed for Humphrey's corner! This is the largest size, 5-6 years. I'll let you know when it's in production but it may make an appearance at the trade shows first!

Denim dog!

This denim dude was a plastic money box, I used left-over scraps of denim and decoupaged it with Modge Podge with a glossy finish.

My denim tumbling block denim stool

I found the step by step instructions for my tumbling block denim stool, so thought I'd share! All sewn by hand, [don't attempt this without a leather thimble!] really hardwearing, and took me the best part of a month to complete. It's worth it, if I say so myself I think it looks amazing!

These are 60 degree diamonds, I cut about 40 from brown paper, measuring 1.5" across and 3" tall.

Next I cut out the denim, about 1/4 " larger than the paper pattern, in three different shades of denim.

I used a fabric glue [horror!] to secure the edges when I folded them around the paper diamonds, and trimmed away the edges at the corners.

And with a tiny overhand stitch, sewed them together in threes, one of each of the three different colours of denim.

And started to build up these!

Until I made this...

My stool was in a bit of a state, I unscrewed the top and stretched my denim fabric over the top, stapling it underneath with a staple gun.

Do take a seat! 

Toyota CEV

I've been road testing the new pick of the day for Ideal World, [4 Feb at 9pm channel 22 on Freeview, 644 Sky] I'm surprised not with the machine, it's an excellent mechanical sewing machine, but at the amount of feet you get with it! Bias tape foot, braid foot, concealed zip, pearl foot, blind hem, cord zipper, I've made a skirt and top, and today am going to make up a little girls dress in denim that I've designed for Humphreys Corner. I'll try and post pictures later!