Sew Magazine

Sew are featuring my sewing room in their May's edition... I tidied the room especially... but is still so messy! As long as my cutting table is free of clutter, I quite like the disorganisation of my room, I know where everything is. I do have a de-clutter every now and again, nothing ends up in the bin, but I do 'file' my scraps in order of colour, and put thread colours together in clear boxes. Actually my loft is full of clear boxes, of all sizes, full of samples for shows and items I've made for the books. When I was over in the States for a USA live show I saw HSN's Darlene's sewing palace, she even had a cafe area! Now that was a bit of craft room envy!

And by the way< I'll try and upload instructions for the drawstring bag I made on C&C today over the next few days...

Magazine projects

In the next issue of Simply Homemade Magazine I'll be showing you in detail how to make a simple roman blind... here's a taster...

Sold out and gone!

After 11 years with Ideal Shopping today I've presented my last show, and was presented with a beautiful bouquet and cards from presenters and crew, and a very large amount of money to spend at Dunelm! Sad to leave the place I've spent 20% of my working life but exciting to start a new chapter.I've got a few projects up my sleeve and I'll keep you all posted...

Sew your own Humphrey

I've designed kits for Humphrey, Lottie and Baby Jack, there will be video tutorial on line soon. These kits are not for the beginner, there are 25 pieces to each project, but the results are very accurate to the characters. You can buy on line at www.thimblelane.co.uk, each will be sent recorded delivery. Fabric, pattern pieces, and embroidery thread are included, you'll need to supply the stuffing, and I suggest a walking foot as the fleece fabric can slip a little. The result? Beautifully soft, fleecy Humphrey, cuddly and cute, and worth the time spent to make up these adorable  kits.

www.thimblelane.co.uk

Box smocked cushion cover

A smocked, boxes Canadian smocked cushion cover, a simple project as the gingham doesn't need measuring and marking.

Here's the link...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=quZ_8WgQwvA

Kiss the boy...

So, you get in the way of a photo shoot and you get 'Mummied'...

Potted flower project for Simple Homemade

The editor of Simply Homemade magazine spotted my potted flower and asked to feature it in the magazine, and here it is in this months issue! Next month will be my Roman blind project... they're keeping me busy!