My oldest grandson, Halfpint, loves satiny pillowslips. His mum found that there weren’t that many around for wee boys so I decided to make some for him for his birthday. I made quite a few so there were some for his dad too. A simple pattern taken off one of the pillowslips we have. The […]
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One of my D-I-L’s friends had a wee 5 month old who was kicking around in her cot and getting her legs tangled in the bars. My D-I-L showed her the sleeping bags I’d made and said I might not mind making one for her baby 🙂 My D-I-L was happy to pay for the
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Quite a few years ago I started taking some classes with Anne after I saw an ad in the local paper where as well as sewing she took pattern making classes. I’ve done some classes with her on and off over around 5 or 6 years. One of the first things I did were a
Late last year I was asked by one of the guys who helps set up the church each Sunday if I could make a new bag for the banner that is put outside each week. The one in use had been made from a tarpaulin and had worn through where the pole the banner is
A curious thing happened a while back . . . well, curious to me anyway! I lost all my jojo! My sewjo and my craftjo. I guess there’s a first time for everything as I don’t recall it happening before now. I’ve read of it happening to others but it’s very weird when it happens
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