This week we are talking about my Christmas embroidery patterns , Merry and Bright and The Christmas aren't any stitches used that we haven't already discussed in the post for the Five Fabric Baubles patterns You can click right here and watch her neat and tidy satin stitches as many times as you like.  Stitch a rim of red or Christmas patterned fabric around the outside of your embroidery until the front

It really is a fun make and the pattern goes together beautifully. I hope to get more stitched down this week. As I mentioned earlier, this is very choose your own adventure - so add as many or as few as you like I promise I will have everything laid out for the back and sleeves, even if I haven't stitched them down

I've updated the pattern for you to suit a few things, because my methods and such have changed quite First click here to download the three pdf pattern sheets - BAG, STITCH, SCISSORS 2 To make all three Trace the tape measure pattern onto the strip using a light box or window, with the top edge of the measuring Back stitch the pattern. For the thread reel, cut out the pattern pieces for the reel and the block of thread from the grey and

I'm a bit down in the dumps, and although I know what I need to do to cheer myself up I can't do it at My Lemonade Stand peeps are waiting for their next pattern, and Three Techniques is a collaboration so I can't let the other girls in that down. Make sure and watch my Down the Rabbit Hole video next Friday though because it's about the quilt! So if you want to play with us and you don't have your patterns yet, hop to it!

jumps when the stone throws are easy, and then they get harder and harder and require more balance.... down until the little tiny triangles bouncing about at the bottom of the quilt.

A few weeks ago I contacted Carie at Full Quilt Boogie- I had seen her super cute new Nutcracker pattern We all work so hard, buying a pattern from another designer is a no brainer to me.  Anyway the Nutcracker is completely gorgeous, (and she will ship to Australia so if you want the pattern and it turns out Carie is a fan of mine and offered to send me the pattern gratis, which was very sweet The box arrived yesterday, and she included some other patterns too!

need a break from work sewing and start something off the grid- something that doesn’t have to have a pattern written for it afterwards, or that someone already wrote the pattern for and I can just follow along On Friday I finished this needlepoint Queen (pattern and kit from Emily Peacock), and I have the King It's the Granny Patch quilt pattern by Lo and Behold Stitchery. I won't start the first post of the sew along until I have shipped everyone's pattern.

Tracing the Pattern Last week we talked about how to cut your pattern sheets out from the master - you fabric or use pattern weights to hold it in place while you trace each pattern shape onto the fabric The hood sides you cut one with the pattern right side up, and one with it flipped over. Please remember that I did NOT design this pattern, so if you have any issues with the pattern itself I usually don’t allow posts about other people's patterns in there as its just for people making my patterns

If you’ve got an idea, drop it in the comments and you could win a copy of the pattern for my Dotty for The pattern is available in my Material Obsession One boo k, or as a printed or PDF single pattern ,

If you want to sew along with me on this one, you’ll need the Tripping Out pattern by Sew Kind of Wonderful Jenny. https://sewkindofwonderful.com/products/tripping-out-1 My friends Tula and Sally and I saw this pattern I am using fat quarters instead of the half yards called for in the pattern, but some of the colours If you order the patterns or the ruler from Jenny and Helen, please say hello from me when you check Thank you so much to all who ordered one of my three new patterns!!

The "pattern" for the applique is very up to you, I will be showing you what I'm going to do as I do First cut out your pieces from the pattern sheet. Thats so that you have the master pattern in tact for other sizes, and also because the tracing paper Add the relevant markings from the pattern for joining etc. Cut pieces of your chosen interfacing or "batting" to the same size as your pattern panels.

To cut the next triangle, simply turn the ruler upside down, so that the flat top is at the bottom and together and ironed them open, clip the little ear off the edge of the square to allow for neat and tidy believe in open seams one little bit I’m sorry to say - and here I have always pressed with the up and down needs his glasses for that, so there will be optional glasses to put onto the quilt - but also an extra pattern