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May 2020 I The homemade travel ironing mat.
When I have been at shows demonstrating SEWEZI, I have used my homemade travel ironing mats. Lots of quilters and sewers have talked to me about these and asked me how I have make them. So here is my recipe. The most important component is Insul-Brite. You can...
May, 2020 | The Last of Summer……
The Last of Summer……………. These are the makes of last beach sewing stay away in February, what an age ago that seems now. I wish everyone well and strength in these unprecedented times. A little summer dress that I can throw on at the beach over swimwear or wear...
February, 2020 | Flat bed sewing
Flat bed sewing The last week in January we had a product photo shoot for SEWEZI. It is always a mammoth task, working on the run sheet and making sure we have covered all the products we need to shoot before we even start taking photos. Our latest team member, Amy...
December, 2019 | Good Intentions
GOOD INTENTIONS When I was a little girl my grandmother used to say how the year had flown by, as a child waiting for Christmas to happen each year, I couldn’t understand this, it seemed absolutely ages. Now I am nearly the same age that my grandmother was when she...
October, 2019 | Quilt Symposiums, Connecting and Community
Quilt Symposiums, Connecting and Community Spring has arrived full blast. When I mean full blast the wind has come, this is a really usual thing for us, blowing cool sou westerly’s, from now to mid-December. All the trees in the garden with their new growth are...
15th September, 2019 | Continuation to the mid-winter get away, detailing the makes.
Hello fellow sewists. This is a continuation to the mid-winter get away, detailing the makes. Make One. The Pietra Tapered Leg Pant from Closet Case Patterns. This was my first experience using a pdf downloaded pattern. I close to print it at my local Warehouse...
September, 2019 | Mid-Winter Getaway- sew to your hearts content
Prepping Several times a year my friend, Claire and I, travel to a family beach bach (very basic holiday home, furnished with original artefacts from the last 70 years) to undertake uninterrupted sewing for 4 days. When I say sewing, this covers all genres, from...
August, 2019 | The Happiness of Order
Organising your stash of treasures, can seem like a loss of valuable sewing time, but in reality there are many beneficial outcomes. In this month’s blog I would like to show you some of the storage I have in my sewing studio. I have to say that I have a large amount...