After a few months pursuing this new career path, I have concluded that having a water bottle with a handle of some kind is very handy. My water bottle doesn’t need replacing (yay underconsumption), so the obvious solution is to make something. Something like this! An insulated water bottle holder, with strap. The instructions came…… Continue reading Water Bottle Holder
Category: Sewing
Project Roundup
The knitted scarf I started last Project Roundup is going well – I’ve just finished the fifth repeat! Yes, it’s a beige rectangle – most boring thing known to humans – but the lace pattern is complicated enough to keep me focused and interested. And it’s pretty enough to be a keep-going motivator! I have…… Continue reading Project Roundup
Personalising with Pansies
Remember that little cross-stitching I was doing in my last Project Roundup? The plan is to use it to replace the logo on this straw hat I purchased for gardening. The original logo was on a patch, sort of, which was glued and sewn onto the hat. Step one of this process was removing the…… Continue reading Personalising with Pansies
The Most Pocketed Pants
I feel like it’s been a while since I made a piece of clothing. [quick scroll through the blog] Wow, May was the last time I posted about a garment. Time to rectify that! These are the Morden Work Pants by Thread Theory Patterns, and I made view 1 (minus things like the hammer loop…… Continue reading The Most Pocketed Pants
Luggage Locator
A few months ago, I was in need of a luggage tag for travelling. So, as one does, I dug out some scraps…. ….found a pattern, added a buttonhole by hand (of course)….. ….and I have a luggage tag! I used a free pattern from a maker named Positively Splendid as my template. I can…… Continue reading Luggage Locator
Project Roundup
There’s a few things on the go behind-the-scenes, starting with this turquoise sewing project: It is a fairly small project, and it’s coming together nice and quickly. The next crochet stuffed toy pattern is coming along well, too – and I have made progress on formatting the Lewt document too! Not much, mind you, but…… Continue reading Project Roundup
Mid-year Mending
Pretend with me, for a moment, that mid-July counts as mid-year…. Anyways, the first mend I’ve done recently is this padded coathanger. The main problem here is that the foam on the inside is far too old to pad anything. Additionally, that pale blue fabric is polyester. I stripped all of that away, and made…… Continue reading Mid-year Mending
Winter Solstice Suns
First of all, happy solstice! Mine is the winter solstice, so naturally…. ….I have just finished making some sun decorations. These have been heavily inspired by Chloe Redfern Embroidery – there are some images floating around on the internet of some very old, very similar ornaments she made. (I’ve also made an Easter egg from…… Continue reading Winter Solstice Suns
Project Roundup
Winter solstice is coming up in my hemisphere, so naturally, I am making some embroidered sun decorations. *shrugs* Hopefully, these will be done by next week, so stay tuned for the sunshine! In other news, I have spent today cutting out a new pant pattern, which has 26 pattern pieces (!). I am not using…… Continue reading Project Roundup
Medieval Cross-Stitch
Just need to put the backing on…. …..and it’s done! This is a kit that was passed down to me from a friend, which she purchased in England many years ago. It’s called the Medieval Herb Garden Bookmark Kit by a company called Textile Heritage. (Here’s a link to an English company that sells them.)…… Continue reading Medieval Cross-Stitch
My Life in Miniature 