1912 project

Ive joined the 1912 project with the vintage pattern library- its mission is to re create the fashions of 1912- there are 345 volunteers world wide who will test fit the pattens over the coming 12 months
have decided to keep this as a seperate blog for the moment but track my progress here
http://thegoldenageoffashion.wordpress.com/

butterick 5637

 its one of theose with teh differing cup sizes  made buterick 5637 for my hols. I cut out the D cup size and the right size fro me but it was guage and had to take in nearly 4 inches which the made the neck line a bit odd. I didnt have enough fabric to re cut. Downsides- cant gauage the neckline fit until its neary finished. the cut of the back reveals your bra strap which is unfortunate for bigger girls! Plus side easy to wear on hols!!!

new quilt

Gosh not posted in ages here is my union flag quilt - really like it

Also am in the process of making costumes for Will,s school production of Oliver really enjoying that one will post some pics when got some finished

baby quilt

new baby quilt for cousin in laws baby

votes for women

votes for women

I was asked to put together a display for the history department of a local school about the suffragette movement Ive done a banner based on one I found on the Internet. i used my Husqvarna embroidery machine to do several designs which I then stitched togther and backed in a purple material. I'm really pleased with the results

baby quilt

Forgot to add the baby quilt I just knocked up in postage stamp

busy times

Gosh Ive been really busy sewing here are some quilts Ive been making over the last couple of weeks. I went to the quilt exhibition at the V&A last year in London and bought some Liberty prints. I ve been holding on to them for ages deciding what to do . I decided on a disappearing 9 patch. Theres a deliberate mistake when I sewed a whole row back to front so there is one large square. but I think it all adds to the fun


Then I had a go at hourglass with a moda charm pack

as you can see I can only quilt in straight lines I'm no good at stippling!!