Helen and I are on a quest insired by this section on Label free’s How to sew in Japanese series.
The book has been purchased and now we are on the hunt for the right fabric and then we will tackle the decoding of pattern. Im full of hope that Helen’s scientific and algerbraic mind can [...]
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Label free
Posted in craft, japanese craft, sewing, tagged ISBN978-4-579-11149-7, japanese, sewing on August 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Little brag
Posted in craft, sewing on March 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My pin cushion sold almost as soon as I loaded it onto FELT and it has also been featured on cuteable.com.
Now that has made my day (i’m still blushing).
Little pin cushion world
Posted in craft, embroidery, fabric, sewing, tagged embroidery, gnome, pin cushion, sewing, thrift on March 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
pin cushionOriginally uploaded by shellsbells2007
Hubby has gone up coast for a couple of days to surf and fetch a new puppy (wait till you see the pics of our new bubba). Serendipitously, the girls were out on play-dates – so I had a long afternoon to do…..well,- did I create domestic serenity? No. Did I [...]
funky freestyle
Posted in sewing, tagged drawing, monster, softie on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Kids have a funky, free style of drawing that I love. They have such an un inhibited way of doing things – I wish I could bottle it and sell it! My daughter (8) wants me to turn her drawing into a softie – i love that she is designing for me. I hope I [...]
Here is the little dotee for the giveaway – she could be yours!
Posted in fabric, giveaway, sewing, tagged beads, dotee, giveaway, handmade on February 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »
She is made from my special Shweshwe stash of fabric and has ostrich shell beads for hair. Just leave a comment and away she will fly.
swapy dotee AND GIVEAWAY
Posted in gems, sewing, swap-orama, tagged doll, dotee, giveaway, swap on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I signed up for a swap (or three) through swa -bot and discovered the lovely dotee doll concept. Magic little dolls flying around the world – being exchanged with happy abandon and connecting together strangers .
My own “gems” made some and I received this lovely one . So joyous!
I loved making mine so [...]
Adaptation
Posted in Have you seen these?, fabric, gems, sewing, tutorial, tagged cd holder, giveway, ric rac, sewing, tutorial on February 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Welcome bloglanders. Hope you’ve found some good stuff out there – I know that I usually hit gold after a few short minutes surfing – before I know it - several hours have passed ! I was excited to find the following giveaway. Thanks to Jodie from RicRac.I love finding a free tutorial but often [...]
new workings
Posted in Have you seen these?, fabric, sewing, south africa, tagged doll, Have you seen these?, sew on November 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here are a few bits I am pulling together from the ShweShwe fabric
Molo (hello in Xhosa)
Posted in Have you seen these?, fabric, sewing, south africa, tagged fabric, Have you seen these?, parcel, sew, shweshe, south africa on November 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
while beavering away at my sewing machine, my husband came in carrying a big brown box -( one with stamps all over it) that make my heart go pitter patter. It was a lovely parcel from my aunt Julia in South Africa – I had asked her to please send me some shweshwe fabric – a traditional african cloth. Well [...]
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