Category: Crafts

Craft projects of mine

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    Adding sleeves... Nearly finished!
    Adding sleeves… Nearly finished!

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    My other RSPCA Cupcake Day offering: Heisenberg Blue Cupcakes! Kicks like a mule, yo.
    My other RSPCA Cupcake Day offering: Heisenberg Blue Cupcakes! Kicks like a mule, yo.

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    Check out the birthday boy in his homemade hipster shirt!
    Check out the birthday boy in his homemade hipster shirt!

  • MetaQuilter – Finished!

    MetaQuilter – Finished!
    What a long, long eighteen months it’s been! Way back at the end of 2011 I signed up for a quilting group through MetaFilter. There were 16 of us in the “adventurous” group, and every month a different person would send out fabric and instructions for making a block. Of course a lot can happen over 16 months, and four of the people ended up dropping out. The pace started to slow towards the end as well, so I finished well after the scheduled end date (and I think I’m still the first one done). Ultimately I ended up making 12 blocks (counting my own) using a lot of different techniques! Check it out…

    Metaquilter - Finished

    1. Jan 2012 – Nonesuch by ocherdraco; 2. Feb 2012 – New York Beauty by katemonster; 3. Mar 2012 – Earn Your Stripes by amelioration; 4. Apr 2012 – Half Log Cabin by bayliss; 5. May 2012 – Cathedral Floral by heyforfour; 6. July 2012 – Fractured Diamond by lollusc; 7. Aug 2012 – Redwork by rumposinc; 8. Nov 2012 – November Rain by vespabelle; 9. Grandmother’s Garden by ME; 10. Jan 2013 – Celtic Bias Tubes by nat; 11. Mar 2013 – Dresden Plate by medeine; 12. Cathedral Windows by artychoke

    Many, many thanks to ocherdraco (aka Margaret) for setting up the group; and for everybody who saw it through to the end!

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    Dresden Plate. Slightly wonky. Only one MetaQuilter block to go!
    Dresden Plate. Slightly wonky. Only one MetaQuilter block to go!

  • Laurel Dress

    Don't tell anyone in CorporateLand, but I'm wearing a self-made dress today! #laurel @saraiatcolettepatternsDon’t tell anyone in CorporateLand, but I’m wearing a self-made dress today! #laurel @saraiatcolettepatterns

    So yeah, I finished another dress! This is Laurel from Colette Patterns. It’s a very versatile shift dress, and I opted to make a sleeveless version (since I didn’t have much fabric). The fabric itself is a stretch cotton that I got at Fabric-a-brac last year. I actually cut it too large at first, not realising how much ease it had in it. I then went back and took in the side seams, which helped it fit a lot better. I did have an issue with the back neck gaping, which I’m not sure is attributable to the fit or whether I stretched it out when applying the bias binding. Miss Fee was kind enough to pin out the excess for me, so I then added a few darts there to take it in. I’ll know enough to make lots of changes for my next one! It’s a very simple and quick pattern, and I think I’ll be able to use it for work wear – in a more somber print, of course. 🙂

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    My love for giant cabled things knows no bounds. #cabledcamper

    My love for giant cabled things knows no bounds. #cabledcamper

  • The Future is Here! | A Heritage of Quality

    The Future is Here! | A Heritage of Quality – Huh. So Morris & Sons are selling carbon fibre knitting needles! I love the idea, but the name “Karbonz” is just ridiculous.

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    Achievement unlocked: blue ribbon for my vest!

    Achievement unlocked: blue ribbon for my vest!

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    Jane failed to stop me buying the most ridiculous fabric ever.

    Jane failed to stop me buying the most ridiculous fabric ever.