Blocking. (Did I mention how annoyed I am they killed the Intarsia category at the Show?)
Category: Crafts
Craft projects of mine
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Useful sewing tip
Sew Tessuti Blog – Tutorial/Video: How to sew a thread button loop – Ohhh, so neat! You basically crochet a little chain out of thread as you’re doing it.
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Food for thought.
Why I Am Not a Maker – Atlantic Mobile – Interesting.
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Rakers are happening. This is the fun bit…
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Ignite Sydney 13
Tickets are now available for the next iteration of Ignite Sydney. I’m going to be presenting an updated and reworked version of my “Granny was a Hacker” talk, modified to fit the Ignite format: five minutes with slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. You should come along!
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Urge to sew rising…
WIP Wednesday: Playful Petals Quilt – Ooh. Bookmarking since this is really cute.
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Boring yet satisfying sewing project: modified this shirt to have short sleeves! It had long sleeves when I bought it nearly two years ago from Sportscraft, and it was ridiculously expensive. Then one day I was putting it on before work and the damn sleeve just ripped straight across at the cuff. ARGH. I threw it over the bed post and literally left it there for a year. I thought about removing the sleeves entirely but wisely decided to start by shortening. The Snook said it looked good, so I just folded and hemmed them. Shirt rescued!
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New dress: another Moneta!
I made myself a new dress! Still getting the hang of knits.
This is another Moneta made with a light jersey print I got at Fabric-a-brac earlier in the year. It was only a small off-cut and the print is directional, so I had to keep it simple. I didn’t put any collar on it, and I used some simple white cotton knit for the bodice lining and pockets. I still find the whole “shirring with clear elastic” thing really annoyingly difficult, so it’s a bit of a bodge. (Maybe the elastic I got at Spotlight isn’t the right stuff?) When I first attached the skirt and tried it on, the waist wasn’t hitting me in the right place. So I undid it and moved it up about 2 inches. The whole project took less than two days. It ended up being a nice little sundress!
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Pumpkin. Pie. Pavlova. #epic #halloween
Nothing like celebrating Halloween with an American icon…
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The true spirit of Halloween. (This pleases me immensely.)