Bronwen

Some of the “students” in my advanced beginners’ workshop made bread baskets today, and what a gorgeous outcome! It’s a great project for testing accuracy and…

Courtesy of my regular sewing workshop ladies here are more photos of finished bags…

Here are two more drawstring bags, made this afternoon… Useful for presenting gifts, Easter eggs, storing magazines, balls of wool….or pyjama bottoms, which will be made…

Today was the first of the “Advanced Beginners” workshops… I introduced commercial patterns, with an explanation of what you find both on and inside the envelope,…

I’ve made a set of cushions to demonstrate how effective tucks can be… I love the single colour, but there are still so many variations that…

I spent the day creating three different quilting samples. The first is a silk dupion drawstring bag with an Italian corded quilting decorative panel. I wanted to…

Appliqué is great for learning to control, the sewing machine, and to manage different fabrics, preventing them from distorting… My “Beginners’ ” workshops and some holidays…

I’ve been making lots of extra samples lately… Last week I did some Sashiko stitching. Sashiko originated in Japan and was – put very simply –…

Today the second group finished their reversible bags, then made matching make-up bags! Again, all achieved a great, professional finish….. More completed bags and make-up bags! was…

Here are the first two finished make-up bags…