I can't believe it is nearly a month since I last blogged. Work has been busy as usual but I have still found the time to do some sewing and find out some of the features of my new machine.
A couple of weeks ago I did a workshop with Judy Newman and Margaret Mews. They are great fun and make lovely quilts mostly by hand. It was a 3 day class and I ended up swapping my working days to get the long weekend needed instead of having an extra day off which was the original plan as I need to work on my outstanding leave. But the workload hasn't let up even though April is a little bit easier than the next few months.
I decided to start Settle which is one of Judy's quilt's but I still purchased a couple of other patterns and template sets to keep me going through out the year. The original is below.
I have been doing some dress making as well to test out the new machine. The patterns are from a site called Pattern Emporium and I am really impressed with how easy to follow they are with lots of photo's and instructions as well as quite a few general videos to watch for bits and pieces. I have finished 2 dresses and have prepared the pattern for a shirt that I hope to finish in the next week or so.
That's it for me I think I have managed to stitch 95% of the days over the last month. So I think I'm keeping up with the challenge.
Head to Kate's to catch up with everyone.
3 comments:
So glad you've been able to work in some stitching time even though your work is still busy. The new quilt looks like a fun one and those dresses are really cute. I've not sewn clothing in years! I'm not sure I can do a 5/8" seam anymore!
Those dresses are so cute. They look like they'll be comfy for hot weather.
I've never tried making clothes...those dresses are so cute.
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