Little Horace is finished! He’s got button eyes to see in the dark and a ruffly feather confetti applique chest: Yay for the scalloped stitching setting – I think it’s my favourite setting on my sewing machine! And from the back: Spotty fabric, detailed with velvet ribbon and ric-rac (who doesn’t love ric-rac!?) … and [...]
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Owl Cushion Cover – Finished!
Posted in Home, Sewing, tagged cushion, home, owl, Sewing on Saturday, 14th May, 2011 | 3 Comments »
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In which I chat about writing, books, history, learning to sew and attempting to get published.Current projects:
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~ Writing A Thief & A Gentlewoman. Current words: 50,560 (19/7/10 - woot, broken 50,000!!!).
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