Sew2Speak

Yesterday evening we installed my new sewing table in my studio. It has been a long process getting the remains of the oil off the table top. It was getting rolled into sticky messes by the buffing pads and I was getting sick of washing out 6 pads after each new attempt at polishing. So yesterday [...]

or Rome wasn’t built in a day
The base of the mask is dried out and ready to roll. In the end I decided not to add any extra bandage around the edges. After I’d trimmed it up I thought it would be stable enough as it is. It’s going to be covered in fabric so [...]

I was having problems with one of my quilts bulging out at the bottom when it was hanging up. I asked Dena if she had any ideas on how to fix it. This is what she suggested:

Try this trick, Ruth:

Lay the quilt down flat, but don’t try to smooth it down. Don’t force it to [...]

Did I mention that I was going to make a fabric book from my filament samples? I made a start on it this weekend. The idea is based on the photograph albums that my Dad used to make.
First I made my last block. The thread square is made by sewing on Solvy, making a network and [...]

I have all my nails left and I’ve finished cutting chunks out of my quilt. Here’s a couple of photos to give you an idea as to what it is that I’m doing:

The squares were easy to do as I explained in my last posting. There wasn’t a lot of choice as to where they went. [...]

I worked most evenings last week for at least an hour on sewing down the edges of the weaving on my latest quilt. I finally finished yesterday afternoon. It must have been at least 10 hours work, not to mention the metres of sewing thread that went into it.

Today I cut the first shape out and [...]

OK here’s the result of the yesterday’s work:

Here we have the weft woven into the warp. And then you have to sew down all the edges, so that they don’t fray or get caught on anything:

This is very time consuming – especially as the checks are about 1 inch square. I was restricted by the width [...]