Tag: beginner project

Free-motion sewing

I’ve experimented a little with my free-motion foot for machine sewing. Using this foot whilst you have dropped the machine’s feed dogs allows you to move the fabric freely in any direction. In this way, you are essentially “drawing” with your stitches. It’s not super easy to control even if you try to go fairly… Continue reading Free-motion sewing

Making my first traveler’s notebook

Update: You can see this notebook in my video on YouTube. I came across the “traveler’s notebook” style notebooks online recently. They seem very convenient for a number of reasons, mainly their modularity. Such a traveler’s notebook (TN) consists of an outer cover/shell, often made from thick leather, which is filled with individual notebooks that… Continue reading Making my first traveler’s notebook

Small projects (01)

This is a smaller project I recently made for someone’s birthday (she just wanted a handmade card, so I put my applique skills to good use): I will keep adding photos of smaller projects to this blog post so I don’t clutter my blog too much.

Exhibition: British Textile Biennial (4)

I joined the British Textile Biennial ‘Slow stitch and indigo shibori workshop with Justine Aldersey-Williams‘ held at the Pendle Heritage Centre. Justine introduced us to indigo as a dye, which fibres you can dye with natural dyes (showing a video of her impressive swatch book!), and she talked about the impact of chemical dyes and… Continue reading Exhibition: British Textile Biennial (4)