Category: Creative Sewing Challenge
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5 Free Flamingo Sewing Patterns and Tutorials
It’s summer, the sun is shining (some days), and the prompt for July’s Creative Sewing Challenge is….’Flamingo!’ So here is a round up of some fabulous, free sewing patterns and tutorials dedicated to that pinkest of pink birds. Have fun with these! And if you would like to join the Creative Sewing Challenge – please […]
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Cafetiere Cosy Sewing Tutorial Part 3: assemble your cosy
This is the final part of my tutorial on how to make a cafetiere cosy. If you’ve followed part one and part two, you’ll know how to create and embellish the crazy patchwork base, and you’ll also have discovered how to thread sketch an embroidered motif to your design. This post will now show you […]
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Cafetiere Cosy Sewing Tutorial Part 2: thread sketch bee
This post is part two of my series, ‘How to make a cafetiere cosy’. However, you can also still follow this tutorial for any sewing project you would like to use with thread sketching; the process is the same and it is a very creative skill to acquire along your sewing journey. You will need: […]
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Cafetiere Cosy Sewing Tutorial Part 1: crazy quilting
The theme for my Creative Sewing Challenge this month was ‘Flight of the Bumble Bee’. I decided to try and create some sewing that reflected the busy, buzzy dance of bees when they are doing that oh-so-important job of collecting pollen from the flowers. And in doing so dreamed up this pattern for a Cafetiere […]
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5 Bee Inspired Sewing Projects
The theme for my Creative Sewing Challenge this month is ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’. Whilst I currently work on my own sewing project for this theme (a bee-inspired cafetiere cosy!) I thought I’d share some of the other lovely projects I’ve been researching for my Creative Sewing Challenge Community. If you are also interested in […]