Tuesday 5 February 2013

My biggest achievement to date by far was making my daughters wedding dress



 Emma has the underskirt on which has two layers a fine cotton with habutai silk on top.  The dress is silk double crepe with a lace top and trim and has an acetate lining.


This is me trying to fit the fiddly bow on the back






I also made her sisters dress which was very last minute because we had looked all over for a dress but were unable to find one in the style that Emma had in her mind.

Saturday 2 February 2013

This is my second quilt



 I made this baby quilt with a pre-cut pack of Simple Life by Riley Blake




Friday 1 February 2013

My first quilt



 I decided to make a magic nine patch quilt.  I had watched this video which I found very helpful 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEjZOXxPazg
Then I stitched in the ditch around the squares and did free motion around the border.