with love Heidi

I got a Janome Cpx1000. I use it on most of my sewing projects.I really like the space to the right hand side of the needle. It allows me to easily top stitch seams. I also find it useful to do double rows of top sitting on wovens to give nice even top stitching.
I would recommend getting some woolly nylon thread for the looper when doing him as…[Read more]

Do you have the Libary dress or the school photo Dress or another Oliver and S with 3/4 sleeves?
I would use the sleeve head of the Jumprope and the 3/4 length from something else and then add the tab.

Given I’m adding another 2″ FBA to the 4″ FBA I’d already done . . . they’ll only be photos of the suit 🙂

Given I’m adding another 2″ FBA to the 4″ FBA I’d already done . . . they’ll only be photos of the suit 🙂

I’m making myself bathers! Hopefully they will fit.

I’m making myself bathers! Hopefully they will fit.

Oh, wow! What a beautiful interpretation of the inspiration dress! If you want the super puffy look you might want to make a crinoline or pettiskirt to go underneath. Only if you have time because it’s beautiful as is 🙂

Oh, wow! What a beautiful interpretation of the inspiration dress! If you want the super puffy look you might want to make a crinoline or pettiskirt to go underneath. Only if you have time because it’s beautiful as is 🙂

Oh, wow! What a beautiful interpretation of the inspiration dress! If you want the super puffy look you might want to make a crinoline or pettiskirt to go underneath. Only if you have time because it’s beautiful as is

All Oliver and S patterns, unless designed for knits, have a 1/2 ” seam allowance.
Knit patterns have 1/4″ seam allowances.

Are you printing at “no scaling”/100%?

After carefully drawing diagrams to make sure I had orentation correct for the appliqué of my friends constom made caravan I’m including in the denim quilt, I forgot I needed to flip it over so when I ironed the fusible interfacing to the back it would be around the right way! Oh well, I’m off to have another go, this time I’ll add their car too.

Supposedly only happens once every 10 years. The last one was 2004. This is also the first time in 29 years that it snowed to sea level, snow on the beach! 🙂

Supposedly only happens once every 10 years. The last one was 2004. This is also the first time in 29 years that it snowed to sea level, snow on the beach! 🙂

I get a snow day! Once about every 10 years it snows to sea level in Tasmania. And today’s that day 🙂 Snow at my house! This is the first one I’ve experienced since I’ve been here so it’s pretty and cool 🙂
Beautiful to look at, school closed I get a sew day 🙂

I get a snow day! Once about every 10 years it snows to sea level in Tasmania. And today’s that day 🙂 Snow at my house! This is the first one I’ve experienced since I’ve been here so it’s pretty and cool 🙂
Beautiful to look at, school closed I get a sew day 🙂

I’m enjoying the free motion embroidery I’m doing on my denim quilt. Lots of words and a few pictures. Yes, it’s very time consuming but also encouraging me to spend lots of time praying for my friends, who will be the recipient.

I’m enjoying the free motion embroidery I’m doing on my denim quilt. Lots of words and a few pictures. Yes, it’s very time consuming but also encouraging me to spend lots of time praying for my friends, who will be the recipient.

I’m going to do some more embellishing of the denim Quilt today! 🙂

I’m going to do some more embellishing of the denim Quilt today! 🙂