I know it is ok really. Necessary, even. They are the tools of my trade after all. I can’t do what I do, or make what I make, without them. Quite apart from the sheer pleasure they bring. So buying fabrics … Continue reading
Author Archives: modflowers jr
love birds
When I made my first new owl I did a silly thing. I cut out the back with the fabric the wrong side up. So it didn’t fit the front. It was facing the wrong way. It wasn’t the first … Continue reading
perky & pocketed
I wasn’t going to make owls. I blame my friend Louise, whose daughter wanted one for her new bedroom. She started it. I made one for her and it proved rather popular. But my original design was quite complicated to … Continue reading
prototype peacock
I’ve been experimenting… I’ve had in mind to have a go at making a peacock cushion for a while now. I just thought; all those bright patterned fabrics, it might work… So, having been all creatively fired up to try … Continue reading
fired up!
There’s nothing like a good sewing course to really get me going. No, not like that! I mean, to ignite my imagination and open my mind to all the new possibilities that await. Yesterday I went on one of those courses. … Continue reading
on my mind
I hate thinking about Christmas too early. I’m a habitual last minute type. Present buying the week before, tree decorated on Christmas Eve, up all the night before wrapping presents, that’s me. But selling things that people might just want to … Continue reading