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Cutting + sticking + sewing + baking. My creative life.

Rest

I finished the banner I have been working on since the spring before my self-imposed deadline of the end of the year. Here is a picture of the work in progress during a critique at Committed to Cloth. The lettering is always one of the most time consuming parts of making…

Pinny of Power #2

Do you remember I made a pink polka dot cherry frilly pinny for a friend who has a cherry business? Well I made another one for his colleague. Here it is modelled by my lovely husband. As you can see I have sewed blue polka dot frills this time to make it…

Salvation Army Auction Quilt

It was the black tie fundraiser for the day centre yesterday. It was an Auction of Promises at the Town Hall and although I haven't heard the final figures I do believe the target of raising over £3000 was met. Excellent!! The Salvation Army Stitchers (the S.A.S!) donated a beautiful…

Bagz

Seem to have been making a lot of bags lately. I've been holding on to this adorable piece of vintage fabric for a while now and I recently used to make a little cocktail bag for my brother-in-law's girlfriend. I had enough material and trim to make two so I…

Have a Doris Day!

Bought a lovely cherry fat quarter at the new fabric shop in my town and thought I would make a pinny for friends who have a cherry business. I love these 1950s style aprons, I think I'll make some more. I recently watched the Doris Day and Gordon MacRae film…

Gonk Babies – Part Deux

Made more gonk babies! Dropped off two for my friend's birthday yesterday and just posted the other two to their new home. The fleecy bits I have left are getting smaller so I think the future gonk babies will be tinier too. Micro gonk babies?!More gonk love Melanie x

70th Birthday Quilt

I made a quilt for my Aunty Wendy's 70th birthday. I am really pleased with how it turned out, I think it's one of my favourites out of all the quilts I've made and definately it's in my aunty's colours. I dyed and printed all the fabric myself, in fact…

Flower Corsages

We made these fabric flower corsages recently at the Salvation Army day centre sewing group. Very Sarah Jessica Parker, n'est pas? They have a brooch pin sewed on to the back so you can pin them on your jacket or your bag. The clients didn't want to make them at first…

Gonk Babies

I made gonk babies recently with the homeless sewing group at the day centre, the Salvation Army Stitchers (or SAS as I like to call them). They are made from lovely soft fleece, which one of my friends from Seven Sisters Quilt Group gave me, and they are stuffed with…

Royal Wedding

I made a Royal Wedding care package for my Australian namesake and I can finally tell you about it as it has arrived. It took over a month! I thought it was lost in the post. The parcel contained union flag serviettes, small notebook and stickers and a tea cosy…

Melanie Makes Meringues