HARRIS TWEED PINCUSHION

A very quick pincushion project made from Harris Tweed which I carried round on the back of a bicycle for a few hundred miles!  Finally got around to making something with it.  This was a very simple project (only takes about 5minutes!).  

1. Gather fabric and cut to size you want plus 1cm larger for seams.

2. Turn opposite sides facing out

3. Sew down three sides

4. Turn inside out

5. Sew down the outside edge of the shorter side sewn on the inside

6. Stuff it!

7. Sew in last seam.

Emma x

STITCHING ITCH

Been doing a lot of sewing recently and decided my machine needed a little loving too.  So I had a go at very simple quilting (which is probably quite badly done as I guessed how to finish it!)  I used cotton on both sides, along with wadding in between.  I then sewing the wadding to the inside and then sewed the whole lot to the outside, and then I quilted them together.

 I finished off with some cream ribbon on the sides to secure it.

The only thing this is missing is a hole for the carry handle!
Im now itching to make a pincushion with these wee babies I got in the Isle of Harris when I was cycling in the Summer with my friend Chloe. Oh those were the good times!

Oh how I wish for warm weather, the great outdoors and battered mars bars!

Emma x

WINTER STITCHES AND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 
Recently I have been sewing a lot- I made this wee apron for Mum's birthday. It was a very simple pattern- copied from an old apron and sewed the hems.  The material is Irish linen which was purchased from a little shop called SNIP in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland. (Apologies for the grim screenshot!)

Happy Birthday Mum!

Emma (: