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New Curtains

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Grey Beach Hut drape cloth from Terrys online shop Once the tiles in addition to fittings were inward identify it was fourth dimension for the curtains.   Terrys Fabric online sho p had a corking nautical collection on sale for £7.99 per metre. It was amazing to detect drape cloth cheaper than quilting fabric! The curtains came together inward no fourth dimension amongst my Juki Exceed 600.  I used OMNI thread on spill out in addition to Bottom Line inward the bobbin. The trickiest fleck of curtains for me is the hemming. But I was able to figure out the blind hem stitch using an online tutorial in addition to the especial blind hem human foot that came amongst my Juki Exceed sewing machine.   It's all near the folding. And the results are really invisible! Not bad for my rattling commencement blind hem! It looks in addition to thence professional. And hither are the curtains all finished in addition to upwards inward the novel bathroom. I...

Rosie's Uni Quilt

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Rosie is off to the University of Edinburgh to written report architecture. So of course of pedagogy she needed a quilt. We decided on a express palette of pinks in addition to reds amongst ivory, dark in addition to grayness in addition to used themed fabrics that had memories of abode in addition to recent travels; cats, pianos, Eiffel towers in addition to roses, of course. some of Rosie's favourite things Sinking the squares into a grayness background made the pinkish seem all grown upwards in addition to only perfect for a Uni quilt. adding the lastly borders amongst my JUKI HZL Exceed 600 piecing amongst a silvery OMNI on top joining the fleece backing amongst a zig-zag stitch Auditioning the quilting thread We chose the steel grayness So Fine inward the end. Rosie wanted a thread that would disappear into the borders. The #408 Silver So Fine has a subtle matt destination in addition to worked perfectly. It went through the whole quilt without w...

Summers Past Times The Sea

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mom is 2d from the correct - she has keen legs! I dearest this photograph of my mom! This was a shot of mom too her friends when they were at the University of Maryland dorsum inwards the early on 50's. The other especial mortal inwards the photograph is my Auntie, my mom's best friend too my namesake. Auntie is 2d from the left. My mom too Auntie convey stayed friends all these years. When nosotros were petty nosotros used to see my Auntie's houseboat inwards Ocean City, Maryland for our summertime vacations. All those summers yesteryear the body of body of water inspired a serial of fine art quilts and I sent ane to my mom for her birthday. I'll allow the pictures practise the talking... sewing the binding amongst OMNI thread JUKI HZL Exceed 600 the box feed makes binding a breeze stripy binding for the Summers yesteryear the Sea fine art quilt machine quilting detail following the stuff lines all rolled for the subway - no creases : ) ...