sewing – The Red Wren

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

The stores have decorations out, and the supermarkets are selling puddings and mince pies; Christmas is fast approaching and I thought I’d share my Christmas crafty plans. Sewing As usual I have ...

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Christmas Sewing

Gee, it’s a been a while since I updated hasn’t it? Truth be told, I’ve spent most of my crafty time on Project Life (which I blog about here) and hadn’t sewn for months and months. I purchased ...

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Waiting.

A lot of my projects are waiting at present. Waiting to be finished, waiting for another one to be finished so it can be started, waiting for my motivation to sew bias binding on to return. We ...

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Walking in a Winter Wonderland

More like sweating on a hot Summer’s day, but we can dream. I put aside making things for other people and the shop for a few hours this week and made myself some cushions. I’d had this fabric ...

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The end is near

Finally finishing off the last of the binding on my coaster sets. Fortunately none of these orders have a pressing deadline. A few other things going on in the background limited my sewing time ...

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Jingle all the way..

I’ve been stocking up on Christmas fabrics for several months now in anticipation for Christmas sewing. I bought this one today; it’s a calico and I’m really pleased with it as ...

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Leave your hat on..

Today I take my hat off to anyone who has successfully sewn a hat. I joined in with a hat sewing challenge that should have been complete in September but after making a mess of this I’m ...

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Finished projects

Here’s some assorted finished projects from the last couple of months. Clockwise from top left: A car seat organiser for a friend. I was really pleased with this; she gave me a list of the kinds ...

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The Red Wren Boutique

It’s no secret to those who’ve followed this blog for years that I want a little online store – nothing fancy, just a sale or two here and there. The first hurdle I faced was procrastination, ...