'Stitch Me Up' Blog Hop: My Turn!

I'm very excited to showcase my first embroidery in a super long time! I signed up for the 'Stitch me up' blog hop, another first, and I have to say I really enjoyed trying out the different stitching techniques. Instead of sewing the roses on the sofa, I added 3D tatted roses to it.

Thanks, Mdm Samm for organising a wonderful blog hop, and Jane for being the cheerleader!

I chose this delightful pattern by Debbie Martinez!



I made it into a dust cover for my yarn basket, and I love it!

Sewing the binding for this dust cover is, well, another first for me. I did quilt lessons and have almost, yes almost, completed one baby blanket, minus the binding that is. So this is really my first attempt.

The other participants showcasing their work today are:

Judy @That Other Blog

lauraluvsloons and Quilting too

Sew Sharyn

Sewingly Along

Anita's quilts en handwerken

Quilt Doodle Doodles

Luv2Sew

Busy As Can Be

Paws for Stitching

Quilting & Other Craft Therapy

pieceful life

Live Love Labs

Felt pa Asly

Scrapbook-ChickADoodle

Do visit the awesome and interesting blogs in the list. I'm having so much fun blog-hopping. 

A Zipper Bag

This bag was a bit more challenging, with a zipper added. The result is a happy one -- the zipper was almost hidden and the sewing was not too bad at all. It will serve as another tatting bag!

 

A Drawstring Pouch

Next, I learnt to sew a two-faced drawstring pouch. It's great that I can choose whichever side or fabric I want to use it on. I'm already planning to sew a few to add tatting on.

C for Curve

The next sewing lesson entailed sewing curve lines. We got to sew along the curved edge, joining two pieces of fabric to form this neck pillow. Not easy at all!

This sewing exercise was useful. I now have a pillow to prop up my head when I tat in my lazy chair. Uh oh, does this sound somewhat bizzare? Oh well...

Tote from Sewing Class

This was from the 2nd and 3rd lessons in the basic sewing class I attended. Simple machine applique (I think it qualifies as that) on the front (here) and a cute pocket on the back.

If you are keen to see what else I've learnt to sew, there are more coming up.

TOD

Jane came up with a tatted pup last week, and immediately I took to the idea. Spud was too cute! I WANT one too. In fact I tatted this little guy the same day/night Jane had it posted. :)

Of course my little fellow wants to befriend Spud, Jane's pup! So he was introduced to Jane. Guess Jane had done the intros on her part of the globe. So, there.