Sunday 28 August 2016

Almost Autumn!

It would seem that Autumn is just around the corner!

Crawfordsburn Aug16

Lots of evidence of it today on our lovely picnic and walk around Crawfordsburn Country Park.

Crawfordsburn Aug16

Crawfordsburn Aug16

Crawfordsburn Aug16

Crawfordsburn Aug16

Crawfordsburn Aug16

Crawfordsburn Aug16

Of course that means a new term of sewing projects for me.  Can you guess what type of projects I've started working on?


I'm not even going to mention the 'C' word, but that's how I'll be spending my last few days of summer!

Happy sewing!

Jude xo

Saturday 6 August 2016

Back to School Pouch!

Here in N.Ireland we have really loooooooong school summer holidays.  They start off slowly at the end of June, but seem to really speed up in August as we hurtle towards September!

We are already in the throws of school uniform buying in the Hollies' household!

So my 'Back to School' Pencil case in this month's issue of Quilt Now is quite timely!

Back to School Pouch (Quilt Now)

I love these colours on the Essex Yarn Dyed Linen (denim). 

And on the other side ......

Back to School Pouch (Quilt Now)

If you want to banish your fear of zippers, this is a lovely project to get in some practise. The pattern will talk you through how to insert the zipper, and how to make covered zip ends to get a lovely finish to your pouch.

ABC Pouch for Quilt Now (Aug16)


This is a really roomy pouch, so no excuses for forgetting school supplies!!

And if you'd like to get some of this quality linen/cotton mix, you can find it here in my shop.

Happy sewing!

Jude xo