I had a lovely Saturday before Christmas visiting my local fabric store; Barry’s in Birmingham. Those of you who live in Birmingham and are addicted to fabric, will I am sure know this store very well! There is no pattern of fabric that they do not sell! Anything you could wish for in terms ofContinue reading “My favourite fabric shop in Birmingham”
Category Archives: Fabric
Sew Brum -Saturday 31 October 2015
I had an interesting email from my local fabric store, Guthrie & Ghani in Moseley (you may remember, Lauren Guthrie was a finalist in the Sewing Bee in 2013) about Sew Brum, coming up in October. http://www.guthrie-ghani.co.uk/events Sew Brum is organised by the sewing blogger Englishgirlathome http://englishgirlathome.com/sewbrum/ and promises to be a lovely day ofContinue reading “Sew Brum -Saturday 31 October 2015”
Hanging floral hearts – tutorial
I decided to have a go at making these lovely hanging heart decorations after having some left-over fabric from the Cath Kidston designed “Rosalie” range from Ikea. The first couple of efforts weren’t that successful as I couldn’t quite figure out after stuffing the heart, how to sew it up neatly so it looks seamless. However,Continue reading “Hanging floral hearts – tutorial”
Fabric!
Boys Fabric! I love these fabric designs, courtesy of fabric rehab. The London buses is my particular favourite. I’m currently making yet another kit bag for my transport obsessed son with it. The London underground fabric will probably be used as the background for a wall tidy and the car fabric can always be turnedContinue reading “Fabric!”
Lizzy's Homemade 