Chris Dodsley @mbCD: February 2018

teaching sewing confidence, tip by tip

Saturday, 24 February 2018

My Sashiko Designs - Available Now

My Sashiko Designs by www.madebyChrissieD.com

Yay, I've done it, I've sewn up my Sashiko designs.

Written by Chris Dodsley @made by ChrissieD at 12:50:00 9 comments:

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Labels: Easy Piecing, embroidery, hoops, my designs, my patterns, Sashiko, sewing, Snowflakes

Sunday, 11 February 2018

FPP NZ Wren And A Forgotten Badger

The Tartankiwi FPP Pattern Testing by www.madebyChrissieD.com

What a sweet line-up of FPP patterns I'm sharing today.

Written by Chris Dodsley @made by ChrissieD at 18:40:00 4 comments:

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Labels: Badger, Bird, foundation paper piecing, FPP, Juliet van der Heijden, NZ Wren, pattern testing, The Tartankiwi

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