I'm sure you already know about the Village Haberdashery - it's been a great online shop for a while, but now has a lovely bricks and mortar shop in north London. The newsletter came out today and I saw these lovely baby blankets. It reminds me of a blanket I made for my niece at Christmas. By a spooky coincidence I got the fleece from the Village Haberdashery and then bought wool felt for the back to help it stand up to being used as a play mat on a wooden floor.
I also hand quilted a bird on the wool felt side to add some detailing, although I only thought of it once I'd sewn the three layers (cotton fleece, batting and wool felt) together and it was a bit of a trial to do it that way. You do get a quite nice shadow effect though, which you can see on the second photograph, so I'm not entirely unhappy with it. It turned into a popular present too, but not for my niece who never got her paws on it as it was pinched by my sister instead.
I also hand quilted a bird on the wool felt side to add some detailing, although I only thought of it once I'd sewn the three layers (cotton fleece, batting and wool felt) together and it was a bit of a trial to do it that way. You do get a quite nice shadow effect though, which you can see on the second photograph, so I'm not entirely unhappy with it. It turned into a popular present too, but not for my niece who never got her paws on it as it was pinched by my sister instead.
Hi CJ, I've sent you x2 emails about my sewing meet-up in Goldhawk Road, London happening this Saturday (perhaps they're trapped in your Spam folder?). I urgently need to finalize numbers attending so that I can find a large enough place to cater for everyone for lunch (were looking at 40-50 "Yes's"). So, if you can please reply to me by 12.00pm on WED 31st July 2013 at the latest I'd be most grateful. My email address is: sew[dot]incidentally[at]yahoo[dot]com . Regards, Claire :)
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