Just catching up after a weekend away and getting ready for work tomorrow. First of all I must show off my prize from Lis' giveaway recently a gorgeous little tea cup mat. It was larger that I thought it would be at 7.5" square so a nice size for a mug too and plenty of room to admire the sashiko. In the spirit of giveaways, there was a little bit more in the envelope some white gloves for free motion work and a note pad. Thank you once again Lis.
I also made my Herman cake as mentioned in the last post. I think I should have put the mix in a larger cake tin and it took longer than the instructions stated but it came out really well and I took half with me to my Brother-in-Law's where we stayed this weekend. It seemed that people I knew heard about the cake but didn't want the sourdough mix to make one themselves so I'll use one part to make another cake to freeze.
Last week I made a start on a sewing machine cover to replace the horrible plastic one on my new little sewing machine. I've quilted the two sides and the gusset bit in between and put a pocket on one of the sides. I've got to think about what to applique on this. I was given a photocopied pattern but want to put my own style in this. The shape of the machine cover is similar to the red one here. A lot of the patterns that I have seen don't have a space for the carrying handle on the machine to come through, so as I intend to carry this to workshops this was important to me. Now I'll have to find a way of finishing the hole for the handle, which probably use a bias binding.
Above is my progress so far. The parts all quilted and the pocket put on the front. David is away during this week so I may get some sewing done on this.
20 November 2011
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