Watermelon Play Quilt, $74 from Nifty Kid Stuff.
Happy Mother’s Day PDF printable card, $4 from Sparrow Nest Script.
Set of 2 Tea Towels, £16.00 from Helen Rawlinson.
Summer Scarf, $16.50 from Eco Shag.
Floor Cushion, £150.00 from Big Bird’s Boutique.
Jute Twine, $8 from 464 Handmade.
Chartreuse Ceramic Buttons, $8 from Crystal Bazaar.
Liberty Cheater Print, fat eighth, £4.50 from The Organic Stitch Co.
Mod Flower Needlepoint Kit, $22 from Modern Needleworks.
Head over to CRAFT and check out my quick tutorial for making this fabric pendant necklace. Quite a few of you have asked where I got the frame. I bought it from this Etsy shop, but I would love to find a shop that sells these in sterling silver.
Fine, I’ll admit it. I’m using Instagram and actually enjoying it. I have a non-iPhone, so just downloaded the new app recently. Aside from the filters which I find alternately annoying and interesting, it’s a great way to quickly share photos and I enjoy snapping photos while I’m working in my sewing room. It’s making me think about process more and see the beauty in it. If you want to follow me on Instagram, my username is thelongthread. The images above are things I’m working on with my new Quilt Blocks fabric, a project for my book and a Liberty dress that I’m working on for my daughter. Shirring done, now it needs to be sewn together. I’ll continue to share process photos. It’s so much faster to snap and share this way.
On the Rocks Table Sculpture, $108 from Studio Liscious.
Building Blocks Fabric, $12 fat quarter, New Mom Designs.
Scandinavian Rustic Stoneware Tea Set, $450 from The Ranch.
Striped Burlap Ribbon, $10.50 from Fresh Modern Fabric.
What’s the Point Linen Dress, $44 from Tree Fall Design.
Custom Baby Name Wall Art Hoop, $40 from The Merriweather Council.
Flossy the Pony Embroidery Floss Bobbin, $12 from Shoppe Sugar Cookie.
Flower Field in Goldenrod, $65 per meter, from Skinny Laminx.
DIY Cross Stitch Necklace Kit, $18 from Red Gate Stitchery.
I’ve been updating my Flickr groups and added one for Quilt Blocks fabric. So, if you’ve made anything with the collection, be sure to share it over there! And if you are entering the shop challenge, be sure to tag your photo (see details here). And as always, feel free to add photos of projects you’ve made from blog tutorials or just things you want to show us to The Long Thread Flickr group and your projects from my book to the 1, 2, 3 Sew group pool. I love to see all the creative and fabulous things you make!
And speaking of 1, 2, 3 Sew, it won a gold award for book design in the How-To/Crafts category of the PubWest Book Design Awards! Those folks at Chronicle make really nice books. The book’s designer, Vivien Sung and the Design Director, Aya Akazawa, did an amazing job. You can get a glimpse inside the design process in this post that I wrote a while back.
