Tag Archives: sewing for the home

Learning from Experience!

Sorry this is a day late: I have been working hard on completing a commissioned quilt. It is based on one of my favourite quilts ‘Colours of Mexico’. I made the original ‘Colours of Mexico’ in and wrote a pattern which was published by Quilt Now magazine in 2018. The inspiration for the quilt wasContinueContinue reading “Learning from Experience!”

How to shorten curtains

Today’s post is another in this year’s ‘Basic Sewing Skills’ series. This is how to make curtains shorter. Here is a long curtain (one of a pair) which has been moved to a new house and is too long for its present location. Many people believe that you should take curtains up at the hemContinueContinue reading “How to shorten curtains”