Tag Archives: sewing

How to darn a hole in a wool sweater

This is another post in the series of Basic Sewing Skills that I’ve been covering this year. Others in the series have included: how to thread a needle and make a knot here; how to sew on a button here; how to replace a broken zip on a backpack here, how to sew on a press-stud here; how toContinueContinue reading “How to darn a hole in a wool sweater”

Lovely Sawtooth Star blocks

Today I have been finishing off a set of Sawtooth Star blocks for my charity quilt group ‘Refuge Circle’, one of the “do. Good Stitches” groups organised by quilter Rachel Hauser of ‘Stitched in Colour’ (https://www.stitchedincolor.com). Carola, our leader for November asked us to make six Sawtooth Star blocks and she directed us to anContinueContinue reading “Lovely Sawtooth Star blocks”