Add a little pizzazz to your afternoon teatime with matching tea cozies and mat sets. The cozies are a perfect fit for your favourite Brown Betty teapots and the mats are a nice complement to your table. Read more in our Issue 45. Download the PDF pattern now. Designed by Ruth I. Forbes www.nanaruth.com [email protected]
The only thing that feels better than holding a hot drink in your hands on a cold day is holding a hot drink wrapped in fabric. The paper drink sleeves are good, but when you start using a fabric sleeve, you’ll never go back. This project gives you one sleeve for every season and they […]
My goal is to get young adults and children into our sewing rooms! My hope is that by using buttons and simple techniques, these future fibre artists and quilters will find success and be inspired to continue sewing. The combination of free motion quilting on the flowers, appliqué on the letters and button embellishments, makes […]
I took a dye class through my local school board and was hooked. Playing with various techniques at home, I discovered that dyeing yardage in an apartment is a challenge, that fat quarters are more suitable to my circumstances and style of working and that Shibori and ice dyeing are my favourite techniques. As much […]
Fall is a season for harvesting great gifts and a season to be grateful for those who paved the way to our modern world. Fall in my Heart is Part 3 of a 4-part series of what we love about every season, see the part 1 in our Spring 2016 issue, followed by part 2 […]
I have been threadpainting the local prairie since 2009. With my camera in hand, I look for things to stitch. I like openness, and the ability to see far. I try to capture lush, full foregrounds to give a stage to hand stitching that I blend with machine work. Prairie City was quite unintentional. I […]
A pair of cushions in beautiful autumn colours will make your home a comfy cosy place to relax after a busy day of sewing. Read more in our Fall 2016 issue.
Do you know circular sock knitting machines were manufactured on Davenport Road in Toronto, and also in Georgetown and Montreal in the early 1900s? Can you make a pair of socks in just over one hour? Let me share with you my journey of knitting socks and more on these wonderful antique machines. Being a […]
Knit Together with Cynthia MacDougall I am a knitter, so the primary question for me is “Why do you love to knit?” Before I can answer that, I also have to frame that question around “Why do you love to sew, quilt, cross stitch, embroider, spin, and weave?” Once framed, my first answer is portability. […]