Tag: sewing

I don't blog about craft projects all that often, if you have this post in your feed and didn't want it, then try my "tech" feed specifically rather than all of the blog posts (recommended as I will be blogging a few non-tech things in the coming months). Anyway, I love to make things, code or otherwise, and since I'm not travelling a lot at the moment, I have time to make things AND to write about them. Today: my new sewing machine cover!

This weekend I decided it would be good to spend some time away from the computer, but the weather wasn't really good enough to get out and do much, so I needed a "rainy day" project. I remembered that I'd signed up for a free introductory Craftsy class a few weeks ago, so I logged in to take a look at what was involved.

This week I finally got around to making the big cushions for our bed. We do have some but they were cheap and are now old - and I reallocated Kevin's onto my office chair about a year ago. Since we do often read or use the laptops in bed, cushions …

About a year ago I discovered the BurdaStyle site - where they have open source patterns. And then over the summer I saw an event organised in NYC where they were making these Charlie Bags - foldable fabric bags for putting shopping in. The pattern is free, and came as a PDF …

This weekend I took some time to make some curtains for the bedroom. Since we bought the house we've had some rather unattractive and slightly broken metal blinds. The room was otherwise OK though and we just kind of moved into it and worked on the rest of the house …