All posts tagged: coverstitch

Molly Top Hack #SOICITYBREAK

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I’d say the majority of the fabric in my stash is in 1-1.5m lengths.  As I’m very lucky and surrounded by lots of real life fabric stores I tend to pick up quite a few bargain remnants when I’m out and about.  These keep my stash topped up and I can usually make a top or skirt from these shorter lengths.  If they’re less than a metre I often have to have a mash up of 2 remnants and let the creative juices flow. Like this cardigan….. boiled wool and a ponte knit….who’d have thought these would have gone together so well: And these 2 pieces of jersey fudged together for a Molly Top: So as you can see I usually have a happy ending when it marry up patterns and fabric. But the Molly Top from SOI has had me almost loosing sleep.  The grown on sleeves just make it that little big too fabric hungry for some of my remnants that are just shouting out to be a Molly.  Like this wide striped ribbed knit I …

Cover Stitch Quest Part 1

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For ages and ages I’ve wanted a coverstitch machine and lusted over many a blog post and You Tube video in my dreamy state.  Throughout this period of wanting (I’m well into my second year) I’ve read so many reviews and watched umpteen You Tube videos.    The ones of lucky owners opening the boxes of their new machines nearly has me wetting my pants with excitement! I’ve even downloaded and read several coverstitch machine manuals. And then this happened a couple of weeks ago (just to set the scene we were going to be going away for the weekend for my birthday, but MIL was still in hosptial). HUBBY:  Maybe we shouldn’t go away this weekend with my mum still being in hospital…? ME:  That’s fine lovey, at least we’ll be able to go the golf club dinner on Saturday night. HUBBY:  Yea, and with the money we’d have spent you can have that machine thing that you’ve been wanting for ages. ME: AAAAARRRRRHHHHHHHH!!!  ….Yes!!  ….Please!!! …..Thankyou!!!!  So you get the picture, I’m a bit excited to say the least.   …