HELLO SPRING

Hello Everyone, and of course hello to Spring...........How wonderful to see the sun shining at long last, it seems like we have had constant rain since last year.

I can't believe it is April already, where has the first quarter of the year gone?  I have been busy making and sewing in my little craft room keeping up to date with orders.  I have also had time out,  I went to Dublin with my sister to celebrate St Patrick's day.   We had a fabulous time in our home city celebrating.

I am also very excited at the moment as I am taking delivery of my new Embroidery Machine next Tuesday 5th April, My new machine is a Janome 500e.   I am upgrading from my Elna 881 which is the twin machine to a Janome 200e.  I love my Elna, however,  the hoop size is 5.5"x5.5"  which limits me to keep my designs to that one size. My Elna is a fabulous machine but I feel I have outgrown it now.   I will be sad to see it go as it is the first embroidery machine I ever had and it has taught me a lot.  My new Janome 500e embroidery machine will allow me to produce bigger designs as the hoops are much bigger, amongst other things, it has a lot more editing functions.   

I have kept myself busy making and creating orders for customers.  Here are some of my makes.  I hope you like them.     I will be back soon to let you know how I am getting on with my new Embroidery machine.  Watch this space.  Bye for now folks!!!!    Margaret. 

A CORNER OF MY SEWING ROOM

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

Hi, and a very Happy New Year to everyone.  I hope 2016 is a good one.   I have been very busy with my crafting right up to Christmas 2015 this has meant unfortunately I have been neglecting my blog.  However all that is going to change in 2016.  I will be making sure to keep you up to date with my antics and also giving some tips and tutorials to all you lovely people who like to sew and create hand made unique items.   Whether you make them for yourself, family, gifts, or to sell to the public, there is nothing nicer than knowing someone owning a unique item which has been made with love.   I love trying new things, so I am a constant learner.  At the moment I am enjoying the new addition to my sewing room which is my embroidery machine.  I am loving it, I can now personalise the items I make if need be.  I am also getting to know my over locker  which I have had for quite a while,  I have not used it much due to the fact I am not so confident on it.  However I have signed up to a class on Craftsy.com, so I think 2016 will see me use it a lot more.  That's my plan anyway.  

Here are just a few of the items I have made recently.  I hope you like them.  Any questions don't hesitate to contact me on this blog or alternately, you can contact me on the sites listed below, I would love to hear from you.

 www.facebook.com/sewmaggied, also visit my shop at folksy.com/sewmaggied

A couple of make up/wash bags made to order in lovely fabric.

LITTLE CHILDS  FOLDABLE TOTE BAG

A LOVELY TOTE BAG MADE TO DONATE TO CHARITY

GOING SHOPPING EMBROIDERY

COLLECTIONS OF ITEMS MADE BY ME

KNITTING BAG MADE FOR MY FRIEND AS A GIFT.

PEG BAG MADE FOR ME BY ME

A GIFT TO ANOTHER OF MY FRIENDS

MADE TO DONATE TO MCMILLAN RAFFLE

ANOTHER MCMILLAN DONATION

BESPOKE BAG MADE TO ORDER.

A COLLECTION OF MAKES BY ME.