Libby's sewing inspirations: January 2016

Sunday 31 January 2016

5 Sport Inspired Crafts

So With January being the month where people love to get fit, I've collated 5 sport inspired crafts. Enjoy!

How To Make a Cut Out Sports Bra

DIY EOS Lip Balm Sports Addition

How To Make A Baseball Flower Hair Bow

DIY Basket Ball Case

DIY Team Spirit Tee

I hope this has inspired you!

Sunday 17 January 2016

I was surfing the internet when I can across this sewing quiz, it's definitely worth a try. I was shocked at how little I knew when it came to the history of sewing. Let me know how you get on with it :)

Thursday 14 January 2016

Let's talk: Where do I get my patterns from?

Hey Guys! I hope you're enjoying this new series as much as I'm enjoying writing it. It's really helped me to evaluate my sewing. Today I'd like to talk about, where I source my patterns from, so with out further to do, let's get to it.

My main source is free on-line patterns. You can find the free patterns I have designed here. I mean who doesn't love getting something for free! Also have a look at the blogs listed on my inspirational blogs page. These blogs quite often have some great on-line patterns.

Another source of mine is sewing magazines. I love how you get so many patterns for such a small price. You rarely find them where I live but whenever I visit my grandparents I pick up a copy. Of course you don't always like all of the patterns but usually there'll be 4 or 5 that I like.

Finally, I sometimes get printed patterns from the larger fabric shop near me. As you know from my previous post, I rarely go there hence the reason why I don't often follow those kinds of patterns.
So how do you source your patterns? Do you have any hints or tips?

I hope this has inspired you!

Sunday 10 January 2016

Sneak peek of the week

What might I be posting about later this week?

Saturday 9 January 2016

Gloves for my Grandma

Who'd have thought that 2016, would start off so busy? How's the start of you're 2016 been?

Where I live, it's suddenly gone very cold and so I thought this change in weather would be the perfect opportunity to crochet something, as I haven't crocheted in a while. When I started crocheting these gloves/ mittens or whatever you want to call then, my Grandma immediately expressed how much she would like a pair like them.

To be fair she had been hinting for a while, that she wanted me to make her something. So I thought why not, if she'd appreciate them, then she's given me a great excuse to make them.

I would love to be able to tell you what wool, I made these out of but I honestly can't remember, as they are left over from various other projects I have completed over the years. Hence the reason why they aren't exactly the same. I basically ran out of wool.