Today is my day on the A Spoonful of Sugar: Sew 20 Simple Projects to Sweeten Your Surroundings Zakka Style
blog tour and I'm very pleased to share my Retro Pillow - the project which I created from Lisa Cox's gorgeous new book. I used the Chatsworth range of fabric by Emily Taylor for Riley Blake Designs which is very sweet and feminine.
blog tour and I'm very pleased to share my Retro Pillow - the project which I created from Lisa Cox's gorgeous new book. I used the Chatsworth range of fabric by Emily Taylor for Riley Blake Designs which is very sweet and feminine. 
Lisa (along with her daughter) has blogged over at A Spoonful of Sugar for a number of years. She has just published her first (solo) book... and I'm sssssssssuper excited for my friend.
Lisa is super generous and shares tonnes of tips, tutorials and free patterns on her blog. I've been a long-time fan and follower of her work and am so pleased that she's taken this wonderful next step in her creative journey.
A Spoonful of Sugar: Sew 20 Simple Projects to Sweeten Your Surroundings Zakka Style
is a beautiful book filled with projects to sweeten your home, zakka style. Each project has excellent colour diagrams and comprehensive step by step instructions. Projects are rated by their difficulty level, which makes this a great book for a newbie sewist. They can start with all of the simple projects and then move forward working on the trickier projects.
is a beautiful book filled with projects to sweeten your home, zakka style. Each project has excellent colour diagrams and comprehensive step by step instructions. Projects are rated by their difficulty level, which makes this a great book for a newbie sewist. They can start with all of the simple projects and then move forward working on the trickier projects.
The projects included in this book range in skills. Patchwork, piecing, applique, embroidery, sashiko, crochet... Lisa has touched on a lot of skills and personally, I think it's a wonderful to try a lot of new things to see what you like best and practice the skills which you're not so familiar with (like crochet and y-seams).
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| My first crocheted scallop edge (I'm a little bit pleased with myself over this edging) |
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| My first ever machine pieced hexagons (Y-Seams... Yikes!!) Hand quilted with cotton Aurifil Mako 12 in colour # 2310 |
We're around the half way mark of the blog tour with many great crafty bloggers still to come. Below, you'll find the list of participants - why not go back and check out what everyone has made so far? So much gorgeousness!
April
26 Jodie Carlton Ric Rac
April
27 Minki Kim Minki’s Work Table
April
28 Melissa LeRay Oh How Sweet
April
29 Jemima Flendt Tied With a
Ribbon
April
30 Beverley McCullough Flamingo Toes
May
2 Sedef Imer Down Grapevine
Lane
May
3 Nadra Ridgeway Ellis and
Higgs
May 4
Amy Morinaka Chick Chick
Sewing
May
5 Caroline Critchfield Sew Can She
May
6 Kristyne Czepuryk Pretty By Hand
May
7 Bronwyn Hayes Red Brolly
May
9 Anorina Morris Samelia’s Mum
May
10 Peta Peace She Quilts A Lot
May
11 Faith Essenburg Sarana Ave
May 12
Angie Wilson Gnome Angel
May 13
Sharon Burgess Lilabelle Lane Creations
May
14 Stacy Olson Stacy
Olson
May 16
Ayda Algin Cafenohut
May
17 Jennie Pickett Clover and
Violet
May 18
Wynn Tan Zakka Art
May
19 Lisa Cox A Spoonful of
Sugar
Do yourself a favour and order your copy of A Spoonful of Sugar: Sew 20 Simple Projects to Sweeten Your Surroundings Zakka Style and then you'll be ready to join us in the Instagram Sew Along from 1 June to 9 August 2016.
We will be making
projects from the book. There will be five
rounds, each lasting for two weeks which will give you plenty of time to
complete a project or two from the book. Our good friend, Amy Sinibaldi from Nana Company is the Guest Judge, with
fantastic prizes for the winner of each round, plus a Grand Prize Winner,
generously sponsored by Alisha from Ministry
of Fabric. We really hope you join in the fun! #ASPOONFULOFSUGARSAL
Your cushion is gorgeous, Anorina. I love the crocheted edging.
ReplyDeleteLove your pillow Anorina! the fabric choice, the sweet yellow edging - it is all lovely! Thanks so much for being part of the tour :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the hexie pillow and the crocheted edgeing lace is so sweet. I'd love to learn to do that.
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