A Yoyo Bonnet
A “Virtual Retreat” project is happening today! From 10 to 11 am Eastern time I am leading the activity on making a Hitty-sized Apron and Bonnet from one yoyo-sized quilt circle. Half the Hitty friends have plaid or checked fabric from the actual Yoyo quilt, and the other half have pink floral circles cut from vintage fabric provided by a Hitty friend in Oregon.
This is the post about making a bonnet out of a half-circle. I am giving the instructions for hand-sewing these little accessories. I find hand sewing gives me flexibility and accuracy when making little things. I have no objections if participants wish to do their projects by machine, but I also have no advice – I don’t know the tricks of machine-sewing without mangling small garments!
How big is your Hitty’s Head?
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A Yoyo Apron
A “Virtual Retreat” project is happening on March 22nd! From 10 – 11 am Eastern time. I am leading the activity on making a Hitty-sized Apron and Bonnet from one yoyo quilt circle. People registered for the event will have received a kit with materials. It is easy enough to make these from your own materials if you are reading this some other time and want to try it out. Half the participants have plaid or checked fabric from the actual Yoyo quilt, and the other half have pink floral circles cut from vintage fabric provided by a Hitty friend in Oregon.
This is the post about making an apron out of a half-circle of fabric. I am giving the instructions for hand-sewing these little accessories. I find hand sewing gives me flexibility and accuracy when making little things. I have no objections if participants wish to do their projects by machine, but I also have no advice – I don’t know the tricks of machine-sewing without mangling small garments!
Package contents
Every participant will have received a packet containing an approximately 5 to 6 inch fabric circle, about 30 inches of quarter-inch cloth tape, and about 15 inches of Vintage (1920’s) Nufashond rickrack or scallop trim.
Not all materials are provided. I assume participants will provide their own needle, pins, thread, iron, and ironing board.
Not Round and Not the same size!
Participants should be aware that though everything is clean, the trims and fabrics are all genuinely old materials, so the whites are not flourescent white and there may be marks, threads or age spots on them. Some of the circles have pencil lines, some have traces of starch, not all are the same size and some are not even complete circles!
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Spring is coming to Winnipeg!
See the patch of Grass?
After a stint in Northern Alberta, (about which more later) Tansy is back in Winnipeg. On her first day back she found a patch of grass in the yard, and it was warm enough to go outside with her coat unbuttoned.
The weather is creeping back up to between -10 and +5, and the early tulips can be seen in the side garden, so that is nice – Spring is on the way!
Spring Garden
Delicate Scilla
On a Fresh Spring Morning, Constance visits her favourite Garden where the Scilla are delicate and beautiful, and the Fawn Lily is budding…
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