Things you can stitch when you are home and desperate for things you can stitch!
LOL! I mean its kind of a playground for my wacky imagination isn't it? I'm just sitting here thinking about things around the house I can stitch on...
Tea towels are my favourite
They don't have to be new- stitch what you already have, why not? What is there to loose? It'll still dry the dishes!
Or just make some tiny random sewn thingies from scraps, like this. You could use fabric from old shirts. Spring is coming. You must have some winter shirts about to, well, go the way of tired old winter shirts 😄(Or you can buy dyed yarn fabric, thats good too :-)
But why stop with a little stitching when you could relieve hours of 'staying in you house with your family' stress by stitching the heck out of some scraps! Seriously, just overlap the pieces and stitch any old way you feel like. All that stabbing feels so good! Dark fabrics and white thread are particularly satisfying for this!!
And when you are done, you could always make slippers or something...
see?
They don't even need to match.
After all, who will see them?
So just stitch. Don't be defeated just because you can't go to a sewing store for supplies. You have all sorts of good things to stitch in your house! And don't be shy to try any crazy idea you have, you're in self isolation, when will there ever be a better time to find out what you can really do with a threaded needle?
(See what I did there? I think I'm clever now!)
But if you do need some supplies, my online store is open and I have lots of good stuff too :-D
Take Care, keep your sense of humour and keep on stitching!
Susan
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Sashiko Quilting with Pre-quilted Batting
How do you quilt a large sashiko quilt?
It's a dilemma. You don't want to machine stitch over your hand stitched work, but you also don't want the filling and backing layers to separate from the top. And you really don't want the filling layer to bunch up or fall apart because it isn't quilted.
Over the years I have used different methods, depending on my project. This one, using pre-quilted batting, is easy and suited to almost any sashiko project, I think. It uses pre-quilted quilt batting.