BossyOz

I have designed a few different quilting and sewing related t-shirts which are available for sale on Amazon UK (a select few are on Amazon US too). Below are some of them.  Quilting and sewing related Sew far sew good.  Woman, man and youth fits. Available in ten different colours. White text, lighter / colourful t-shirts,  https://amzn.to/2XrjoNU Patch by patch quilters create loving hugs . Available in 24 different colour combinations. Woman, man and youth fits. (£2 per sale goes to Quilts for Care Leavers, Q4CL ) White text, darker t-shirts,  https://amzn.to/3eASvO1 Blue text, lighter t-shirts,  https://amzn.to/3lgPdk6 White text, long sleeved t-shirts,  https://amzn.to/3tk0R0t Sewing Granny, Quilting Granny and Granny's Little Helper . 10 different colours for each of the Granny designs and nine for the little helper. Woman / youth fits. Sewing Granny,  https://amzn.to/2Xwc1Vz Quilting Granny,  https://amzn.to/3xJFpE8 Granny's Little Helper,...

With the colder season upon us in the northern hemisphere, I have lowered the price for the footmuff pattern and tutorial to just £2. The instructions include a generic size to make, as well as take you through how to make one that fits exactly to the size of your own buggy / pushchair / stroller. Make sure you fill in your email address correctly. Once your payment has been approved, a link will be displayed so you can download the PDF immediately. You'll also receive an email confirming your order (please check spam/junk). Useful links My  original blog post  with reviews (2011):  http://www.bossyoz.com/2011/08/tutorial-cosytoe-footmuff-bunting-bag.html Updated blog post  (2018)  http://www.bossyoz.com/2018/06/refresh-of-footmuff-pattern.html Link to  shop  location:  https://ukqu.co.uk/shop/patterns-4/footmuff-for-pushchair-pdf-downloadable-pattern-and-tutorial/ Other names: cosytoe, footmuff, bunting bag, pushchair bag

If you have been really bored, you may have found out that a typical football consists of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons. I say ‘typical’ football, as the older ones were made up of rectangular-ish shapes and the latest one used for the World Cup is actually made up of six cleverly interlinked panels. But this make is for a ball consisting of hexagons and pentagons. Lots of left-over hexagons? I believe there are many like me, who have lots of basted hexagons not yet used in a project. Find 20 of them, measure the side and create 12 pentagons to match. Add toy stuffing and you can make a football. For this particular ball, the recipient decided she wanted to be able to hang it on her bag; hence we added a ribbon when sewing the shapes together. I found that you can turn and stuff the football through just one of the pentagons (1 inch sides). Free pattern Head over to my shop to download the free template and brief instructions. The PDF file includes the full set o...

My sister bought a new sofa and the parents said it was purple / plum. Not knowing the exact colour I opted for a scrappy cushion cover in various purple and lilac colours. As I had some leftover, I also made three coasters.  By reusing the hardware from lanyards at work (we rebranded and everyone got new lanyards), I made around 50 new lanyards, some of which were donated to charity. DD1 made me proud whilst designing and sewing this LOVE-ly quilt for her little sister's dollies. One of my work colleagues emigrated to the United States and couldn't bring all her fabrics with her.... This is one of the bags I made with the fabrics I got from her. Thanks Jo ! As DD2 already has a large-ish quilt, it was time to make one for DD1. Her favourite colour is yellow, as may may have guessed. It still needs to be quilted, but at least the top is pieced! 

As usual I made and donated various items with Dala horses (dalahästar) on to the Christmas Fair at the Swedish Church in London. The best sellers, by far, are the kitchen towels and the dribble bibs.