Posts Tagged ‘Dotty Bobbin’
Summer Craftiness at Dotty Bobbin
Only a couple of weeks ago I embarked on my first Summer Crafting Workshop for adults and children following the success of the Christmas and Easter one. It is such an enjoyable day, although the preparation and clear up is mammouth! I love crafting almost as much as sewing, and the aim of these days…
Read MoreCreative Kids where should they go to School?
A different post from me today. Things are rather unsettled at the moment in our household. My eldest son is about to transition to secondary school, my daughter is unhappy in her current school. When we moved to Hemel Hempstead we did so in most part because we wanted to change schools as my son…
Read MoreDotty Bobbin Creations!
So the first week back at school following the Easter holidays is upon us, the sun is still shining, washing is hanging out to dry and I find myself for the first time in months with a spare 1/2 hour to write to you! I thought you might like to see what we have been…
Read MoreAutomatic Buttonhole Hints and Tips
When I get clients who open up their new machines for the first time, I like to show them what all the attachments are for, and the buttonhole foot usually scares them! So I wanted to share the things I have learn’t along the way having used it many times. If you have a digital…
Read MoreBatik Shorts Tutorial
Hi, here I am going to show you how easy it is to make a pair of shorts without a pattern. After all summer is just around the corner (it’s actually snowing outside!). I chose a lovely batik fabric which used to be my grandfathers sarong when he lived in Indonesia and I chose some…
Read MoreDotty Christmas Trees
Christmas is finally upon us. Seems I have been preparing for months and months. But I wanted to share with you some of our creations and hopefully inspire you to make a tree yourself. Firstly my fabric Christmas tree. This took 4 hours to make and about 8 metres of fabric. I used fabric…
Read MoreBambino Bobbin Tutorial on how to make a bat cushion for Halloween
Hello today I would like to talk about how to make a Halloween bat cushion. Look on the computer for a template for the bat. There are lots to choose from on the internet. Cut out two square pieces of fabric. I used purple velvet fabric for the squares and I used black felt for the…
Read MoreChristmas Tree Fabric Tinsel Tutorial
I was given this idea a couple of years ago by a crafting friend, however I have tried it out many times and have discovered what works well and what doesn’t. So I am going to share my mistakes and successes with you. I found that 25 meters of ribbon makes about 6 meters of ruffle,…
Read MoreCrafty Halloween
I have been working on my first ever homemade Halloween decorations this year, Christmas usually gets in the way! Anyway I thought it would be nice to share with you my creations and hopefully I can inspire you to do the same. I have tried to keep them friendly, as I don’t really want…
Read MoreDotty Bobbin Beach Photo Shoot
The idea of going to the beach to do a photo shoot for Dotty Bobbin was born a few months ago. I am lucky enough that my parents live just a few minutes from Frinton Beach. We came to stay for a week’s holiday whilst they lived on their boat to let us have the…
Read MorePillow Case Aprons Tutorial
Welcome to another Dotty Bobbin Tutorial. Here I would like to show you how to convert those unwanted pillow cases into gorgeous little aprons. If you are anything like me I am constantly in the charity shop picking up things such as mismatched pillow cases, in this case the fabric is a lovely brushed cotton.…
Read MoreCreative Business Start Up Marketing – what works for me, Dotty Bobbin
Hello all, these last few weeks I have been spending time on my business marketing and am now the proud owner of some branded mugs and even my car is branded. I would like to share with you what is working and what isn’t. I found an A frame chalkboard in a…
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