Browsing Archive: July, 2014

Get Zippy

Posted by Julie Porter on Thursday, July 31, 2014,
For the last couple of weeks I have been working on a bag composed of zips.  It has taken me a while to acquire donations of different colours so this is a project I have had to wait for.  Now that I finally had a selection to use I began by stitching them together.  At first I simply used straight stitch, but promptly unpicked it as it looked quite plain.  Using zig-zag stitch created a better effect I found.  After stitching together fifteen zips facing alternate ways I then proceeded to pu...
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I am a keen make do and mender/recycler. I love crocheting too.  I have a "magpie eye" for anything sparkly, vintage or uber-cool!  I love live music, cups of tea ( I am so English!), and a cracking novel to read.