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Tea Cosy Tutorial
We have just added some lovely ribbons to the website, I love using ribbons and trimmings so I decided to use them to decorate a Tea Cosy, this will make an excellent Christmas present for one of my...
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Pyjama Bottom Tutorial
I make lots of Pyjama bottoms, they are a quick and easy gift to make, I usually make all the family a pair for Christmas. I wanted to do a tutorial but I haven’t had time to write a detailed pattern...
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Quick & easy Bunting tutorial
I have a big birthday celebration coming up and I want to decorate the church hall for my party so I am making lots and lots of bunting. I have done a bunting tutorial before but somebody told me about...
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Memory Photo Xmas Decorations
I got the idea for these personalised christmas decorations from a post that I made for Mothers day, fabric photographic memory albums, you can see the tutorial here These funky Michael Miller...
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Tote bag tutorial
I always think a tote bag or book bag makes a great gift, and they are so quick and easy to make.An even better gift is a tote bag with something inside it! I am making lots of these bags in all sorts...
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Plastic Bag Tube
A quick and easy tutorial today, my Mum requested one of these so I thought I would include them in my gift making tutorials, I have made several, they are always useful! The fabric I used is from the...
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DIY Clasp purse kits
I am really excited to announce that we have just added our new kits to the Trixie Lixie website, they ar available to buy now! There are 8 kits to choose from and you get everything you need to make...
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Oven Gloves Tutorial
It’s always difficult to think of something to make as a mans gift, we are having Christmas dinner at my brothers house this year and he will be doing the cooking (Goose is on the menu I think!) so his...
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The Lola Apron & the Retro Apron
This week I have had a go at making some aprons, one is a retro apron pattern that I think is from the fifty’s, the other one is the Sew Liberated Lola Apron pattern that is available from TrixieLixie....
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Gorgeous scarf tutorial
A while back I posted a scarf tutorial using a beautiful piece of Amy Butler Voile and pom pom trim. Since then I have made several more as Christmas presents, these ones are even easier because they...
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My Top 5 Christmas makes 2013
In at number 5 are the ham burger oven gloves that I made for my brother, this gift went down really well and I have already been commisioned to make some more. At number 4 my ever popular Memory Photo...
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Sew-a-longs and sewing kits
I made a really nice outfit before Xmas using 2 of my favourite Colette patterns, they were so easy and such fun to make that we have put everything together to make a couple of kits for the website so...
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Knicker Swap
Our lovely friends at Fabric & Flowers are organising a Valentines Knicker Swap which we are sponsoring! Gorgeous Gingham To get involved take a look at the Fabric & Flowers blog. You will be...
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Valentines makes
We have got some great fabric, charm packs, buttons and ribbons for Valentines Makes on the website. My favorite is the Surrounded by Love Fabric panel from Moda. One panel costs £6.75, you can make...
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Barcelona Skirt
This is probably the easiest skirt I have ever made, it’s the Amy Butler Barcelona skirt, its a gorgeous A-line skirt, fully lined and a beautifully concealed zip. The fabric I used is a Free Spirt...
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Knickers Galore
I would like to say thank you to Joanne for my lovely knickers, and thanks to Sonia at Fabric & Flowers for organising the knicker swap! They fit perfectly, are beautifuly made and have got cats on...
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How to make a Pom Pom scarf
This is my favourite scarf at the moment! It doesn’t keep your neck particularly warm but it looks amazing and every time I wear it people comment and say how lovely it is. I knitted the scarf first,...
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Cake Dress & new Jersey fabrics
We have got some fab new jersey fabrics on the website so I decided to have a go at the Cake Red Velvet dress, it was fairly straight forward, I tried to use my serger but I am really struggling with...
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A bag full of Dinosaurs!
It was my cheeky nephew’s 2nd birthday on Monday so I have made him a handy bag to keep all his dinosaurs in: The fabric is from the Michael Miller Dinosaur range, the lining is great it just says...
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