Monday, 21 March 2016

Liberty giveaway winner

And the winner is…. Amy Brown who had her eye on Dance C from the Bloomsbury Collection! Wahay, massive congratulations Amy, please email me your address and let me know if that's still your preferred fabric choice (you're allowed to change your mind!) I'll make sure your 1.5m of Liberty gorgeousness is on its way to you soon.


A big thank you to everybody who entered the giveaway - I'm just sorry you couldn't all win. You can still find the full range of Sewbox Liberty fabrics here if you fell hard for any of them. And thank you once again to Susan at Sewbox for such a generous giveaway prize.

I'll be back soon with some tie news! x

5 comments:

  1. Jane, I have been following your blog for a year or so and like it very much. I have a question about the baby blanket tutorial you posted in September of 2011. You said it was made of 100% cotton on one side and fleece on the other. What should the fabric content of the fleece be? Does fleece come in cotton? I don't do a lot of sewing, but this blanket looks quite simple and I would love to try it, but I don't want to put the wrong fabrics together and create a washing disaster because one side shrank and the other one didn't. I would, of course, machine-wash and dry both pieces of fabric before sewing them, but I would prefer to make the best fabric choice to begin with. Thanks for your help.

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    1. Hi Jeanette, the fabric composition of the fleece side is entirely up to you. Most fleece fabric is polyester but you can get some with a high cotton content (about 70%) Washing and drying both fabrics before you cut them to size should prevent any further shrinkage. Good luck with the blanket! x

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    2. Thank you for your quick reply.

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  2. Jane, I have my fabric, it's been preshrunk, and I'm ready to start the sewing. Please tell me the seam allowance you used to sew the fabrics together. Also, how far from the edge of the blanket did you do your top-stitching. I want to be sure that the turning section of the blanket gets caught in the top-stitching.

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    1. Hi, the seam allowance and distance for top stitching are really down to personal preference. As a guideline I'd suggest a 1.5cm seam allowance, and topstitch just under 1cm away from the edge. This should ensure the turned seam allowance is fully stitched down. If you have any other questions it's probably better to email me as I sometimes miss comments on other posts. Thanks. x

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