KTKat Kreations

For my next little sewing project I decided to make an envelope cushion cover. I was so excited to make a couple of these, as I have recently re-painted my living room and found the perfect material to match the walls!


I found this project quite easy to do - although a couple of mistakes were made!



The great thing about this cushion cover is that you don't need to worry about sewing zips into the material.



I already have plans to make some more of these for the bedroom. This was a super fun little project and especially ideal for a beginner like me!

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KTKat Kreations 

I am a big Cath Kidston fan (you might notice that quite a few of the items I make have a floral pattern) and I want to incorporate some of her style into my wedding. I decided that I wanted to hand-make our wedding table plan.


For this little project all I bought was the cork notice board, some white paint and some floral material. I found the floral material on eBay and even though its not Cath Kidston, it looks quite similar to what she would do.


With the help of my lovely bridesmaid, Hannah (and Graham the dog!) we painted the outside of the cork notice board and then cut the material down to size, ironed it and then using a spoon, pushed the material around the cork notice board.


The next part is to decide what to use to display each table. Any suggestions here would be appreciated! I'm thinking of perhaps cutting letters out of brown paper/card and doing some sort of display but I'm not sure yet. I will post a picture once it is all done!

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KTKat Kreations

My sewing machine is a really basic one but it's perfect for beginners just like me! Singer is a very well known brand, which is great, as if I need to get any parts then they should be relatively easy to find.

It took me a couple of hours to set up my sewing machine, even though it did come with a manual, I actually found YouTube was a lot more useful to use. I am more of a visual learner, which is why I think I can follow instructions to a degree but then I tend to make them up as a go along. And then once I've attempted what I need to do, I can then go back to the instructions and it makes more sense.


It's funny looking back at the silly mistakes I made when first using my sewing machine. Like it took me ages to insert the bobbin and then getting the upper thread to loop with the bobbin thread. I went round in circles and couldn't understand why it wasn't working. I then realised it was because I hadn't actually threaded the upper thread through the needle! (I have actually got a Masters degree - somehow!)

It also took me a little while to figure out that I needed the metal foot down on my work, in order to make straight lines. At the time I was thinking wow it must takes ages to learn how to sew straight!

I am very happy with the sewing machine I have and would definitely recommend it, if you were thinking about started to sew as well. It is available to purchase on the Hobby Craft website and there are some really good reviews on there.

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KTKat Kreations