What Kimberley Makes

Pinwheel Surprise Patchwork Cushion Cover As a beginner sewer I thought this project would be quite challenging, but even though it was quite time consuming, the end result made it all worthwhile!  A rookie mistake I made was not drawing out and planning  how to cushion would look once its complete, if I had done this I would of seen that the middle of the cushion should've been a 5th pinwheel! Either way I'm happy with the result and proud to have learnt a new technique. Here's how I did it- What you'll need: 20” x 20” Pinwheel backing fabric [green leaves] 20” x 20” Contrasting fabric for the pinwheel [pink spot] 40” x 30” Contrasting fabric for the overlapping pieces [multi floral] 18” x 22” Fabric for the back of the cushion [green leaves 18" zip 17” square cushion pad step 1 -  Cut out 5" squares in all three fabrics - 16 of the pinwheel colour, 16 backing colour an...

How To Make This Shabby Chic Union Jack Cushion Cover This is a quick and easy method to make this lovely Union Jack cushion cover! You can use scrap pieces of fabric in whichever colour and print you want and fray the edges to create the 'shabby' look. I used a triple straight stitch to make them stand out but this is optional, you can use any stitch you like! Hope you enjoy making this as much as I did :) What you'll need: ·          16” x 11” cushion pad ·          40” x 24” pink spot fabric ·          18” x 8” yellow floral fabric ·          22” x 8” blue floral fabric ·          22” x 4” pink floral fabric ·          Basting spray (505 spray is perfect) ·          Na...

So this is the first time I'm writing a blog, which seems strange because everyone and their dog has a blog these days, but here we go...  I live in London with my boyfriend Gildas (Gilly) and our beautiful daughter Vienna-Rae. I work as part-time as a Visual Merchandiser for a company called Superdry, which is actually where I met Gilly about 5  years ago! (aww) The reason why I wanted to start this blog was to document and chat about my experience whilst learning to sew. My mum is the VERY  talented Debbie Shore, sewing author/blogger/youtuber/presenter extraordinaire, so you can see where I get my inspiration from! Now that I have a little girl, I want to be able to make her everything! This might just be a fantasy  of mine... or I might end up being able to make her gorgeous clothes, we shall see!! I would love to be able to make my own clothes but I’ll start with the basics and see which direction I steer off to. I have no idea what I enjoy making yet as I...