My name is Steph, I’m 30, living in Wellington, New Zealand with my boyfriend Dave and our cat babies. No, I don’t get out of the house nearly enough. I like to sew and embroider and pretend I can do both very skillfully.
You can email me at firechick1405 (at) gmail (dot) com.
8 Comments
October 24, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Hey! I’m a Steph too, married to a Dave. And like your Dave, he’s a computer guy and collects way too much shite, I mean, stuff. We have fur babies, and I *heart* sewing. My father-in-law calls me Persephone sometimes too. D’you think we are twins?
(However I don’t want to be a mummy, always do up my fly, and can drive quite well.)
Good luck with your Etsy shop!
November 30, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Your Etsy shop is looking great! Well done
February 3, 2008 at 2:42 pm
You are quite right! The Tramp is from Wellington.
March 6, 2008 at 11:44 pm
November 12, 2008 at 7:44 pm
I have been reading your blog which I found via other embroidery/craft blogs..
And I just realized you’re a kiwi!
I’m a expat in LA (and I still barely leave the flat)
I feel like such a dork
*hand to face*
May 27, 2009 at 5:31 am
love your blog
July 20, 2009 at 12:08 am
Hello, hope this reply is not too late! I have just started a bit of quilting and like you, was daunted by the cost of all the gear, but needed to get a rotary cutter and mat for the beginners class I enrolled for.
I am in Auckland, so not sure if you have the equivalent in Welly, but initially I found a Sullivans brand rotary cutter at Ikes Emporium up here for about $18. It looks like the fancy Olfa ones. Replacement blades are about $8 (and I think you can use the Olfa ones with it, too).
After I got that, I found at Spotlight a kit they do called “Quilter’s club” or something like that. Anyway, it is purple and for I think $44, it came with a cutting board, small rotary cutter (the smallest one, really best for only a couple of layers of fabric compared to the Sullivan’s one) and a 6×24″ inch ruler. You really need a good long ruler if you are going to start using a rotary cutter, not least to protect your hands. Anyway, I think Spotlight has 20% of all quilting supplies at present, so that might be an option to consider, as those things brought separately would be worth quite a lot more.
Have to say, I am loving the rotary cutter. I’ve mainly used it for the quilting blocks we’ve done and can’t imagine doing those by scissors, not least cos I’m a lefty, and cutting straight lines with scissors has always been a challenge for me!!
Good luck with it all!
July 20, 2009 at 12:11 am
Sorry, meant to post above comment in reply to your sewing questions post, not here. Please feel free to delete!!