Some Quilted Trees.
Posted on December 7, 2010 | 6 Comments
These are a couple of little wall hanging I have made to use for decoration each Christmas.
I think the first one was made from a magazine pattern. It is embellished quite simply with novelty buttons.
The next was an early effort with hand embroidery and machine stippling.
It is always interesting to look back on early work just to see how you have progressed.
Penny Rug.
Posted on December 4, 2010 | 4 Comments
I do like the ease of working with felt in penny rugs. The felt is so soft to work with and there are so many rich colours in the wool felt. I do most of my sewing by machine so I enjoy the change to handstitching with something as simple as this penny rug. This pattern is called Let It Snow and is by Sew Unique Creations.
Friday Teal.
Posted on December 3, 2010 | 13 Comments
Teal was a bit of a tricky one for this week.
Finding it was the first thing that was hard.
But taking a photo that shows the true colour was even harder!
Visit Robyn at Daisy Quilts to see how everyone fared with teal this week. I wonder if anyone has some gorgeous Christmas decorations in teal?
This is a lovely teal photo ……. because it is raining and the tank is filling up. Just wonderful!!!!
I found a lovely pice of batik fabric and a necklace with the right colour.
A lovely wool felt scarf.
A gorgeous photo box crafted for me by a good friend. Unfortunately I just could not get the colour right.
And last of all, the pump on my hand cream.
Have a lovely teal day!
Start Decorating.
Posted on December 1, 2010 | 3 Comments
All the boxes have been taken out of storage and it is time to rediscover all the goodies inside. It is lovely to see friendly faces, like this Santa, again.
This Santa is made from a pattern named The Heart of Christmas by Time Worn Treasures. He is about 30 inches tall.
Christmas Gift Sewing.
Posted on November 27, 2010 | 2 Comments
Just trying to make a few extra gifts for Christmas.
This is the start of a table runner or two from a pattern by Disa Designs. Still a lot of work to be done.
I have also tried to make a Bon Bon from a Hatched and Patched pattern.
I think I still need to do a little tweaking on this one.
Silver Service.
Posted on November 26, 2010 | 15 Comments
That would be lovely. Silver service in an up-market restaurant!
Colourful Friday this week is silver. The hardest part of this post was choosing what to include and making a limit. Join the fun by visiting Bev at Kainga Happenings to see what everyone is up to. A big thank you to Bev for being a wonderful host of Colourful fridays for the last few weeks.
I’m starting with Christmas, of course. A new little reindeer decoration.
A bracelet given to me by my aunt over 40 years ago. And some little silver ingots.
In my other lifetime, when I still had teen in my age, I studied silversmithing. I made a chess set as a major project. One side silver, the other side gold.
The quilt rail in my sewing room.
Two porcelain egg coddlers.
Songlines –
– By the light of the silvey moon….
-Silver threads and golden needles…..
Have a simply stunning silvery day!
There Can Never Be Too Many Santas!
Posted on November 24, 2010 | 4 Comments
It’s a month out from Christmas and I am struggling to make myself wait to put up decorations. I will have to make do with getting a few quilts out in preparation.
This wall hanging was a Debbie Mumm panel. I did a small amount of piecing, but the main work was embellishing the blocks.
French knots everywhere and hand quilting to outline shapes.
Embroidery, beads and trinkets added.
Colonial knot snowflakes and more buttons.
More embroidery and beads and button trees.
Beads all over the fur trim, Holly buttons and so many knots for the beards.
It was one of those projects that started off small but just grew and grew. It took a long time to finish. Now I can simply enjoy it!
Christmas Ornament.
Posted on November 23, 2010 | 2 Comments
I do love Marg Low‘s designs and have quite a few of her patterns. I especially like the ones she combines with the cut outs and buttons from Barb ( Theodora Cleave Designs).
This particular one is named Simple Pleasures.
They are so easy to make and have good instructions. I have changed this one by making it out of felt instead of fabric.
I am hoping to make several more as Christmas gifts and I have a few different cut outs to use in the centre.
A Little Star.
Posted on November 21, 2010 | 3 Comments
Time to get started on making a few decorations and gifts.
This little star is so simple. Two pieces of fabric cut as pentagons, sewn RST and then turned right sides out. A quick top stitch around the outside and then corners folded in and held in place with a few invisible stitches.
I need to go hunting for the designer of this pattern so I can give them credit.
I hope to make a few more.
How Now Brown Cow?
Posted on November 19, 2010 | 11 Comments
Where on earth did that saying come from?
This week’s colour for Colourful Friday is brown.
Visit Bev at Kainga Happenings to check out all the posts for this week. Hope there’s loads of chocolate!!!
I found this week hard because I had too much brown to choose from – furniture, hard wood floors, toys, fabrics ….. and that’s just inside. So here we go with a small selection.
Leesa Chandler fabric.
Teddy.
Wooden ornaments.
My Grandmother’s jewellery box.
A gorgeous box carved out of a tree branch.
A spinning wheel that has seen lots of work.
A lovely beaded bag.
I think I should just about stop.
Except for this last one!
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