More pinafores......

Three more dresses for the little lady!

 

 

 

Merry Christmas....

Wishing all my readers a very Merry Christmas

I have lots of making planned for next year so stay tuned!

 

 

I made this wreath with my lovely friend Lynne Gilbert ....here is her blog

Owl pinafore dress

 

Another pinafore in a wool fabric lined with gingham. This one has an Owl applique.

 

 

Elephant pinafore dress

Here is one of a series of dresses made for Ava.

The fabric in this one belonged to a dear friend and has sentimental value.

 

 

 

Ava is rocking the look!

Sleeping bags

 

 

I have been doing a lot more sewing recently and there is always something to make for the little ones. Here are two sleeping bags which were line with fleece fabric.

 

 

A hare raising day ....

 

 

The result of a fab workshop

 

from this.......

 

                                                                     to this......

                                                            and finally......tah dah!

Crochet Jars

 

 

 

 

Trying out some new jar covers.....

 

Look at the map....

A simple card with some printed paper and die cuts

 

 

Calico Bag

 

 

 

Made this pretty decorated bag at Craft Club with a painted background and some stencilling.

I think I will be making more of these........

 

 

Gelli prints and Butterflies

 

Some Gelli print circles enhanced with stamping and butterfly decorations

 

 

A little crochet coat

I made this cute coat for my Granddaughter, love the frills and the heart patch

 

 

Napkin collage

 

Two cards with a collaged background

 

 

In the frame .....

Scraping paint across the page with a credit card created these interesting backgrounds

 

Take note!

 

Two different looks from the same paper

 

Chic Cards

 

 

Two cards with a French flavour

 

Coiled Pots

Made this pot using recycled fabric (a skirt) wrapped over rope

 

 

Happy Anniversary

A simple quick card with a sprayed background, die cut and some stamping.

Crow

Making a crow to become part of a fancy dress outfit. The body and wings were free machined adding lace and ribbon for texture. Feathers were attached to the wing section.

Crochet dress!

Well this crochet I made for myself, it started out as a top for work but grew when I blocked it. So it now reaches my knees and I am waiting for winter to wear it with boots!

pattern from The Crochet Crowd

Sewing Bee

Inspired by the Sewing Bee I decided to make myself some floaty summer tops. I drew around a favourite top to make a pattern (another first for me) and ended up making three. They have all been much admired....crikey!

Last one

Something slightly different here. Hand drawn, free machined seed heads and leaves with bird appliqué. Next time I would use a heavier stabiliser as the machining distorts the fabric.

Pink for a girl, blue for a boy

Not long before Butterflies appeared...

A lampshade in shades of blue and shades of pink. 

Another lampshade..

This lampshade is similar to a design I did on a workshop with Mandy Pattullo. So here are my scrappy little Hares , perfect for a nursery.

Lampshade

Inspired by a television programme featuring Marna Lunt teaching lampshade making I had a go at my own. I bought lampshades in charity shops and drew patterns for then. I them worked on my fabric collages from my fabric stash. Finishing off with hand and machine embroidery. The finished collages were hand stitched to the existing lampshade. Hard on your fingers!!