Saturday, March 29, 2014

Saturday craft!

Hi everyone,

Had a fun crafty afternoon!

I've started to also do some stitchery!

I found this pattern by rosalie quinlan which is done in all red Cosmo cotton. This will be a present for my mum!



I've also started a new lap quilt for my cousin! All blocks completed tonight! I brought this quilt kit from craftsy.



All 56 blocks completed. Now I just need to sew this together with white sashing in between! I have also decided to add in my own border to make it bigger than the kit!


Below pics of how the stitchery shall look completed & the quilt kit!



Mel





Saturday, February 22, 2014

Stitchery book

Hi every one,

Decided tonight to complete my stitchery book to place my hand embroidery in!

I got this pattern from a new book titled 'Stitch Zakka'.

The embroidery pattern on the front was pretty simple & only took me 2 hours. It then took me another 2 hours to put it together!

Printed Fabric for the inside was from Sarah Fielke & some plain linen for the outside!

See pics below:

Book:


Outside


Inside


All tied up!

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Baby playmat

Hi every one,

I found this cute pattern on line to make a baby playmat for a friend at work.

It roughly took me a few hours to make & was very simple!

Website for pattern: http://gluesticksblog.com/2012/03/travel-change-play-mat-with-hidden-storage.html

Pic of fabric chosen:


Pics of process:






Pics of finished mat with binding completed:

Back


Front:

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Birds - baby mobile

Hello,

It has been a while since I have posted anything on my blog!

I had not done any projects for quite a while but made a few blocks from my Tula Pink sampler book.

This weekend I decided to make a baby mobile for a girl at work who's having a baby.

This project was easy. I purchased the fabric yesterday and put it together pretty quickly!

I decided to sew the birds on some thick string & add some bells!

I found the pattern on: http://www.lavendersbluedesigns.com/diy-fabric-bird-tutorial-free-printable/

A pic of the birds:



A pic of the finished product!

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Quilt completed!

Hi everyone,
Finally completed my third quilt!

Took me a few weeks to complete the binding.

Fabric used was Amy butler gypsy caravan!







Sunday, August 4, 2013

Tula Pink sampler quilt

Hi everyone,

I recently purchased a fun book to quilt with. Tula Pinks city sampler '100 modern quilt blocks'.



Today I managed to do blocks 1 & 2 in two hours. Very easy for a novice like myself!


Block 1


Block 2.

Last weekend I finally put my quilt together & quilted it. Now I just need to make binding & finish it off.


This quilt was made using Amy Butlers gypsy caravan fabric.


Ready to bind & complete!

Happy sewing ;-)

Mel

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Sewing kit

Hi everyone,
Today I thought I'd make a present for my mother in law who is visiting this wk!

It roughly took me around 3 hours to make!

See pics below!