Bags now for sale

I made the small collages shown in the previous post and stitched them onto canvas shopping bags. The bags are now for sale at Annie's Emporium on St Andrew's Road in St Annes.   This lovely emporium is a wonderland for things vintage and  painted furniture. Well worth a visit as you never know what you might find!

Catching up

I have been away from "Blog land" for quite  a while, but intend putting that right!  
I have been working on some prototype canvas shopping totes and decided to share the new designs:

I came up with the small collages as  a way to experiment with my new Oekaki sewing machine.  Mounted onto the bags these make quite nice summer tote bags.  Hopefully I can find an outlet and sell some of them as there are only so many bags a girl can use!

Back again!

Well it has been a long time since my last post. Where does time go? I have been very busy with family stuff and not had much spare time over the past months. However, some creative work ha been going on, mainly to prepare for our Embroiderers Guild exhibition which tok place over the last weekend.
Photos to follow soon.

Getting ready for Christmas

The festive season seems to creep up on me every year even though I always try to be organised!  Just made a few last minute bits and pieces to give as gifts and still need more time.

Sari ribbon brooches are always popular with my friends so I try to have a few ready to give at this time of year.  

I have branched out (literally) with a tree landscape - I was quite pleased with the result

Kozo fibres used for texture  and painted onto a canvas - I love the winterlook of this

Pictures at last!

Here are a few pictures of my latest projects

A kantha stitch e-reader case

 Hand stitched and hand quilted using traditional stitch and design and mounted on a panel to make a useful e-reader cover

This next piece was made following Lola Jenkins Thread Art Class on Craftsy which gives great step by step instructions for completing coloured designs on fabric.  I was really pleased with the way this one came out and have just taken it to the framer to get it mounted up.

Summer Picnic is a piece I made last year and then forgot all about until I discovered it again in my folder when looking for something else!  When I rediscovered it I actually found I liked it more than when I first completed it (which is why I had put it away in the first place)

No pics to post

I have no pics to post today, but needed to drop in to say a few words!!!!  Been busy doing lots of new stuff - even got into bangles courtesy of Artsy Bangles from Christy Tomlinson @ Scarlet Lime.  Great class with lots of ideas and lots of new bangles - guess what everyone is getting for Christmas?

Also taking Lola Jenkins Craftsy class "Thread Art" which is great too. This has been a revelation and I can't believe I have almost finished my first piece and it is looking good so far.  Pics to follow as soon as I get organised.

So busy doing lots of catch up - I decided to take all my UFOs and do something with them.  Not sure quite what with some of them, but managed to get a couple of things finished already and I am trying to get one done every week to clear the box by at least a half. 

Took a class with RTuby Porter last week doing Kantha stitch which I really enjoyed - this was so relaxing and has got me back into doing some hand stitching.  I had forgotten how therapeutic this is......

All this and trying to make a few Christmas gifts and decorations - how do I find time to go to work too?  Not long now until I finish work and join the ranks of the retired folk!!! Then I will have lots more stitching time.

Where did the summer go???

Well so much for me trying to keep up with posting on the blog this summer!!! I have ended up taking almost three months off - and really what did happen to summer?

We were fortunate enough to get not too many showers during our holiday in Wales, but it really has not been a good one.

Not had much time for making and certainly not finished all those items from the unfinished box!

Maybe when the schools go back in next week I will get down and get something done.

I did manage to make a few bags - the yellow and green one above I made from the leftover scraps from the Craftsy Stitch and Slash course. I did enjoy doing that course and would recommend it to everyone along with Stupendous Stitching. (Maybe I have been busy after all)

I also managed to knit and felt my first handbag and I am really pleased with the result. many thanks to Bev at Knitting 4 Fun who is the font of all wisdom when it comes to felted bags!!

I can certainly see me doing more of these in the winter!

Really fast to knit and quite a surprise when it comes out of the washing machine looking and feeling totally different to when it went in!!!