A little play

Cuteness emerging

Ooh loved adding the beads - all sorts of possibilities now

Booties

First boogie starting to take shape now after around 3 hours of crochet!

Trying to source materials for booties

Well I finally tracked down the pattern for these little beauties but require crochet cotton 10, minute steel crochet hooks and 5mm beads - the hunt is on....

How cute are these?

Feeling inspired

This clay has opened up a whole new sphere of possibilities - brooches , pendants, buttons for garments, quilts, bespoke poppies for Remembrance Sunday .... Any thoughts???

Watch the birdie

Snail trail

Butterfly button

Buttons!

I have been admiring a wall hanging quilt by Lynette Anderson from her book Country Cottage quilting called Garden Scenes Quilt . She uses some hand painted buttons to embellish the design - I haven't been able to find any in the web so having been inspired I decided to design my own quilt with a garden theme and have a go at making my own buttons from Fimo Soft clay. Now I've never made a quilt from start to finish before and have never used Fimo but here goes ....

Work in progress - next tea cosy underway

Stripes tea Cosy

I made my sister this knitted teacosy for her birthday, she loves it and I  and have received a commission for
another in slightly different colours

We Three Ships

We Three Ships

I recently joined Shropshire Quilters http://www.shropshirequilters.org/ and am really enjoying their monthly talks, The work some of the members do is really inspirational. If you are keen on learning how to quilt I would strongly recommend joining a local group. they often run workshop which helps to learn new techniques.
A coupe of months ago I went to a workshop on stained glass window quilting and am working on
We Three Ships - here's a picture of it so far,

More hexys

Hexagons

Hexagons - venturing into patchwork quilting

I am working on a hand sewn quilt - English paper piecing hexagons. I learned how to do this from a tutorial on You Tube - I've been working on it since the summer but am making steady progress. Find the tutorial here - 

http://youtu.be/0gePOfMiIxQ

Starting to get this

I am just beginning to work this blog business out. I have decided to try to make a few things for a craft stall for Christmas time and so I will record my efforts here and the success ( or failure of my new venture). I hope you might enjoy the journey with me. I don't think of myself as anyone unusually gifted, am not arty' can't draw for toffee but I can knit, crochet and sew a bit so if I can do it anyone can! Wish me luck

More felty inspiration

Boxoftrix By Hand: Romantic Hearts ~ Pendants

Boxoftrix By Hand: Romantic Hearts ~ Pendants: From the 'Romantic Hearts' collection. 1. Moss & Pearl Moss and cream silk pendant. This primitive shaped heart feature...
What a beautiful and inspirational site, I love it.