I am Lily - stitcher and part time bookseller. Mother to my gorgeous girl, Abigail and wife to Julian. I make time each day to let my imagination potter and add quirky prettiness and handmade comfort to our home and lives. You can email me at lily(at)blockaday(dot)com
:: a christmas pudding recipe ::
A Christmas Pudding … stitched in wool
1. cut your pieces out of precious Diane wool and natural coloured osnaberg.
2. back the osnaberg with some pellon and do some nice wibbly machine quilting - taking care at the edges … there’s not a lot of structural integrity happening here!
3. pin your woollen pieces to the osnaberg, adding embroidery and beads as you go.
4. And after a few wee hours of immensely pleasurable stitching, your pudding is complete!
… truly she is! I just forgot to take a photo of her all ready to “serve” before I wrapped her up and sent her off. Good thing her twin sister is all cut out and waiting :-)
18 December, 2008 at 12:00 pm
She’s is absolutely darling and I LOVE the button shoes!
18 December, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Lily, she is SOOOooooo sweet–not just that she’s a delicious dish. How adorable. You are so talented what with all of your ideas and abilities. :-) The sweetest details. So, what did she become???
18 December, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Lily, those are too cute!
18 December, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Oh my goodness! The sweetness that you create! She is lucious. I love her button hat and button shoes.
18 December, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Amazing how you can take a sketch and make it into that. Very creative talent.
18 December, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Wow! Once again! The button shoes are great! I am so happy to look at your pudding! I´ve made a doll quilt, doll bed sheets, cushions and clothes today. Maybe home gnome help me with cleaning the house! LOL!
18 December, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Just lovely!
Can you share where you find your tiny buttons? I have been able to find black, white, pearl, and primary colors at Joann’s but not packs of lovely pinks or other alternate vivid colors. Thanks!
18 December, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Just as cute as a “button”. I’m a button freek and thinks CP is just adorable. is she on a stocking?
18 December, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Oh my goodness, you are amazing!
18 December, 2008 at 10:18 pm
She is just adorable. I am about to go up to the shops and get ingredients for our Christmas pudding :) Now I want to make a pudding fairy while I wait for it to cook.
18 December, 2008 at 11:44 pm
No way! You didn’t!! This is just the cutest Christmas thing ever!!! Lily, you are absolutely amazing!!!!
19 December, 2008 at 2:57 am
She is gorgeous Lily! How did you make that texture - is it by stippling on the material - I can’t even see the stitch marks ….
19 December, 2008 at 4:40 am
She is just darling…so cute, I especially love her button shoes. You have a gift!
21 December, 2008 at 4:38 am
As usual, I am in total awe at your creativity! Lady, when of when are we going to start seeing some of your creations in Australian quilt magazines? Your things are absolutely as wonderful as what we see now. I know writing the directions and pattern can be a pain - but we would all be so much in your debt. Please consider submitting your designs, OK?
22 December, 2008 at 3:27 pm
So plum perfect! Merry Christmas!