Archive for the ‘embroidery’ Category
Tweet I love baskets … especially old ones. Each time I find one by the side of the road, or at the oppie, home it comes. After a good scrubbing they are usually filled with one of my many “current” projects. This means there seems to be a perpetual need for extra baskets in Bootville [...]
Tweet Oh the sun. So nourishing. And I so needed it today. Monday, when popping on my spectacles, I realised that the right side of my nose was very sore. The kind of sore your nose feels after meeting a cricket ball. Not something I’ve experienced lately … cricket balls that is. There was no [...]
Tweet Done! After a “bit brisk” start to the morning … bit brisk is how my Grandad describes cold weather – you know, frost on the grass, the temperature gauge has almost hit zero and he goes out to feed the chickens and ducks in his shorts, a short sleeved shirt, work boots and the vest [...]
Tweet if you would like to share your ~loveliness found~ moments from this week … & I would so love it if you did … please leave them in the comments or share a link to your place! ~ and still I stitch, one little red figure after another, first band finished, second started, feeling [...]
Tweet ~ very simple, very sweet and oh so very soothing ~ ~ new friendships were cherished, endings that arrived so quickly were lamented & promises were made ~ ~ an early morning prac was rewarded with a steamy, creamy bowl of coffee in the sun ~ ~ knit, knit, knit, knit, knit … & [...]
Tweet … Julian called to me “come sit by me whilst I cook” so with needlework in hand, I did. … our dinner sizzled our daughter waited our table was set … even the battered and weathered looked oh so pretty in the long, gold tipped shadows, on a hot summer’s eve.
Tweet Call me silly, but over these long summer holidays I walk into my kitchen and the busyness of the day is spread out across our table and it just looks so pretty and engaging that I get a little thrill about the loveliness of our days at home together. There’s our afternoon cup of [...]
Tweet : choosing : measuring : slicing : pinning : stitching : folding : delighting : : needle-felting : blanket-stitching : embroidering : pleasing : : ruffling : appliqueing : not-overlocking : fuming : : cursing : threading : cursing : threading : cursing : crumbling : : zigzagging : ironing : delivering : giving [...]
Tweet … to the sewing shed … :: stitching & hanging :: With the last stitches made, it’s time to hang our sweet gingerbread from some pretty piping. And then … onto the piano. Oh I do so love the blue of this blanket – it shall always remind me of the beautiful blue sky [...]
Tweet I’m not sure which task was the more worthy – yet another huge tidy up of the sewing shed, which had again become atrociously cluttered (it seems that should I not visit the sewing shed on a daily basis, everytime something needs to find a new home, it is unceremoniously dumped in there … [...]
Tweet :: we puzzled :: I’m not sure if I mentioned this last year – but last year’s advent calendar was a puzzle I made from 1 inch square blocks (bought as a long stick of one inch and chopped up with the jigsaw) and pictures from a thrifted copy of “The Little Donkey” (Bootville [...]
Tweet Well – not quite. This wee crocheted and needlefelted and appliqued Mary was stitched on Sunday afternoon. But today, I have crocheted Joseph – there’s just no pictures for show and tell. So here’s a sneak preview of Mary and her wee babe. It truly feels – looking at this picture – that she [...]