embroidery
:: a christmas pudding recipe ::
Thursday, December 18th, 2008A 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, [...]
another birthday treat …
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Months and months and months ago, I was playing around with making soft kokeshi dolls. The first one was okay, the second one was a little bit strange, and the third one has been languishing in the cut out stage since February.
Abigail, in lovely daughter style, thinks any stuffed toy I make is worthy of [...]
mary e’s christmas coins
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008This was going to be all about bunting - for Tine! - but you know how it goes. I was hunting around in my drawers for a particular piece of old blue with holly maison noel and after a bit of cursing, not only found it, but found a Mary Engelbreit Christmas charm pack my [...]
tic tac toe - penny style!
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Well this morning was a bit yuck here in the tumbledown house - not helped by the fact that we are moving in two weeks, so there’s a huge, HUGE amount of stuff to do - and none of it’s fun! So I decided that rather than tackle the 10 feet long to-do list and [...]
baby bees and penny showers
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Just when you thought I had taken ENOUGH photos of the baby penny rugs, there’s more! Sorry ;-) I just love the timid white wool and the gentle, pretty colours! The back of the quilts look like softly folding meringue …
And besides, I had to let you know, they were both ready to go, 4 [...]