www...4? I think!

Busy tidying, not my usual pastime I must say. Well it's more of de-stash time...it has come to a head. Stepping over things just to get into my room, then there's the clearing the table before I can start to do any work. Driving me nuts!

 So here are a couple of photos of my start. Sadly there seems to be more notes of 'keep' on these magazines than there is 'out'.

I just had to stitch the other day, withdrawal symptoms kicking in. I had some room at my little table-top ironing board (Ikea x) and my sewing machine so I made myself a background piece of cloth. Just my usual style, nothing too complicated you understand. Strips of fabric machined down onto a felt background with some further details on top.

 Unusual for me but I decided to do some hand stitching as well as my usual free machining (free motion embroidery).  The above photos shows the pink felt base fabric and the stitching on the reverse.

Above are some shots of the work so far and as I have done some of the hand stitching today I've included them in the 'Wednesday work' post.

The flowers, I have daisies on my mind at the moment so I think that's where they came from. The work is so much more colourful than in my last post. Maybe it's a reaction to all the neutral work I've been doing lately.

I do love a bit of colour. :o)

I hope to have more to report about the clear-up by next Wednesday.

Bye for now

x

2009 stuff...

This is a little bit of fabric making similar idea to the fabric I made for the Valentine's hearts. In fact that is what I'm going to make with this piece of fabric. More hearts, surprise, surprise. ....

I really must come up with another shape soon...

I tend to take lots of photos then only post a few. Thought that I'd put more up this time. (oops, it's taking longer thatn I thought, I'll post the rest soon!)

Mind you they are starting to look pretty similar! It's probably not worth putting masses of the same.

Think that three of this is more than enough!

This one is a little picture, landscape, standin' stanes, that kind of thing. Just made up out of my head. It is a combination of free machine embroidery and embellished marino fibres.

Think it's nearly finished now.
This was it earlier much earlier... in fact I started it last year!

I've got some pictures of fabric I've printed but think I'll keep them for the next post.

That's it then, for now,

Byeee!

:o)

just noticed that this is post 60...

...then I forgot what I was doing and published the heading on its own. Obviously lost the plot! Anyway here I am with what I'd intended to show in the first place.
Some more pieces of fabric making for some Christmas hearts (surprise surprise!)

...just some more of the usual, bonding , foiling, couching and free machine embroidery. Nothing new then!!

some pieces of fancy yarns and sheers...

... then of course, the extreme close up!! Maybe should have turned the picture round!

... you can see a bit of the indented shapes made by the free machining on this one. I mainly scribble with the needle when working on my machine. I don't set out with a particular pattern in mind, it just evolves. Sometimes it is influenced by what I've added to it and I allow it to grow from there.

Oh! Yes, here are a few of this years angels, pretty similar to last years I have to say.

That's it then, here's to the next 60!!! :o)

Byeee!!!!

:o)

Hi :o) !

I really should be doing some work but thought I'd take a little time out to post a few more photos. This is my next batch of little heart brooches destined for Funky Scottish. We've gone on to winter hours for those that may be in the Pittenweem area, Thurs, Frid, Sat 11am to 4pm. Anyway, I'm still working up to putting something in my etsy shop as well, maybe soon and maybe these!!They are all worked in the same way, make a large piece of fabric by bonding and machine couching fancy yarns in place and cutting them out. That's the fun bit trying to fit as many as possible out of the piece!

Then they need a machine satin stitch edge and a brooch back to finish them off.

I really enjoy making them, they're great fun! :o)

The bigger the heap the better! I've done a batch in a different colour way but as they are still WIP I've not taken any photos of them. I'll get to them soon, I hope!!

Then in amongst all this busy, busy I take time out which I really shouldn't and end up doing a crazy play!! The photo above and below show the result.

Mmmm...Why?... Well, just because...Don't you have "just because" moments?!!

Anyway, that's all for now, see you on flickr!!

Byee :o)

x

Quilt Fair...

went to the Edinburgh Quilt Fair on Friday saw lots of lovely quilts. As usual I spent far too much on fabric and books. Not that I really needed the fabric or the books.... No I did need the books!!

The Painted Quilt by Linda & Laura Kemshall (ISBN-10:0-7153-2449-7) an absolute must!!

Sew Pretty Homestyle ( ISBN-10:0-7153-2749-6) a Tilda book seriously yummy eye candy.

I would have posted a picture of the front cover but I'm not sure about copyright.
Did you know that there was a Tilda Addict blog?

I'm thinking, maybe I need a craft blog as well...I love to do so many varied things. A bit of a drawback sometime.

Found some images of a piece of fabric making I'd done a wee while ago. Thought I'd share it with you...

Some of the highlight machining on the brown flowers have gone a bit wonky...

Bye for now.