.. made 2 more cushion covers towards the Christmas pile ...
it is growing nicely .. if a bit precariously xx lol x
...AND the sorting of the craft room ... stalled again! HOWEVER this time when I opened the bag I DID remember the project xx I was going to make a little bag as a Christmas present .... LAST YEAR!! SO... I set too and a bag has been made..
...it will do for this year xx AND there were 2 little presents in the project bag ready to go into the bag when made xx WIN .. WIN xx
The Postman called this morning and brought me the pattern and fabric for the August Brit Bee swap block ..
this one will be done a LOT quicker than the last one !! lol x
Remember the stripy jumper? well, as predicted Sally loved it .. so I found a ball ...
and a co-ordinating ball..
which resulted in a LOT LESS ends to sew in ..
....and a jumper was made x NOW as a good patch worker/knitter would I am collecting ALL the bits and making another one ..
... just the second sleeve to finish ....and yes ... there will be LOTS of ends to sew in as there are MANY bits of wool being used up xx BUT there will be a tiny teeny space in the craft room xx lol x.... by the way the sun came out for half an hour so I took advantage of it and got some pictures that are pretty good .. colourwise x
Diane x
..... been to the same hairdresser for 15 years .. they are always have fund raising events going on and mum always joins in . In the whole of that time she has NEVER won a thing!!... until last week ... and she shared her winnings with me xx OH YES!!
She said I was to use it for some thing special .. and I decided on a candle .. after years and YEARS of working around smells I NEVER wanted to take home I really enjoy standing in a shop that smells lovely xx
THIS...
is the one I chose .. a lady next to me was smelling them and asked me what I thought of one I had not sniffed before ... and you know it sort of jumped into my basket!!! NOW.. how did that happen ! lol .....
I had some of the neon wool left and so teamed it up with orange .. I followed the koala pattern and .... mmm .. I knew it reminded me of someone/thing but could not pin down the memory...when I showed it to Sally she recognised it as a character from Deep Space Nine who is a Feregii !! SO I seem to be making aliens now!! lol ... what do YOU think?...
Diane xx
...... of the sewing room is going slowly.. because I keep getting DISTRACTED!!! I find things and have a little dream about how to use them ... or I find "stuff" and have to sort that as well xx lol x Good job I am not in a hurry x
An example of this is ... I found a bag with 2 charm square packs and some backing fabric .. NOW I have no idea where they came from! They are not the sort of thing I would buy .. and if I did for some reason .. that reason and the buying have completely flown away!! I am wondering if I was given them?.. who knows!!
ANYWAY ... I decided to make them into a simple cot quilt ... there are always requests for them .. so now I am ahead of the game ....
I just need to sew in some ends and the binding down .. and Im good to go x AND YES that is a shadow!! The rain visited this am .. but now the sun has decided to come and pay us a visit xx
Talking of sewing ends in...! Sally wanted a jumper for baby with STRIPES ... I had forgotten what it is like to sew ALL those ends in....
never mind xx I like the pattern so will probably do it again ... the stripes mmm... will let you know xx This is the 6-12 months size so maybe if the stripes were wider....... well I made a hat and it was A BIT less traumatic ....
Have a good weekend
Diane x
.........trying to sort out my craft room ... I KNOW there is a floor in there SOMEWHERE!!!! .... AND I need to use up SOME of the mountain of fabric that is threatening to take over!!
I have many piles of blocks from some of the (many !!) swaps that I have been in ..... you may remember that I swapped some swoon blocks last year .. mine were in Christmas fabric.... and I thought a good use would be to make cushions that can be used as Christmas presents.......
I still have MANY blocks left ... I just need to get some more cushion inserts xx
I have made another baby cardigan..
NOTE... it has buttons AND button holes xx lol x and a new toy..
the pattern was for a giant panda .. but I mixed it up a bit .... as usual xx The wool is the neon again .. but this time there was A LOT of pink in it... so I toned it down with some yellow xx
Diane x
.... the sun was shining ..... SO .... I went and got the parents and off to North Wales we went xx
NOW as you know I really HAVE TO get some buttons for my Aran jacket ..
well I found a few!! I KNOW they are different sizes .. and colours BUT..
I managed to find some that fit x (the top picture is much closer to the correct colour)
.....AND Christmas is coming and I need some fabric for the backing on a project I have in mind..
......AND if I am going to get some Christmas knitting projects done I need to start NOW..
....AND when the shade is called LIPSTICK .. it MUST have my name on it somewhere!..
...it would have been criminal to leave it behind xx
The weather was beautiful .. so we sat outside for dinner ..
overlooking one of the MANY craft supply areas ...
.. can you see that lovely blue sky ? I LOVE Abakhan (www.abakhan.co.uk ) .... and there is some money left in my purse xx AH! When can we go back again xx lol x
Diane x
.. involved some sitting waiting for my parents at various Dr and Hospital appointments ... and these little mice..
were a good way to spend the time .. mind you when you drop your beads in the car it is not much fun!! lol x
The weather has been a bit up and down with HEAT .....and then ...
so.... the Aran jacket has been finished..
..... OK ..... it doesn't have any buttons yet .. but its a good excuse to SHOP lol x .....it is not easy to get a good picture of the colour ... but this is close..
It will be great for in the car when the weather gets colder x
I got my Christmas swap block ..
and a lovely card and mug mat ... it is already in use beside my machine xx
Hope you have a good weekend x
Diane xx
... I had to pull on my armour and big girl knickers and tackle ... THE CIRCLES BLOCK... I had some extra motivation because....
...On Friday.... when I was stood in the queue at the butchers counter in the Market ...a ball of wool on the stall across the isle kept shouting my name !! The deal I made with myself was ....that... I could NOT make anything with the wool until I had defeated the monster.... and made that block!!!!
SO... first came the practice block..
....to iron out the mistakes and find my way into the block ...THEN ...
the block got made ...
Was it difficult... not really
was it fun... not really
would I make it again... what do you think!!
Its done ... and will be in the post tomorrow .. and DONE!!!! thank goodness x
SO ... off to make something with my ball of wool..
I LOVE IT XX.... and she said she will be getting other colours in stock .. I will just have to call back and see what she gets xx
Dine x
