Birthdays...

I am going to have to back track a little,

First to Lisa's Birthday ( which was in June )

This is the gift I made...

It is a paper craft,

Papier Mache letters covered in book pages and paper flowers for embellishment.

and

this is the card I made...

I have actually made a heap of these ready for upcoming birthdays. 

July is my birthday...

This is the gift display I woke up to

Very gorgeous.

And a yummy cake.

This sweet little stitchery / applique was a gift from Kate

I suggested that I would be happy with just the stitchery and then I could make it up into something - I like the making more than the stitching mostly.

So Kate went with that and so did Lisa...

I have often admired the stitchery in this book, but knew I would never do it so I dropped a big hint and Lisa took it up.

Lisa completed the stitchery and I have made it into the cushion.

Looks Fab.

I am very pleased with this.

I decided since it turned out so well,

 I will do a cushion with the one Kate did too.

This was a gift from Sharon, a beautiful bag that I think was a project from Inspired Stitches 2011 in Adelaide.

I do love the colours.

Tiff has made me some doilies...

And Wendy made me a Tissue Box cover...

I have told the girls that I intend to change the colour scheme in the bedroom to yellow, grey, black and white so now I have some lovely things for the 'new room' - I just have to do the hard stuff, paint the walls and things.

Tea Time

July...

I have been having Internet connectivity issues...

My fingers are crossed that is all behind me now!

I started making this wall hanging a couple of years ago with Penny.

I helped Penny finish hers and then mine just kept getting relegated to the bottom of the pile...

But ta da - done!

Teahouse Wall Hanging

This is based on a design by Alysse Hennessey

in the book Pretty Little Mini Quilts.

DS Cushion

Back to Cushions...

After finishing off the Caravan Cushion I was a bit inspired to make another cushion and I remembered that I had a little DS Quilts Kit  stashed away for a rainy day type thing somewhere, so I dug it out and whipped it up.



I vaguely followed the pattern... sort of.

Mine is a bit larger than the pattern and I included some grey fabric for the back and binding, so the original cushion insert I had was no longer big enough sooo...

I made this one too.

Patchy Pillow

The scrappy half is raw edge quilt as you go applique and then I have joined it to the green lattice type fabric which I also quilted. It has an envelope back and I have used a french style seam to the outside to enclose the raw edges.

Diamond Jubilee Celebrations

Earlier this month a got a bit excited about all the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations

and decided to join in the fun.

I made some little button wristbands with diamante crowns on them...

I enjoyed making these, so I made lots and gave one to Kate, Lisa, Sharon, Tiff and Wendy - so I wouldn't be alone in my celebrating...

Diamond Jubilee Silhouette Phone Pouch

I do so love the little silhouette stamp!

I think I might do some more of these for my market stall.

Union Jack Skirt

It is a little bit hard to see, since it is black on black but I have used twill tape, pleating and stitching detail to make the Union Jack and one of the little diamante Crown buttons in the centre.

It is only on the front right side of the skirt.

I am really happy with how this worked out.

Having Fun!

And of course the outfit wouldn't be complete without a crown...

I viewed two similar tutorials online and picked the best of both to make my own.

joyfolieblog and tatertotsandjello

Tea anyone?

Wendy's Birthday Gifts

Wendy requested a Hot Iron Travel Pouch for her birthday,

here is what I made for her.

This is it opened. You slide your iron in the pocket and leave the cord out.

You can wrap it around the centre (I have re-enforced the seam here) or just sort of scrunch it up and fold it closed - whatever the case the cord is separate from the irons and I have used insulated batting so it should be safe enough to pack away warm.

I had this made with time to spare...

Sooo

 I made this little union jack pouch.

This piece of fabric came with a magazine.

I think it was a Crafts Beautiful... maybe.

and

I also used the buttons that came with the last Mollie Makes magazine.

Caravan Cushion

Caravan Cushion



This has been about a year in the making - well the stitchery part anyway, the actual pillow came together pretty quickly.

I am quite pleased this is finished.

This is a nice simple pre-printed design by Kristen Doran.

It is also one of the patterns we received in the goodie bag at the 2011 Daylesford Retreat.

Vintage Pretties



How excited I was when I saw this little bit of loveliness

on the rummage table out the back at St. Vinnie's.

It is a little planter vase thingy, I'm sure it will be very useful...

I also found this little basket too.

I made a little tray liner for it, and then this little blackbird flew in and started nesting here.

Doiley Necklaces

I once saw a tutorial here at Love Maegan

I tried using chain , but I didn't think much of that so I have used lycra strapping instead.

I also kept the doily whole and used eyelets where I threaded the lycra through to help stabilize it where the point of weakness is.