Cushions - done!

Finally the cushions that have been mocking me are done!

look - All posh and they have nice ties to keep the padded bit in!
 quite proud of them!

Procrastinate (said in a dalek style)

Well, as the title suggests i have been doing the following

The cushions are mocking me! They sit there, i sit there and they glare at me, if they had tongues they'd be sticking them out at me and saying narny narny nar nar!

I did cut out some backs last night so a teeny tiny amount of progress has been made! (but not much!)

On a totally different note, i was reading a thread on the old face book earlier this week about disappearing ink pens - you know the ones, you write on the fabric and it either disappears with time, washes off or is heat killed.

I popped into the stationary shop, bought some and have tested it!
 Here it is with scribble on - (a 100% cotton for IKEA) - it may not look it but i did do a good dark scribble with those circles, and went over the star several times.

Its a pental frixtion pen (Amazon link)
and here it is after i ran an iron over it (a reasonably hot one, i couldn't be bothered to test at different temps)

Good eh! No idea what I'll use them for yet but they did have a 3 for 2 offer on so i got loads (think giveaway soon!)
TTFN!

wibbly sewing

Hi,
 Do you have snow? We do. well........ a tiny big. nothing impressive or good enough to keep the children off school and thus me at home (and sat sewing!).

Over the weekend i achieved very little - indeed on Saturday evening i managed to make a coffee!
 i did on Friday do some wibbly sewing. its not supposed to be wibbly but i did it so it is.

Do you remember this from last week? 
 well i made more

 

 One more log cabin style and 2 in what is apparently called court house steps. they are not square, they are 'wibbly'. I'm still quite pleased with them though!

Doors

Hi all,
 get me 4 posts in 4 days. Don't expect this normally, I'm just making up for having been rubbish over the holidays.
 To day is not a fabricy post (well i may add some at the end) but about doors. 
Not a real door (at least i don't think it is).
 I've been meaning to take a picture of this for quite a while as i love it.

Fairy's or pixies - the children are not sure!

OK, to keep you happy here is fabric. A cushion top - question is do i do the second one exactly the same. Do i do it the same but have the fabrics in a different order, or do i (using the same fabrics) try a different pattern? I would appreciate you thoughts!

(please excuse my carpet, it needs a hoover, but then when doesn't it!)

News article

What ho,
 I found this in the Metro yesterday

Its an exhibition of quilts - showing how they have changed from practical things to an art form.
Its at lemington spa gallery and museum until jan13th - visit www.warwick.gov.uk for opening times and that.

It made a nice change to read something nice in the paper!

I have got started on my 1st project of the year - a Christmas gift for my sister-in-law. OK its late but as my brother was working away this Christmas we are having a belated Christmas with them in early Feb!

It has meant I've found yet another use for my dissection scalpel!

TTFN!

Resolved to sew 2013

I had a look back at my sewing resolutions from last year as a prompt to any i make for this year, 

again i ask myself where do i want to go with it, do i stay with the familiar or try something new? 

Last year i said I'd

• Create at least one item every week (unless there is a major crisis or i get to go on holiday, the chance of which would be a fine thing!) -

 mostly achieved - i think i will keep this resolution for this year too.

• As i love making small dresses, i will make some and put them up for sale, i will not worry that they are not good enough, they seem to resist destruction by tiny!

 I made some frocks but haven't sold many (mostly union jack ones). I shall persevere with this one, i have too much fabric not too!
 

•  I will attempt to do a couple of more craft fairs this year, not just at Christmas (this will give me some serious bum shifting motivation!)

 ok, this one was abit of a fail, i did do 3 craft fairs but they were all at christmas. i am thinking about doing the cov transport museum on at easter though!
 

I could say that i will use up my fabric stash and not get anything else till its used, but i always find i need something to help finish off so 

• i will do my best to not buy excessive amounts 

 OK, i'll admit it - total fail on this one! i could try again but i just like fabric, ALOT!
 

and, on a trying something new theme

• i will attempt to create a pattern for a dress for tiny using newspaper like my mum used to do 

 This was a fail too, i did give a couple of how too's though. Prehaps i'll start with something smaller than a frock!

And so, pretty much like last year  you can look forward to seeing what i make every week, Point and laugh as i get in a total mess, see just mow much mess i can create and you never know you may get a tutorial!

Fingers crossed!

A somewhat belated Happy new year!

What ho,
 its my first day back at work and my first day back at the big computer. I still can't believe christmas as been and gone! think i'm somewhere in mid december still!
 I did very very little over the holiday, i had the lurgy and i'm still pooped!
So here for your amusement is a selection of pictures from my break!

look what my children used as a fairy!

pretty xmas dec i got in a swap

yum!

Big Blaze mascot!

home made donkey ears

i make a Shepard don't i!

Donkey tail

Tiny in her Christmas dress

bun net tiny got for Christmas - crocheted by mums friend :)

Well i think that covers it!