30 Day’s of creativity…

Posted on May 31, 2012 | 2 Comments

Table top quiltTomorrow sees the start of this fab global social initiative. I learned about this last year but alas I heard about it to late. This year I am in! Thank you Erasercarver for reminding me. Today I had a little warm up practice. I made a little Tabletop quilt for the new Table The Master made. I didn’t want it to big so as not to cover to much of the glorious Wood, just enough to give a little protection from hot pots and such.
From now until tonight I shall do a little planning ahead for 30DOC. Tomorrow, being Friday I plan to take it easy. Friday’s aren’t to good for me so I am doing something simple but something I don’t normally do on a Friday !!! I shall Blog about my 30DOC on a regular basis.
Why not join in yourself? It isn’t difficult or taxing. All you need to do is pledge to do something creative every day for 30 Day’s. You never know you might even enjoy it:)

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Another self service annoucement

Posted on May 29, 2012 | 4 Comments

Vintage Style PillowLast night, after a successful pillow creation for my shop I felt somewhat deflated. Does that ever happen to you? You create something, it turns out brilliant, everyone loves it and when your done you feel kind of lost? Well, I felt like that and I thought that it was high time to make something, anything just for me again. I have a list for ‘makes for me’ longer than I can describe! And Blog-hoping and Pinterest surfing does not help to shorten this list!! So last night I decided to have a go at taken something of my list.

I spend a lot of Time online and the combination of my wrist on the  table edge isn’t a good one! Time for some self service….a wrist rest.

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Filled with Rice and Lavender it sure feels nice and comfortable on the wrist. After I finished that I still didn’t feel satisfied and still felt the need to be creative. Another self service was called for! A quick mooch round Pinterest reminded me of something else I been meaning to make…. An Sewing Machine Pin Cushion! I have various free standing ones already. I keep moving them and when I want one it is never to hand. Hopefully this will take care of that.Sewing Machine PincushionNow I won’t be able to move Pincushion and loose it!

Self service is important, so don’t forget to make something for yourself once in a while.

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How does your Garden grow now then?

Posted on May 28, 2012 | 4 Comments

In this Post from May 2nd I showed you pictures of some of the things I have planted. Well this post shows you the progress…

I do very much hope I will be able to harvest some of the Veg I am trying to grow. The foliage on the Potatoes is exceptional, I was told but you don’t eat the foliage do you!!?? And hopefully the Birds will keep of the Strawb’s . We have tried feeding the Birds in Winter but they won’t come down into the yard as it is to enclosed I think. I am hoping that this will keep the Fruit safe!!! I wasn’t going to grow any Tomatoes this Year but his Parents kindly gave us two Pots again so I couldn’t really say no. Plus last year I made the most amazing Green Tomato chutney. I was slightly worried about the Beans. They looked as if they wouldn’t make it once they left the kitchen window sill but they are doing fine.  Those are Yellow Salad Beans, and no I did not buy them of Ebay! I got mine for free from my SIL.
So all in all I am hoping for a good crop, a little bit of everything would be real nice and would give me a boost to try some more things next year.

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There she blows…..

Posted on May 21, 2012 | 6 Comments

Actually more like “there it stands’!! My new Table is in situ and it is GORGEOUS!!! So gorgeous I had to take two photos.


He can be justly proud of it. Still on his list of creations…..CoffeeTable for the Lounge, a Weaving Loom and a Sewing thread holder also for me.

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I am not alone…

Posted on May 20, 2012 | 1 Comment

I want to thank all the people that comment and like my Posts, it makes writing this Blog so much easier. And it is nice to know Folks come to ‘visit’.

As a crafter it can be a lonely time. Cooped up in your own little world doing your own thing. One can often become a bit blinkered and something of a recluse. I am lucky that I live with a very handy Guy. So some of what I am trying to achieve  is not totally being questioned and wondered about. My Man is a marvel and he loves working with Wood (And is darn good at that!!!)

For over 2 years now this House is being remodeled to what we want it to be. We have finished the Loft Conversion and have now moved onto the next Floor down. One of the things rescued out of the loft was one HUGE Beam. This Beam is over 100 Years old. And my lovely man is using it to build something I have always wanted…a Farmhouse style Table!
You can view some before and after Pictures of the Loft conversion here.

So you see I am not alone:)

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Starstruck!!!

Posted on May 17, 2012 | 3 Comments
Free style embroidered Cushion. Two Cats with a Gingham Heart

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I am well and truly Starstruck!!! Not with some Hollywood hotshot or anything like that but with ordinary 2 humans, called Poppy Treffry and Tobyboo Aka Tina Crawford.
I have been aware of PT for a few years now, ever since I clapped Eyes on one of her Tea Cosies. I love them, the cuteness the quirkiness the whole colorful casual put-together-ness (fully aware of how much work goes into making something look so casual).
Tobyboo I became aware of only a few Month ago. I saw a snippet in one of my Craft Magazines and I just was in awe!! I mean awesome awe, awe with a capital A. I can do quiet a number of things/tricks with my sewing Machine but what these 2 Lady’s create???…..WOZER.!!!!
But my admiration isn’t just about what they create but also what they have achieved and how they keep going.
PT still uses the same techniques she did when she started and her designs are instantly recognizable. The same goes for Tobyboo. And I am feeling inspired by both of them…..

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Waste not want not

Posted on May 14, 2012 | Leave a comment

It won’t come as a surprise to many that know me, that I love making Cushion’s.  I make cushion’s all the time. They are like a Canvas to me. I don’t work from a set design, ever. I never start a Cushion by thinking “Today I make one in this colour/shape or Pattern”. I trawl the Internet for fabric and see what catches my eye. I do the same in charity shops and even in my home. I have no Idea of what any given cushion will look like until I see it’s ‘Ingredient’….somewhere, new or old.  I have just recently uploaded some recycled Cushion’s to my Folksy Shop (see Menu for link) the red and the blue Ticking one where once Tote Bags.
Or the last photo in the Gallery below. The fabric was sourced from a Charity Shop, old fashioned I grant you but I fell in love, combined with some ribbon and lace and white linen….Granny Chic at it’s best.
Today I came across a set of Curtains which I have hated from the very day I saw them 2 years ago. They belong to ‘The Fella’ and are from when his children were small. These were stored away, for some reason I didn’t cut them up for Rags. I like the colors but the Pattern??? But as Cushions I love them!!!


The Artwork is by the Australian Artist called Ken Done. I had never heard of him before but after a little investigation I found his Website.
So, do not waste your old Curtains maybe they will look much better as Cushions!

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