Makes for my shop

I have been quite busy since my daughters birthday. I have made myself a gorgeous top courtesy of a pattern from Sew magazine. I altered it slightly as the material I wanted to use was quite see-through so I lined it first.

I have also started to make a few Christmas cards for the wonderful ladies on the CB forum. I have also made my latest postcard for the swap. this month it is - Winter Wonderland. Do you think it fits the brief?

Finally I have been adding a few items to my shop. First I have my cushion covers which I just loved making. They are 14" and an envelope style. I also have a stitched picture of the sign from Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. Finally I have just made some gorgeous jade green flower brooches which I love and want to keep myself! If any interest you, please have a look at my Folksy shop, the link is on the left.

SOME OF MY MAKES

I have been very busy the last few weeks and I thought I would keep this short and sweet and just show you some of my makes. My daughter in her Jasmine costume, again in her new pyjama's, a wallet for my sister and a four seasons stitched picture. And thats not eveything!

It's been ages!

I can't believe it has been over a month since I last posted! I have been rather busy! I'm slowly starting to work my way through my list of 'to do's. The problem is for everyone I finish I add two to the list!
Recently I have done another fabric postcard for the Craft's Beautiful forum and I'm working on the next one. I have made myself a pair of linen trousers, the first adult trousers I have ever made. I completed the alteration of my work colleagues skirt and I was so happy that she was pleased with the result. I have also tried some embroidery on paper for a forum competition.
Finally I have made my daughter a pair of pyjama's. She picked her own fabric and I have to say it is rather bright! She is currently going through the stage of being scared of the dark so now she will probably glow!
I will post some pictures very shortly of all of the things that I have made recently and I will post again soon!

FAIRY POSTCARD

Now that the swap is over I though I would post a picture of the fairy postcard that I made for the Crafts beautiful forum swap.

I embroidered the fairy onto white cotton and the mounted it onto some lace and stitched some sequins around the edge. I then padded it and stitched it onto a postcard. I am really pleased with it and i think it is better than the Lion King one. Practise does help!

The next swap is themed 'My Favourite Place' and I know exactly what I am going to do for that one!

In the meantime I have bought a beautiful 1941 Singer Sewing Machine - a bargain at only £20 as well as lots of ribbons, lace, thread etc. Monday night is the night for altering my work colleagues skirt. I'm going to take a before and after shot so that I can see just how much I had to alter. Ive also bought a load of fabric so I can start making clothes again.

Finally I have a wedding in November and I'm hopefully going to make a 50's inspired dress for it. I love wearing my own creations because you know you wont get caught wearing the same thing as someone else! I wore a dress I made last week for my first anniversary and I felt really confident in it!

BUSY BUSY BUSY

Its been almost a month since I last posted on here and I have been really busy. Unfortunately not with crafting!

I have managed to make a little tie top for myself from a pattern I received with the latest Sew Magazine. I was really pleased and it only took me an hour or so from start to finish.

The main thing I have made this month is a coat for my daughter. I know it is the hottest time of the year but I had a cord skirt that I never wear and I thought it would look great as a coat! It took me ages to pick it all apart as it was in long, thin strips. I managed to sew them together to make it look like a design feature on the coat. The coat now has three seams down the back and the arms have a seam running over the top. I'm really pleased that they actually look like they are supposed to be there!

The next item I am making is a 'jeans bum bag' again for my daughter. It is basically a bag made from the bum part of a pair of jeans. Because she is a girl she has some very cute jeans that she has grown out of so I am going to use a pair of them, I'm just trying to find some material to line the bag with. I have to make it soon though, she wants it for her holiday!

PYJAMAS

HI!

I have been very busy this week completing a pair of pyjama's for my son, Lucas. I have to give a lot of credit to Sew Magazine as that is where I got the pattern from. I have never used a pattern before, I remember my mum using them all the time when I was a dancer but I never really understood why. Now I know! It makes things very simple to do!.

I am very proud of the pyjama's I made. I love the little shirt type top, I started to struggle with the collar until I noticed that I had cut only half a collar in the first place so no wonder it didn't fit!!!

The best thing is that my son loves his new pyjama's and my husband gave me loads of compliments, saying they look shop bought and I have a talent he didn't know about!!!

By the way, the pyjama's were made out of an unwanted quilt cover and a few scraps of material, the only thing I actually bought were the buttons. The whole project cost exactly £1 and I recycled in the process!

Now I have finished the pyjama's I am trying to finish a cross stitch that I have had sitting in my cupboard for nearly 10 years (!). It is Tweety Pie and Sylvester. There are lots of blocks of colour so it feels like it is taking forever! I'm still trying to knit as well but I'm not getting very far with it!