What i've been up to:
These are fabric nappies/or towelling that i crochet around to use as burp cloths for babies. These i call 'designer' ones hehe. What i did here was to crochet the edging seperately and then sew on by machine, it looks so much neater. Then with the left-over ending i folded it into a rose/flower and just sewed a few pearls inside! :-)
For Father's day, i'm making small simple hankies, with the word "daddy" embroidered on: again 200x for a crèche :-) :
Made this quilt for my mom for a belated Mom's day: (love this fabric)
And of course Kitsy does approve!
I have been busy - and quickly need to post these, before the next 'busy' grabs me.
For Mother's day I made 200x lavender-filled hearts for a crèche. The kiddies put their handprints on the hearts too:
Then for the restaurant, I made 70x smaller hearts for give-away on Mother's day:
I'm very excited, I spotted this fabric over the weekend and have decided to quilt it for a really special someone's bday coming up. I'll publish the finished product once I've completed it. I'm about 1/4 of the way - I'm topstitching every block, but with the quilt-stitch on the machine. it does go much quicker than hand topstitching, however it's still a back-breaker :-). Loving every minute!!
Finished quilt
I received this orchid from Ken, about a month ago. I'm very chuffed with myself I haven't managed to kill it off yet :-)
Whilst sewing my daughter Calin, found my fabric pen and decided to leave a message on my t-shirt: :-)
I've been wanting to make this for a long time and finally got to it. I think it is such a cool idea to tie onto the back of one of the front seats for baby/toddlers toys; bottles; sippy cups; etc etc. The only thing missing here is i'd like to add embellishments - however, I don't want them too finicky, because I want to be able to just throw this in the washing machine, when it needs a wash and not worry too much about finicky embellishments.
Now my daughters have cottoned onto the idea and they'd like tidies for inside their cupboards for underwear or socks..... so that is the next step......
