caught !

I met a lovely old dear the other day .

She told me she had seen my Catchit bag in a

magazine and how much she loved it .

If fact she loved it so much she wanted 3,

one for each of her great-granddaughters.

I tried to politely explain I only do the

patterns I don't take orders for the bags themselves.

Never mind about what patterns she said

 I'd like one in greens,

and one in pinks ,

and do you have one in bluey greens

for the oldest one?

But , but I only sell the patterns !

I delivered her new Catchits on the weekend

and the old dear told me I was such a good girl

she would tell her friends !

If you would like to make your own Catchit bag

the pattern to make your own

is in my shop .

my creative space

I was bored for a split second last week so

of course I went shopping online .

I bought two charm packs of Hullabaloo.

As you might know I am not a quilter

 but would like to be so I thought I could

just stitch all these squares together

and then go ta da I made a quilt !

Then I convinced myself if I was capable of

buying quilt fabric I could do something

a little more adventurous .(silly girl)

So my creative space has been full of circles

on squares . I love the handstitching part

but really don't like getting the circles ready .

Hope to show you it all finished by 2020!

Smarter creative spaces here .

the great cushion swap

I joined Vics cushion swap , yes I know I said

no swaps this year but.....

Anyway I had no idea who my partner was

until my cushion turned up here this morning .

Well Jennie from Craving Frocks really

out did herself with my lovely cover !

After going through my blog Jennie decided

to use my own images on my cover

how clever is that !

I really love my new cover and appreciate

the effort and creativity that went into it,

Thanks very much Jennie .

I have sent my cover to the hostess with the mostess

but she hasn't received it yet so I won't show

it to you , I like to keep her in suspenders !

PS I do apologise that I have been unable

to email and thank Jennie personally so to speak.

you have come to the wrong blog

If you were looking for some creative inspiration

or perhaps a glimpse of my rosy cheeked children ..

maybe you were hoping for some witty banter or

at the very least some lovely neat stitching...

were you breathless at catching a peek at

 my immaculate home

or wanting to see a new pattern release...

well......

you're out of luck ,

 maybe next time !

settle down

Well blogger sure had some issues this week .

Time away from the blog led me to a garage sale

where I found these beautiful cups , sigh ...lovely !

I think I'll use them for a bit and then make them

into pincushions , what do you think ?

I'm making pumpkin soup today with the

 ugliest pumpkin ever!

Here's hoping you have a great weekend !

the mystery of the missing head

Yes I think my head is missing !

I have been a little distracted lately and having

just a bit of trouble staying on track .

This poor softie that I have been working on

has been sitting on my workbench for oh um

about a month, headless !

I've worked out the body but just can't get

my act together and get the head right .

I did say a few weeks ago I was going to have

a new pattern release and a giveaway so

I'll kill two birds with one stone ,this is just

a saying please don't call the R.S.P.C.A.

See if you can guess what my new softie is and

I will draw two winners to receive

one of the books below .

The fabric used in the mockup won't help you

I only used brown because I know I don't have to keep it !

fabric tulips tutorial

So you'd like to make some tulips ?

First you will need some scrap cardboard .

Copy the diagram below , my finished template

was about 6" long by about 2 1/2 " high

with a little edge about 1/4" on each end .

Trace around your template onto doubled fabric .

Do not cut out yet .

Begin your stitching on the little edge leaving

the longer side pieces open .

Stitch all around the petal shapes .

Trim and clip curves before turning out .

Give your petals a good iron .

Open the fabric and match the unstitched edges and stitch .

Turn the tulip right side out .

Fold under the raw edges at the base of the tulip

and use a double thread to tack all around

and then pull the gathering stitches to form the base .

Push a stick into the centre (you can use a chopstick)

If you find your flower a bit wobbly on the stick

you can add some glue on the inside .

Tie a piece of green ric rac or ribbon on the stick

because this makes the tulips look even more real !

A few variations could be putting two flowers

on one stick for double tulips or having

different fabrics on the inside .

All done !

Let me know what you think and if

you make some I'd love to see them .

Thanks a bunch for visiting !

                                                                            
                                                                  

                                                                                  

fabric flowers for mum

Would you like to make your mum

a pretty bunch of flowers ?

They look realistic don't they ?

Don't you have flowers like this in your yard ?

I must just be lucky !

Pop back for the full tutorial on Thurday

and while you're gone I should really do some weeding !

vintage sheets

I always feel a bit sad when I cut into

one of my vintage sheets .

But then again if I'm making something for

someone else I feel a bit more confident

that if I stuff it up there is plenty more

beautiful fabric to work with .

There is also the added bonus that if I make

something for someone else and I just adore

it and can't bear to part with it

there is plenty more to make one exactly

the same for me !