she likes bright colours and creepy stuff...I am not sure I like this, but i think she will
and I made her a pair of earrings too..yes I over crafted again.
and I made her a pair of earrings too..yes I over crafted again.
Sunday, March 06, 2011
minions!
I made these for a craftster swap. They are of polymer clay and they all have different functions, one is to solve difficult problems, one to find out stuff, one to do your shopping and my favourite, one to give you love when you are feeling down...
I am going to find these little guys very difficult to part with as they are so cute...they needed a minion house too...so I obliged.
I am going to find these little guys very difficult to part with as they are so cute...they needed a minion house too...so I obliged.
Venice is awesome, patchwork inspiration
Definitely food for the soul. but while I was there and in St Marks church. I took a load of photos of the floors. They are exactly like patchwork quilts in marble...really beautiful, these are some...excuse all the feet and shadows in the photos..they were taken surreptitously
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Gnome-y teeshirt
This is painted for a friend, for a personal craft swap. Its on the back and was just freehanded onto the fabric..and of course it got a spray of glitter once it was done!
Baby quilt..about 45'' square...for a friend's baby, who's arrival is imminent
My friend has about a week to go in her pregnancy, she doesn't yet know the gender of the child and I wanted to make a quilt as a gift for the new baby.
I am a member of the yahoo group stashbusters and got a great gift of fabric from a wonderful new friend in the US..it had 5'' charm squares in the package so they were perfect for this...precut is wonderful!
getting the colour balance right for this quilt was a PITA...I had the cute ducks for the centre, added the next section and then the random charm square border..these started as squares, but I simply couldn't match up anything from my stash to go as the next piece..I really needed a dark yellow or green. I finally solved it by cutting down those pieces significantly, as they were totally dominating the quilt at this point
..once they were cut down, the played with the rest of the quilt a lot better...and so a pale striped fabric worked for the next section... Then the dark squares at the corners and a blue border to pull it together..
I am not 100% happy with it..the colour balance is a long way from perfect... but I learned a lot from getting the colours sorted on this one. I Learned how useful it is to look at the layout and the fabrics on a camera phone..both in colour and black and white..it really helped me to 'read' the fabrics..
I also experimented with some free motion quilting. Much easier on a small quilt like this. And some quilt in the ditch to emphasise the different areas.
the back is a really nice print from IKEA, I like the childish nature of the print.
I am a member of the yahoo group stashbusters and got a great gift of fabric from a wonderful new friend in the US..it had 5'' charm squares in the package so they were perfect for this...precut is wonderful!
getting the colour balance right for this quilt was a PITA...I had the cute ducks for the centre, added the next section and then the random charm square border..these started as squares, but I simply couldn't match up anything from my stash to go as the next piece..I really needed a dark yellow or green. I finally solved it by cutting down those pieces significantly, as they were totally dominating the quilt at this point
..once they were cut down, the played with the rest of the quilt a lot better...and so a pale striped fabric worked for the next section... Then the dark squares at the corners and a blue border to pull it together..
I am not 100% happy with it..the colour balance is a long way from perfect... but I learned a lot from getting the colours sorted on this one. I Learned how useful it is to look at the layout and the fabrics on a camera phone..both in colour and black and white..it really helped me to 'read' the fabrics..
I also experimented with some free motion quilting. Much easier on a small quilt like this. And some quilt in the ditch to emphasise the different areas.
the back is a really nice print from IKEA, I like the childish nature of the print.
Faux log cabin quilt, for a friends birthday
I like this pattern, its not made in the usual log cabin way, but ends up looking like it. This is done in a barn raising arrangement....its from this pattern
http://www.angelfire.com/va3/jclane/FauxLogCabin/FauxLogCabin.html
This was made using all fabrics from my stash..I wanted a big bold all prints and no blenders type quilt and I actually really like how it turned out..
This is it folded up in my little reading nook, but it is destined for my BFF for her birthday. its a large lap quilt size, mostly quilted in the ditch as my little machine doesn't like large quilts!
I even used up a couple of the left over blocks for the back.
http://www.angelfire.com/va3/jclane/FauxLogCabin/FauxLogCabin.html
This was made using all fabrics from my stash..I wanted a big bold all prints and no blenders type quilt and I actually really like how it turned out..
This is it folded up in my little reading nook, but it is destined for my BFF for her birthday. its a large lap quilt size, mostly quilted in the ditch as my little machine doesn't like large quilts!
I even used up a couple of the left over blocks for the back.
earrings, just a little pair for a swap
In some fit of madness I bought a load of these pandora clone beads on ebay..OK they were very cheap..and since I don't have, or particularly want, a pandora bracelet, I have been wondering what to do with them..the solution
earrings
they are sitting on a pin cushion made from a piece of crosstitch fabric that I found in a little warren of an antique shop in bosnia..It had my inital on it, so I couldn't leave it behind.
earrings
they are sitting on a pin cushion made from a piece of crosstitch fabric that I found in a little warren of an antique shop in bosnia..It had my inital on it, so I couldn't leave it behind.
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