Quilt update

This is really the best thing I have ever made, well, its the best thing I have ever sewn at least. I love it, and I have loved making it, working out the design was quite a brain fizz, then cutting all the bits was slightly tedious, with some frustration and mistakes thrown in. But seeing it take shape whilst dreaming about the baby was wonderful, the best bit by far. After making I sent it away to The Running Chicken to have it quilted, and they did a fantastic job... it was like Christmas when I received the parcel with my finished quilt. In fact it was Christmas, by co-incidence, so perhaps that was a contributing factor. I did manage a few snaps, and even send pictures to Ray Stitch where I bought the fabric, because I was sooo pleased with myself!

First crochet project

Having a nasty cold has been a real boost to my crochet plan, since I can happily sit on the sofa in the evening and get on with it, in the name of recuperation.
Here's my first project, baby leg warmers. I admit this was not the simplest of projects, as it involved a variety of stitch techniques. The first effort, on the right,using a Debbie Bliss organic cotton, went a bit awry, and I could not work out why the ribs were not looking 'ribby'. You tube came to the rescue, and I realised that I needed to hook through the back loop , not the front loop as I had been. I was thinking all back to front. So now my first success, in pink DK baby merino, Miss V has been proudly sporting my effort, while I make the second one. Bless her, little does she know the plans I have for her!



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Refreshed

This evening I cooked myself a hot salad of leftovers, with a bit of egg and bacon thrown in. Surprisingly tasty.
I have spent the day tidying the shelves. We have so many books and papers, and they are all in the wrong places since we moved. I am desperate to get my sewing room back and make some things. All my ideas are spinning about in my head, but I just want to get them out there. I have chosen to brush up on my crochet skills and make a few small items, that with give me a quick creative fix. I just love these baby leg warmers from au coeur d'artycho... I think they would look so cute on Scarlett.



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Restart Rethink Rework

Since I last wrote, a lot has happened. The blog has fallen by the wayside. But I still think about it. I also think that if I could use my mobile device to post then you'd likely get a lot more out of me.. I do have an app for this, but it never responded properly to my polite attempts to use it. And so I try again, this time on a new device, from a new location and with an updated app. Fingers crossed these crafted words do not fall into the ether whilst I attempt to publish them (damn you blog press and all your rave reviews)


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