railfence revisited

Finally managed to grab a photo of the shadow railfence from here.

Looks good in situ - even if i do say so myself!

This is the only bit of green on the back ....just because i could!

wisteria

What a lovely Spring...

Roll on with the blue skies ..everything feels so much better!

circle rainbow cushion

Was in the mood for a colour wheel so thought would try something different.

However - i dont actually much care for the finished colour flow - maybe there just arent enough panels to graduate the colour ?...

Anyhow i do sort of like the embroidery - which i admit was an after thought as the big white circle in the middle really wasnt doing it for me



 

And maybe it needs a white or contrasting border to set off the colours...i dont know what it is ...its just not ......?.........

Another Cathedral - another window - another pillow .........(cathedral window pillow)

And another ...

 The same .....yet different

This is actually my first attempt and the second in the previous post was much easier - but i prefer these colours....oh well may have to make another one to see if i can improve.....

cathedral window pillow

Yet another addictive topic

I have been promising myself to get started

and now i don't want to stop!

Close ups of denimn jacket to handy bag

baby bunting 2

this time i have free motioned the zigzag pattern




The first version that i have copied again is here

its bright and i think practical ... i never get why we use white for baby items... except of course that they do look lovely!

sometimes straight lines work just as well - Quilty Quiltson

This was a request from my son




Went for striking contrasts with this one ..............and of course it's called Quilty Quiltson

Upcycled Denim Jacket

I started here

and ended here

this is all that was left

The shoulder bag with the seams is my favourite

but i also like the tiny pyramid coin purse

and the 'rose' brooch which i made from the collar

You know what they say .. Waste not ..Want not...

... and i really enjoyed using all of the bit and bobs including the seams - and they are usually so tricky to know what to do with

zig zags completed with minimal straight line quilting

quilted with simplicity in mind ..and edged with multi coloured pieced binding

zigzag quilt

From this blog another version of this quilt



zig zags and rainbows --what else do you need?

candy wrapper chair - how cool is this?

i found this while browsing at this site http://www.archello.com/en/product/snowjob 

 

Break away - Bath Royal Crescent

I have been here ...



.......how lovely

fabric card

another scrappy card ,,, quite addictive

Easiest Ever 2 cup fruit cake

 

the easiest fruit loaf ever..  yes really.... even i cooked it first time

2 cups AllBran or similar hi fibre bran bits
2 cups fruit
2 cups sugar
2 cups milk

soak overnight ( or till its mushed if you cant wait)

add

2 eggs (or 3 if you have used big cups rather than the US cup measurement )

and mix


add

2 cups self raising flour ( or plain plus 3 or 4 tsp of baking powder - again depends on cup size)

mix to a batter and fill a 2 lb loaf tin - or 2 smaller ones - or really whatever is available (i put a piece of greaseproof on the base to make lifting easier but it would probably been OK without)


cook on lowish oven 170/180 till cooked - approx 1.5 hrs - but i checked with a skewer after an hour and then turned the oven down a bit

all very --ish ish but results are great!

crazy patchwork thanks card - gift card

pleased to say this is somehting from nothing.  yes i used new cottons but the rest has been saved from the bin....tiny scraps and even the card base was something i received as packaging... i feel there's always something a bit extra when a pleasant object is made instead of being sent to landfill.. hopefully the recipeint will use it again as i put a letter in the fold with a message










of course the money is new - or is that recycling too?

After ...

had a lovely play with my box of itty bitty scraps for the stems and the small bits box for the flowers - went with simplicity in the end - various machine embroidery  stitching and freemotion - the leaves didnt add anything . sometimes it's good to know when to stop.

the upshot is that - Now ... much prettier and i got to use some tiny scraps and the fancy stiches on my machine.. feel happier to use it now too .Win - Win

Before -- Recycling Bags

Had this bag for some time - 2008 actually as you can see from the face ..but although utalitarian not pretty ..so a plan with some scraps for a facelift ....... i have the idea for fabric flowers and leaves and grass........

Pieced 4 inch squares!

it's funny because it looks a whole lot better than in the pictures...the colours really flow into each other

and you know how it is --no matter how much you look at something ;;;]]]~}#}]]]]]]]]]]]](that was the dog typing!) you don't realize till it's all sewn together that the piece has an odd piece of pattern on it!!

the line on the orange square looks like a Biro mark but is in fact just the slightest of pattern...that surprisingly you don't notice how definite a line it is when looking at the whole fabric......how did i not notice that BEFORE i pieced it?  ...hopefully it will be disguised by some quilting (fingers crossed) so that my eye is not immediately drawn to it!!

ah well - i'm now thinking about a border