Knitting?

Now I'm not much of a knitter, infact I sometimes hate it! But one thing leads to another and well........ it all started with my beautiful DIL buying me this gorgeous handbag. It's in a colour I love and goes well with my big black winter coat, but I didn't have a scarf in the right colour for this cold weather . So off shopping I went and couldn't find a scarf suitable. Then had the brilliant idea... I'll knit one, it can't be that hard, chunky wool and it will grow quickly. Found this great Sirdar Persia yarn, wool blend and it goes perfect. Have now made myself a warm scarf and a beret to match. Very pleased with myself - for a non-knitter!!

Betty Boop Challenge

I decided to try the Betty Boop Challenge set by Rivkah Mizrahi of http://dollmakersmuse.blogspot.com/ its a very interesting pattern.... see what you think of my progress so far. The hands are so ugly, may make another set and she has shoulders like a footballer. The black sparkley fabric will be her dress and the red net her underskirt. I can't decide what to use for the hair yet.... maybe wool roving, but I don't like needle felting much. Watch this space.. will I get her finished?

Snowdrops and Soup!

While I was waiting for my soup to cool ready for the freezer I took this photo of the first snowdrops out in my garden........

I love to see them, makes me think better weather is on the way. Well, we had snow and it went away fairly quickly only to come back again, and it is so cold now!

So here are the photos of my carrot soup and my snowdrops.... hope you like both!!

Meet Trixie

Well, so far so good, I've finished off one UFO.........

meet Trixie, The Wall Pocket Troll, pattern by Ute Vasina. I just adore her trolls, they always make me smile.
a few more to go!!

Happy New Year !!

A new year, a new beginning! I'm thinking of making a list of things I want to achieve this year... not resolutions, cos they always become disillusions!! lol.. I would like to experiment with paperclay, so might start researching into what I need and find a supplier. Thinking on the lines of the vintage dolls.... we will have to wait and see!

Also I am thinking about a quilt made up of different star blocks.... not a large quilt more a lap sized one. But first I must attack my basket holding some UFO's, there's a rucksack to finish, a least 3 dolls, and a couple of trolls! Wow this is gonna be a busy year, better get going tomorrow.

I'm back!

Oh! I've been very bad at this blogging....... can't believe how long it is since my last post. I promise in this New Year to try harder..lol.. sounds like my old school reports!!

I'm trying to finish a small quilt at the moment, made up from stitchery squares done by members of our prim group. The theme was 'Annie in the Garden' and I must admit it is looking good....... what do you think?

Work in Progress

Just a little peek into what I am working on at present. I haven't done patchwork for a while so am enjoying playing with blocks again. I must decide soon whether to hand quilt or machine ........ think machine will win! I do like to hand quilt but on smaller projects now.

Critter Swap

I must show you what I received yesterday....... in our prim doll group we are having a critter swap, now I'm not really into critters but my partner, Victoria sent me this beautiful Grunella Frosch. She is delightful and so well made, I just love her...... thanks Victoria.




and this is the critter I sent to my partner, ....... Rodney Rabbit

Red and White Pincushion

In the Yahoo group I belong to, we have a monthly pincushion swap, January's theme was red and white so here is what I came up with for my partner. I promised myself that this year I would use and try out all the stitches and features on my sewing machine. I bought it 18 months ago and still haven't really put it thru its paces, but I do love it....... just wish I could have bought it years ago! In case your wondering its a Bernina Aurora 440QE, and it really is a joy to use.

Pink and black are the colours for the next pincushion swap, so thinking cap is on.....

Another Fairy

I have been very slack these last couple of months with my blogging, but I hope to be more 'on the ball' with postings from now on!

Here's the second fairy I made from the Ann Clemens pattern, Wattle Nymph. It's a good pattern to use, fits together well, but a little large for what I wanted so I reduced it by 25%. I shall make it again at full size when I have finished what I have on the go at the moment.