Fabric & Plans

At last, I can show you my recent -ish fabric purchases and set some plans in writing to make sure I carry them out.

I've now got my new camera, it's a sony cybershot and very smart even if I do say so myself!

But all these photos below were taken with my old camera before the lead disappeared and before he stopped focusing :o)

The ones below are all fabrics from Fabric Land along with the pompom edging which is so 'in vogue' at the moment.  

This below, is a beautiful piece of embroidered fabric netting which I got from the charity shop some months ago now.

I've saved it for special makes as I know I won't find another piece as beautiful as this.

Honestly, the embroidered roses are gorgeous.

Below is more fabric land fabric.

I bought some muslins when i purchased this, withthe intention of making some items for my Etsy shop..

You'll have to watch this space for those ones, as I want to know what you all think when I've finished them.

These organzas were from the Range. These I bought about a week ago as all their organzas were on offer at 80p per metre!

Some of them are two tone which my old camera didn't capture very well. But maybe my new one will when I make up some bags and put on here.

This fabric is from a pair of curtains from a charity shop. I jsut couldn't resist them when I walked in and they were just hanging there. They are enormous, and were only £5 the pair.

£5 didn't seem much for such a vast amount of Toile style cotton fabric.  I just love this light blue. And I thought the fabric would look beautiful as cushion covers or tote style bags.

What would you all do with it?

And these below are some fabrics for my 'BIG QUILT PROJECT' as I call it. lol

My eldest daughter is 16 in August. (How we got here so fast i don't know!) And as some of you know she also has a few medical problems.  Well, we are being referred to Great Ormond Street hospital to see if they can help us, so i had the (what seemed like at the time ;o) good idea of making her a 16th Birthday quilt so she could take it to hospital with her too.

Well.....ermm......I've never made a quilt before, but i have done patchwork, and made quilted covers for pillows and little projects. But I'm gonna give it a go.

I'm making it from some of my special fabrics. Ones from the childrens clothes from childhood/toddler/baby stages. Ones I have bought especially for the quilt from lovel Jennies shop.

All the ones in the photo below came from Jennies shop..

Just look at the gorgeous vintagey-ness of them..

My daughters favourite things are dolphins, blue, asian, gothy (yuk, -to the gothy -sorry lol) type things, and butterflies!

So quite a mix.

As you can imagine, the quilt is gonna be a big mish-mash of it all,

(the two on the right underneath are from Jennies shop too)

But as long as she likes it, and knows it's made with love what does it matter?

I'm gonna add a few flowery bits cos' shes a girl right? And all girls like flowers :o)

(Oh, she also like skulls and the likes!) lol

And the piece of fabric below is from her very first dolly push chair that I saved when the chair broke.

She adored this chair to push her dolls and teddies around in, and doesn't know I saved the fabric from it to make her something when she's older.

There's also  a few trims to add..

And I'm gonna incorporate a dragon or two!

I'll keep you up to date with the progress. I'm hoping to start cutting this afternoon.

So wish me luck ;o)

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Below are a few quilt covers that I bought brand new in the sales.

They were so pretty, and only £4.50 each!

And I thought £4.50 for all that fabric isn't bad is it?

Hey WAKEY, wakey ;o)

Still with me are ya? LOL

The fabric below is a gorgeous dress length. Again a charity shop buy. Four meters for £1.95!

And the last one is my favourite.

I got this fabric below from Jennies shop as well, when i got my daughters.

I just fell in love with it straight away. The roses are divine, and this picture by no means does this fabric justice!

The colours are so bright and fresh, yet it's vintage!

Gorgeous!

Well, that's it on all my recent-ish fabric buys.

Now I've just gotta get making!

I'm going to post my quilt as I make it, just for my reference, but feel free to offer any advice (much appreciated!) and any criticism (again appreciated as that's how we learn!) .

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Below is a picture of q quick tin make over I just thought you might like to have a nose at.

It was a plain heart tin, that needed a nice cosy inside for storing delicate stuff.

So I put a felt bottom on the base, then covered it with fabric using my hot glue gun.

I think it turned out really pretty, and works a treat!

Well that's it from me today.

I'm off to do a spot of gardening inthe sunshine and then some cutting out!

Hope your'e all fine and dandy this sunny day.

Speak to you soon.

Take care, Love Donna . xx



Doily plate and crochet.. :o)

Hello Lovely people :o)

I hope this post finds you all fine and dandy this sunny Saturday.

So, did you or didn't you ....watch the Royal wedding yesterday?  Didn't she/they look fantastic? I thought her wedding gown was gorgeous, and was itching to get my hands on all that lace LOL.

I think they're a lovely couple, and it was lovely to see how much they adore each other :o)

Anyway, enough of that :o)

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~CRAFTY BITS ~

Well, I've been a busy bee this week with my lil' ole' hook.

I had a humungous coffee jar that has taken months for us to get through, (I'm the only one who drinks it sometimes :o)and I just thought I would re-cycle it into a colourful new vase.

Treble crochet all the way up, changing colours after every round, and keep trying it on for size. Increasing and decreasing as you go. I just love these vases, they're just so pretty and cozy :o)

I have real trouble doing 'still' photographs..I always have. Nature.. I'm fine, but 'still' sends me under the duvet.  Hence my slowness at listing items on Etsy. I have them all ready, but the photo's really phase me out.

So, I thought I would try and get a few pretty little props to help me along.

Here is an old plate I bought from a charity shop. It actually came with a little whicker stand that I wanted to 'do up' (photo's will follow when it's finished) for either using in the utility, putting some of my yarn collection in, or/and using at fairs on my table.

Well anyway, i loved the flowers and colours on this little plate, and by the style of them i think it's from around the seventies..

I gave it a good scrub..

Sewed some pale lemon blanket stitches around the edge...

Then added some 60's turquoise rayon yarn scalloped edging..

And voila!

Here we have my own little doily plate ready for using in some of my etsy shots.

The pink flower has faded a tad, but otherwise, i love it's colourful kitschyness:o)

See..

I've already used it in my phot oshoot for some more needlecases that I shall be listing on etsy this weekend :)

I'm in the middle of a Teapot cozy at the moment which I'll hopefully show you in the week.

~FLOWERS~

I can't remember what these little pink sweeties are called, but aren't they pretty? I've popped them in my new little rock garden bit I've made...

I'll show you more when it's up and growing.

And today I even spied some tomato flowers starting on my toms! :o) (And it's still April)

Just wanted to show you the little fingernail moon that followed me the other morning when I was up early for a walk.  It looked so bright in the early morning sky, but the pic's not too bright is it?

And this is the beautiful tree that is covered in Wisteria in the New Forest.

It's absolutely glorious :o)  And it seems to have grown so high up!

It grows like this every year, and just gets bigger and better :)

I'll leave you with a sleepy picture of Honey one of my daughters dwarf hamsters.

They are so cute, and their favourite place to sleep (even though they have a lovely fluffy house!) is in the old kitchen roll holders! 

But by showing you this picture, you can get a sense of how tiny they are :)

Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone.

Take care,

Love Donna xx