Nearly there

So I've been inspired on Pinterest to do something in pale, calming colours....kind of vintagey (see using that word again!)

I've now finished the sewing and have decided to cut it into a heart to put some lavender inside....continuing with the calming feel.

I used the metal shuttle with some cream yarn to make a small amount of tatting, which is a form of lace making. My grandma taught me this when I was quite young, she's now 102 and still going strong.

So the next stage will be to get Betsy, my trusty sewing machine out and sew her up.  When I've done this and got the time, I will put the end result on the blog.

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Stitching

Well, during the school holidays I've managed a few hours of sewing.

I took my children to a play centre and whilst they had fun, I had fun merrily sewing away.

I've been looking through Pinterest and been inspired to do something vintagey (is that a word?) and whimsical and came up with this...

                     

The half moon lace is tatting done on my grandma's tatting shuttle to give it the vintage touch whilst the large piece of lace in the scroll shape is guipure lace.

I've done it in a heart on calico and intend to make it into a heart shaped lavender bag.

Hope you like it.

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Appliquéd bags

This year I'm into appliqué.
My daughter wanted a new sports bag for high school. She wanted something different to carry her trainers and football boots.
After looking through ideas, she finally came up with this...

She's even more pleased that some of the girls have asked her where she got it from!



Moving on fromthat. I decided to do a bag just for me...I have thing for caravans and own one myself.
So for me 'girls don't camp...they glamp




My son wants a t shirt or two doing now!