atc from Jackie

This is the atc from Jackie for the hand embroidery net swap. This is the first atc Jackie has made I think she has done very well and finished of the edges very neatly with ribbon.

ATC Spring

Just one atc I have made for the Hand Embroidery Net the theme is spring. The daffodil has been taken from an old transfer-no-I cant call it old the popular word is now vintage. I have used double knot stitch buttonhole stem satin and chain stitch. Quit a lot of different stitches for this small embroidery but it looks quite good. I have a lovely card from Jackie that I have just realised I haven't taken a photo of but I will. See my link to the group on the side panel

Tulips on the Embankment

This weekend is our May Day holiday today Sunday has been grey windy and not very warm so just the day to go out in the car to visit the Embankment alongside the River Ouse that runs through the town. The colours of the tulips were wonderful eye candy every year the council plants the beds with a lovely display of spring tulips I only wish I could paint. One year I will try an embroidery of some kind. I hope tomorrow our bank holiday Monday the sun will come out.

Postcard Swap

Would anyone like to swap postcards. I have made these three cards from lutradur

dyes and salt then machined and hand embroidered. I have called them citrus which could be the theme for yours. Please leave a comment or contact me by email

Dolls from Sew Me Love Me

Do you like these dolls I have named them Freddie Fox and Harriet Hound. They are great character dolls from the book Sew Me Love Me by Hsiu-Lan Kuei. I will make one or two more when I find time. One thing I liked was some of the dolls could be made from old jumpers without having to felt them although I havent tested these yet. I don't have very many all wool jumpers and the one I did try in the washing machine just wouldn't I even boiled it in a saucepan apart from the fact it stretched a bit it didn't felt. I must be doing something wrong. I bet if I put a new jumper in a hot wash by mistake it wouldn't be wearable well that's life.

Tags

Its been sometime since I last posted the older you get the quicker time gos. It must be because I enjoy retirement and all the time I get to do my own thing my husband hasn't retired yet and moans every time he gets up about how he wants to retire but the answer to that is dint wish your life away at least that's what I told myself before I retired.
I have recently taken part in two tags swaps and having thought about what to do with them I decided to hang them like bunting on my craft room wall above the window. I did think about hanging them in the conservatory but the sun will fade them very quickly and they didn't look right on the walls in my downstairs rooms.

Rag Dolls from Sew Hip

These dolls are very cute not a word I use very often. The pattern comes from Sew Hip it was quite an easy one I love their little faces and the rag hair I will try this on other dolls it was just small strips of fabric sewn onto the head in the middle and a knot tied with the ends. It was a good pattern the only alteration I made was attaching the arms properly through the body the doll maker in me wanted to do it the usual way.