Happy new Year

I just LOVE Zooey Deschanel she is an amazing singer aswell as an actor. This song make me smile =)

I will get back to posting about the things i have made and im planning on making after the new year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSq1cez_flQ

Happy New Year everone, have a good night xo

Something New.

I recently started sewing on a new project. I have decided to make a teapot cosy for my boyfriends mum and dad for Christmas. It will be my very first hand made Christmas present, that I can remember (actually my second if you count the hexagon patchwork quilt). I haven’t got that far so yet, even though I started it about four days ago, but I did have to unpick quite a bit of it due to sewing it whilst watching the x factor , not concentrating and sewing one x to many, then getting really confused because the number of x's didn’t work out after it.

I cant wait to see the final outcome, I also cant wait for them to see it as they are always asking what I am working on. It would be nice to see a piece of my work in my own home but no one drinks tea so that isn’t going to happen.

Anyway I guess I should get back to sewing some more whilst I watch Kirstie's Handmade Britain =)

Happy Birthday To Me.

So it was my 23rd Birthday 13 days ago. I have only just got round to putting the pictures on my laptop of my amazing present my boyfriend got me =)

He got me the Kath Kidston Sew box I have been wanting for quite a while now =) I was so happy when I opened it, although I did kind of spoil the surprise, because he asked me did I have no idea what it was due to the shape then I guessed, that made me feel bad. Anyway I am so happy with it, and imp using it to keep my fabrics and sewing needles and cotton etc in when I am working on a project, (as I have all my sewing things etc in my work shed, that is far to cold to sit in).

I just love the little felt trees, the dog, and the flowers. Well I love it all =) I love it more because I already had the little house needle book by Kath Kidston.

On another note I have just started on another project, so I shall be posting about that a little more soon, along with some pictures.

I have the best boyfriend ever.

Far To Long.

Its been far to long since I last posted on my blog about my Hand sewn patchwork quilt, over a month. Well my quilt is finally finished, I am happy with the outcome, although it is thicker than I would have liked it to be, and some of the fabric is folded over on the back, but I was to impatient to wait. I did enjoy sewing the binding though, even though it was a bit time consuming and took me almost one whole day, I found it quite relaxing as I could watch a few films in the process.

The quilt was suppose to be for my little cousin Mia for my silver cross pram that she has clamed. Now it has gone to Frankie the little girl my mum minds as it turned out bigger than I thought (to big for the pram but to small for a blanket for a seven year old), so now its a cot quilt. She has got it as an early, early, early Christmas present, but she likes it. Well I think so anyway. I shall get a picture of her with it soon.

So finally here are the two pictures i did get of it, I will try and get some propper ones soon.

Flowery Nails.

I decided to paint my nails a few days ago as I haven’t had them painted in a long time. I found this post from Away with the fairies quite a while ago and saved it so I could use it for inspiration to do my own, then I forgot about it, like I always do.

For the first time of designing something on my nails I was quite happy with them, more so that I have tiny nails so I could only get two flowers on each. They are a little messy and smudged, but I don’t mind for now. I cant wait to get some new nail varnishes (nail art pens) so I can try them again, although I think I will practice on some false nails first until I get the hang of it and they come out proper and don’t look like a six year old did them.

I also painted my cousins with only one flower on each nail as hers a tiny tiny seven year old nails. I think hers looked better than mine. I didnt manage to get a picture of them, so maybe next time.

Happy Birthday.

Today is my little cousins 7th birthday, as she is in school and would be out all weekend I gave her, her presents early, I decided to wrap them using this technique Woven paper gift topper, I chose to use seven colours as she is seven of course, instead of using news paper I used brown parcel paper.

I was happy with the result although it was quite time consuming really because the presents were bigger than in the original post, I had to stick loads of strips together. I did enjoy this once I figured out the best way to make it quick.

Well Mia was happy with her presents so that is all that matters.

Wrong Place.

So its been a good few days since I did sewing on my hexagon patchwork quilt. Just as I was getting back into it I ended up sewing three hexagons into the wrong place, I only noticed when I was about to sew the last side =( so now I have to unpick it all. That I am not exactly looking forward to as the stitches are so small and close together. Well I am halfway there just a few more sides to go but they will have to wait till tomorrow because I’m now getting a bit frustrated with it.

What it should look like.

What the wrong one looks like.

Alaskan Husky Puppies.

So I live over the road from a big rugby field, that also has a park and many people walking there dogs. I sometimes use this to walk through when I am on my way back from Liverpool, it just seems quicker than walking round past all the houses, even though it's the same.

Anyway whilst I was walking over the field with my boyfriend yesterday after buying many birthday presents for my little cousin Mia, we saw one of the cutes dog ever, an Alaskan Husky Puppy, he was so cute and playful, I wanted to take him home, his owner said he (as in the dog) knows he is cute and uses it to his advantage to get attention from people.

These pictures I got from Google don't really give the dog any justice to how cute it was, the look of these puppies kind of scares me, I feel like they are going to jump out of my laptop screen and bite me.

The really cute Alaskan Husky puppy and my boyfriends Alsatian makes me really want a dog again =(

Nearly There.

So I am very nearly there with the hexagon patchwork, I just need to add a few more then I can quilt it and put bias binding round the edge that will make it very much a quilt.

It had come out bigger than I thought it would which it a bonus I guess. I just hope it turns out good in the end.

Patchwork Update.

I’m almost there with my hand sewn hexagon patchwork quilt. Although my fingers hurt from all the sewing I still have a little bit to go so I better get back to it.

Quick quick quick

Just a quick post on my progress with the hexagon patchwork. That I'm still enjoying making and cant wait for it to be finished.

Hand Sewn

For the last few week I have been working on Hand Sewn Hexagon Patchwork, I have never done this before so this is my first attempt. I have tried patchwork before, (squares and miss match) but the squares only lined up halfway through the project the rest did not line up.

So far I am pretty happy with it, as I thought it would be harden than it seems. I am giving this to my younger cousin for her Silver Cross Pram (well mine, from when I was younger). Although it isn’t like I really have a choice she has said she is having it, so at least someone else likes it so far as well as just me.

On another note this is Jesse, (a white Alsatian) she is my partners dog. This was taken three month ago when she was either 9 week or 13 week old. (She is now either 25/26week or 29/30 week, and quite a bit bigger than in the picture). She is a big softie, and loves to play all the time, or go lay in the cold.



Close up

Just a quick post as I am bust sewing away with Hexagon hand sewn patchwork.
Still continuing from my childhood memories project. These images are of the pictures I hand embroidered and appliquéd on my table cloth.

The images are of my cousin Mia 6, the proper pictures make me laugh, she’s so cute, i love her to bits.. They are also her shoes and bags, she has loads like a proper girly girl.

Catching up.

As I am trying to catch up with things on my blog I am going to carry on from where I finished, with more from my childhood memories project.
This is what I made for my final major project at university, I wanted to do a children’s tea party . I wanted it all girly and flowery, so I used mainly pastel colours with hand embroidery, beads, appliqué and patchwork (miss match patchwork).

I really enjoyed making this, I have to say it is my favourite piece of work I have made, (along side my Egyptian theme table runner, that I will post at a later date).

I made, chair cushions, personalised party bags, a table cloth, party buntings and wall art.

I did intend to make place mats, coasters and napkins along with beading and embroidery on all the chair cushions, but I didn’t have time to bead on all four so only one got my attention on that.

For the embroidered images on my table cloth, I used images of my younger cousin Mia 6, along with some of her shoes and bags. She was so made up with it, she couldn’t stop showing it off and has said she wants it for her party, along with the party buntings and wall art for her room, that contain some pictures she has drawn for me over the past few years.


(I shall put pictures of the images sewn onto my table cloth on tomorrow when i have more time).