Thursday 17 November 2011

Christmas wall hangings


The Stitches christmas workshop this year. Wall hanging appliqué using blanket stitch.




I found the snowman online. Felt on felt - I did 3 and made them into a wall hanging. Prairie points at the bottom.

Thanksgiving Turkey



I got this pattern at a show up at the Dulles Expo centre. So easy to do - felt on felt with blanket stitch.

Wednesday 26 October 2011

Starting on my Christmas Cards..............for sale at the SSAFA Big Brew!


Christmas cards in sets of 6 or.............


individually wrapped!


and some birthday/thank you cards too......

in sets of six or individually!







Plenty more to choose from!!!

My First Commission!!!

A friend asked me to make the bed runner and cushion covers for her bed at home after choosing the fabric on a visit out here! I think it looks pretty good and she was very pleased!

Monday 19 September 2011

Anniversary cards


A collection of recent Anniversary cards for family and friends.

Jelly Roll quilt and handquilting

I do have some more pictures of this somewhere although it is now resident at Royal Holloway University with Helen.

Saturday 4 June 2011

Union Jack Quilt

Finished.........at last!!!!

Thursday 17 March 2011

April's birthday's and Mothers Day cards

I must turn that date stamp off - it ruins all the photos!! Mothers Day cards going home!!!

Nephew is 16 mid-April.

Helen's friend Alex.

Helen's boyfriend, Jack!



Saturday 12 March 2011

Union Jack Quilt

Union Jack Quilt............hard work. A very difficult pattern to follow. Looks good though? Bag was a gift from a friend on my recent visit home to the UK. (Thanks Max!!)

New cushion....................I think I have the scale right!!!!!!

Friday 11 February 2011

Baby Quilts!!!



Chris' cousin has just had their first baby. I thought I would pre-empt and had a guess at a girl!!!!! Guess what - it's a boy!!!! Anyway - here are the two quilts I made.



Tuesday 8 February 2011

Thank You cards

A Thank You card for some American friends who fed us at the weekend!! Used my cuttle-bug for the first time in ages! Lots of old music and glitter and beads from my stash. Hope you like it!

Wednesday 19 January 2011

A collection of cards and a couple of tags.

New card from Paper Source in Georgetown. Antique musical papers and a tea stained lace doily. Leather button, ribbons and string from stash!

Antiqued musical sheets provided the theme for this card. Grunge board coloured pale blue pulls the colour from the backing card. Ribbon, papers, jewels and paper fastener from stash.

Pale pink and chocolate are the theme. Again the musical sheets come in to use to create flowers using buttons as the flower centre. Butterfly wing grunge board covered in silver glitter and attached using small foam pads. Ribbons from stash.

Card stamped using chocolate ink. Music sheets added to create depth. Stars, buttons and ribbons from stash.
Pale blue and cream card created using SU! papers and ink. Lace and ribbon from stash. Grunge board coloured with Pro-markers to match SU! papers.

A selection of tags created using Maya Road rub-ons, ribbons and buttons from stash, antiqued music sheets and paper fasteners.



Tuesday 18 January 2011

Christmas Quilt (in time for next Christmas!)

Finally finished the Christmas quilt although it's now been put away for next Christmas!!!!

The buttons hide the fact that my corners aren't that good!!! :)

Thursday 13 January 2011

Amerihearts

Sorry - photo is rubbish!! I made a strip of Amerihearts and decided to make myself a small wall hanging by putting 4 together. A simple border finishes the design off. I have some red fabric to do the binding with - will post when complete!

Stars and Stripes

I borrowed a friends project book for this banner. It was so simple to do and I really like the finished thing! I wanted to create some US patriotic things for our home in the States as I already have loads of UK things.

18th card for my niece

I enjoy making embellished cards like this one. My Cricut machine is extremely useful and using buttons and ribbons always finish off the cards well.

Coffe time cards

I made a handful of cards to send to friends in the UK. It's the closest I'm going to get to having a cuppa with them at the moment!!