Yuletide Craftiness

Here are some of the bits and bobs I've been making this festive season.

 Decoration for the door

Some yummy chocolate orange fudge to give away

I decorated each jar with a bit of gingham and organza, 

some fabric beads, an inchie and an organza bow

 Solstice Cards:

These I made using a Wordle image and printed onto card then

embellished with some recycled ribbon.

Create your own Wordle image

 A cute heart door hanger:

A few Inchies:

I used play foam sheets instead of batting this time 

and I found them easier to sew and the foam gives a much firmer finish

and a few tyvek beads.  

Stained Glass

I started off with an old bathroom cabinet

removed the glass and designed a simple pattern of purple seedy glass and clear cathedral glass.

I cut the glass and lead to fit the pattern and use horseshoe nails to hold in place

and spot solder the joins

I use cement to secure the glass

 

and sprinkle whiting over the entire piece which dries out the cement 

Once it is all cleaned off, I use black leading compound and then polish and fit the windows.

and replace the doors to the cupboard which was stripped and sanded

 Finally, I fitted these cute spiral handles

 

Note book cover

Another note book cover

Decorated Denim

A denim jacket I got from eBay which I decorated with purple  and gold silk and gold thread.  My favourite combination of colours.  I looks good and I love wearing it.

Love is all you need

This is a small wall hanging I made for valentines day.  Most of the bits and bobs were left over from the festive season.  I've used assorted buttons, Terry's chocolate orange wrapper, foil top and wire from wine and champagne bottles, a tiny bell, felt and sweet wrappers 

Bookmark

My latest bookmark

VW Camper Van Friends

I recently made this throw and cushion as a wedding gift for some friends who have a VW campervan. As usual, I started with some lovely fabric and a photo of their camper and then the project evolved from there.

Cathy & Sian's VW camper

 The cushion front

The finished throw which should be just the right size for their camper

Inchies

Be careful, once you start making these little tiny quilts, it quickly becomes addictive!

Fabric book cover

Here is a fabric book cover I've made for the wife of one of my colleagues from work.
It is basically two pieces of cotton cut to size sandwiched with batting then embellished with an appliqué flower, beads, glitter threads, sequins and stitching.  

Inside there is a ribbon bookmark and a place for a pen.

  

The never ending quilt story

I never made a quilt before but always fancied 'having a go' and having watched quite a few Youtube videos, I thought I could do it. 


Why, oh why did I decide to make a king size quilt for my first ever project.  I took almost a year to complete, I am in the habit of starting many projects in haste and never quite getting around to finishing them.  I rarely follow the rules, and just make it up as I go along.

Sun motif

Anyway, I started this quilt with a sun motif and then bought the fabrics to surround it. The sun is one of the Tonga Batiks from Timeless Treasures and then fused to a black background.  I then made up lots of pin wheel blocks (without a clue how many I should make) using up the colourful fabrics I had collected.  I suppose the main reason it all took so long is that I got a bit stuck with the layout and couldn't work out how to get the effect I wanted.  Well, it's done, and although I know it's far from perfect, I really love the bright colours and the sense of relief that it is finished feels good too.  :-)

The border fabric

The finished quilt