Category craftings
New Baby Crafts: Springtime Name Sampler
You know that saying, something about you can’t pick your relatives? Well, if I could, I would pick my cousins, over and over again. They are super awesome. Adam and his wife just had their second baby. For baby number 1, I made some bunting, embroidered and embellished with his name, date and time of […]
Simplicity 3833: View D
You know how I love costumes? Well I also love the 60s……… music, clothes…… What was not to love? There a whole range of retro patterns out there, this is from Simplicity 3833 This is a dress that really brings to mind Twiggy in the 60s, monochrome with contrast top stitching to the black… it’s […]
Cross-stitching a flag: updated 15.04.2012
I wanted to do another little cross stitch project, and with the Jubilee coming up, I was feeling extra British… So I drew out the Union Jack flag on some squared paper… Cut a piece of 22 count fabric… edged and with the centre lines sewn on… I first started with one quadrant, and the […]
Embracing the sewing machine: Simplicity 3835 (View C)
I have a bad habit. It is buying books, patterns, all sorts of things, for cuteness value. The good intention is there to make something…. But it never seems to happen. So I got out some patterns and had a flick through for things I would like to make, having also bought some pretty fabrics […]
Knitted Mouse Snowsuit
Yes, more mouse clothing. this one is a long time coming as I started it, but had lots of other things happening at the same time so it got a bit left to one side temporarily. This time involved much more mixing it up patternwise, and was inspired by the real Saffy Mouse, who was […]
Cross stitcher in training… update
So last time I posted, the training cross stitch looked like this: ….because, I had ran out of thread in order to finish it! £3.48 and a little bit of time later…. …and I had finished the stitching, and dissolved the soluble canvas… (icky stuff, but probably less fiddly than waste canvas?) Then cut out […]
A Geekcraft iPod case.
One of my/ our Christmas presents this year was this: Oh yes, a book of super cool geek chic craft projects. I had debated making an iPod case for mine…. But put it off, then left it on a plane on the way to Seattle. Sad times. Goodbye Blackie. Thankfully our travel insurance covered most […]
A Roman Outing.
Time for another bit of fancy dress… This time the theme was Roman…. Togas… Goddesses… And warriors with Mohawk helmets. Clearly…. I wanted a Mohawk helmet. The pattern I used was… McCall’s 2060, making view F: The pattern involved 18 pieces, covering the simple, a cape with drawstring closure, to the complex, the Mohawk helmet […]
Cross stitcher in training.
I think the last time I did any cross stitch, or pretty much any embroidery, was about 15 years ago. It was a box of butterflies. I think my mum still has it. But I saw a pattern I liked. It was pretty, it was cute, and it was Royal kitsch. It was however a […]
Expanding the Mouse’s Wardrobe
So… I only brought 3 books with me. Not a lot to sustain a Lindsay for a week, so in amongst visits to Water Parks I had to amuse myself with other things on my rest days. So, just before I came away I finished my mouse: But then of course, this mouse is naked…. […]
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