And the Winner Is...........

Terry can you email me your snail mail address and I will get your bundle in the post this week. I have opened my email address on my profile but will take it off in a couple of days (otherwise I get inundated with spam).

Needle Case

Here is a project I have been working on this week. I don't usually make needle cases for myself they usually end up as giveaways in swaps. But I have wanted to make this particular needle case for some time ever since I bought the Needleworks Book by Kindred Spirits quite a few years ago. I got the book out for a friend the other week and thought that I might as well have a go at it. I modified it a little, padded the pin cushion part so now it doesn't sit quite flat when closed but I think it is more useable that way and I didn't use cardboard but pelmet vileine which is much better to work with and I didn't put a the scissor keep and thread bobbin in but that makes it mine. I am now working on a hexagon bag to match.

Little Blue Birds has slowed a little bit, the pieced border isn't as simple as it looked as I think I must of not read the instructions properly at some point and cut one of the borders smaller than it should have been and of course mine is a different size to what it should be so I am fudging it (yes I know you are supposed to read all the instructions before you begin but I tend to just look at the pictures oops and must of picked up the wrong measurements). I have 2 side borders on just have to do top and bottom then the final border should be fine.

Give Away Alert

I have arranged with Leanne to have a play date with my dye pots. As I can see more wool felting in the near future I have decided to do a give away of 1/2 doz pieces approx 7" (most pieces are 7 x 9) square pieces of my wool felt that I posted last week. I chopped into one piece yesterday and there is no fraying so I am confident that they are well felted so I am happy to send some off to a new home. The colours are Dk blue, Lght Blue, green, purple, orange and red (rust).

So you know the drill, leave a comment on this post and I will draw a winner in a weeks time.

Happy Dance Only Two Borders to Go

Only two more borders and Little Blue Birds is finished. Must say I will be glad to get it done and dusted it has been a bit of a marathon effort but it is looking lovely so I will probably get it quilted fairly quickly just have to find some nice backing fabric.

Playing with Wool and the Dye pots

My fingers have a slight blue tinge I should have put the gloves on when I was doing the rinsing but you know I was just going to do one or two and leave the rest for tomorrow but then I had to see what they all looked like so now the slight blue tinge and a lovely bundle of wool is ready.

Here is the before shot, I couldn't get cream wool the closest I could get was a light grey.

But from these humble beginnings I got these yummy colours. The fabrics in the top photo are Drs Flannel which has a looser weave than the other wool and didn't felt as well, but the colours are clearer as it was cream to start with. I'll give it a go and see how it works on some projects though. The bottom photo is the wool pictured above. I am happy with them not with the fact that I ended up with a heap of orange though. That what happens when the kids get involved and I am trying to keep them from being head to toe in a colour other than what they naturally come in. Might overdye a couple a darker red if I get a chance today.

Well its time to Pick Me

A month or so ago I told you that my photo had been chosen to go in the running for a place in Variety Club Weather Calendar. If you like my photo please vote for me now. The only problem with giving you the link is you will find lots of photo's that I think are way better than mine. Oh well vote for me please just because. The picture is called Gathering Gloom over Grange.

I have Issues

Fabric stash issues. You know you have fabric issues when you can completely change your thinking on a quilt and pull fabrics again entirely from you stash not even make a dent in that stash and not having to purchase a single fabric piece of fabric. You have issues when you don't intend to do anything about it except buy more fabric. Here is my one completed project from the weekend.