crafty sunday

A bit of time to myself this Sunday and I whipped up these cute coasters from the latest Cotton & Paint magazine and am loving them…they are backed with denim and are just gorgeous….I might make some more since they were so quick but I now notice my dodgy corners and better get my pin to them and pull them out!!!


I also made this bag and just need to top sew and tidy it up….its the library tote from Crafters Companion….I enjoyed this book so much that I cleaned up my craft room twice this weekend!!! amazing


oh and check out my stitching…I found an embroidery hoop yesterday and have been doing some small projects and I enjoyed it so much I stayed in my pj’s this morning with my coffee longer than normal stitching away…I just need to wash off the washable pen….you can do it without the pen but I find you get a neater look using the pen….if anyone has another method please let me know…


here’s my next one

Comments

  1. Love the stitching – gorgeous – I am so envious of anyone who can produce neat hand stitching.

  2. Cute fabrics on those coasters! Love the bag and the stitching too. I use a washable pen that also has an eraser on the other end, so you can just use the eraser instead of washing.

  3. The sign of a great weekend when your sunday post is all the sewing you got done. Love those coasters. I too must get some of these made. “Crafters Companion” is one of my best read books at the moment too.
    Also love the stitchery & bag.

  4. So lucky! You got a whole day crafting…whereas I was having to drive all over the burbs visiting. Love all your creations, specially the stitching. I gotta break out my hoop…its in a box somewhere. I also use a washable pen, so useful for everything. But to remove the marks, I’ve got a water barrel pen which is pretty good at getting to the odd spots.

  5. Everything is just fanatastic! I love the coasters, I need to make some as we just bought a new coffee table. The bag is great too, but I especially love the stitching. I’ve inherited all of my mum’s embroidering supplies which includes a whole magazine collection in 4 huge ring binders, I just need to find some time and patience! Might start off with just a few small singlets first.

  6. Love the stitcheries – I really should start some Christmas ones – maybe even the ones that I started last year – LOL

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Bargain saturday

Well I decided to read up on sales this weekend and found two! One was a local church which had a massive garage sale and I got all of this for $8….patterns were 5c each (yes 5c) but the lady told me oh there was a girl before you who bought 50….lesson to self to get there early!!!!

We went crazy over the kids books especially this one which is my favourite and actually Japanese….figures!

I then popped over to a $1 warehouse sale by a thrift store…got these goodies for $5 and pretty happy as Keira loves her little baby doll

Finally I spent the afternoon giving retro mummy store a proper home…wools packed away and space made….I’m very happy they are neat and organised and I now need to photograph 7 new books, stationary, gift bags, 30 patterns and some buttons and more trims and thats my saturday night folks.

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