sewing pictures again

As some have you who have popped into this blog may have seen that I have had a go at sewing pictures.

Thanks to Poppy Cottage or should I say Puppy Cottage who passed on a suggestion ( marmalade rose), hours of trawling blog land and clip art,  I have come up with a few of my own. 

I have a few more VW ones to make for a little craft fayre at my friends house this weekend, and then I shall have run out of frames. 

Have a look at three red apples for some amazing machine art.  I am so envious of her talent and imagination. 

It is sew nice to be sewing and  constantly learning more about my machine and what it can do.  The one thing that irritates me though is having to change feet.  I sew with a normal foot or walking foot, then keep switching to a darning foot which is better for the pictures. 

My screwdriver is always at the ready.

Oh what a pain life can be . . .

Thanks for looking

Cheers

Sara

Halloween and my sewing machine . . .

So I've continued with the sewing and come up with this, first time for machine writing and have discovered that I need to practice my joined up writing on paper before I have another go on the machine. 

However, I am trying, and as my husband would say I am very trying. 

Anyway went into my local art gallery in Teignmouth and came upon this Poppy Treffrey, I just love her work.  Hope you do to.

Mega thanks to handmade by annabelle who kindly linked up.  A great poncho which I know my daugthers would love.  However I still cannot crochet.  Am trying to learn but struggling with my granny squares.  I will get there.

Link Party

So this hopefully will be a Monday thing.  Please feel free to link up your makes. I don't have a working button yet, and it may take me some time to work out what to do.  But if you made it yourself please link up every monday.

cheers

Sara

crochet & APPLIQUE

I won a give a-way.  APPLIQUE was giving away this fabulous book and beautiful hand made brooch with some wool and a hook.  And I won.  Won't show you how my crocheting is going but maybe some day when I have made a whole blanket I will share with you all. 

Please take a look at this lovely website with simply beautiful pictures and hand sewn brooches. 

isn't she lovely?

teeshirts

Having seen yo-yo after yo-yo on the net I finally decided to make some.  Very quick and easy I must add and can be used for so many crafty things.

I put my first three onto a teeshirt with some ric rac to make them look like flowers.  I made two such teeshirts and sold both very early in the day at our little village craft fayre.  Success I thought until the boats flew out the gazebo and I now have only a couple left. 

So this week I am making yo-yos by the 3s and sewing boats on teeshirts with enthusiasm and speed.  I do enjoy this time of year and love it when people like my work. 

I am going to try stitching yo-yos onto card to look like flowers.  Hopefully this will work.  Will keep you posted.

Have still to try a triple decker ice cream applique.  Yum yum.