Days 37 to 45 of my mini birds project - I'm making progress! I'm still having fun with different ways of creating the birds, and wondering about other styles too ..read more

.....when you can make more than one?!? I missed out on a Miniatures Group sewing evening recently, but when I saw the tricorne bowls that the other members had been making, I wanted some of that action! So, I jumped onto Little Patch Pockets website and ordered the Tricorne Bowl pattern. Simple to purchase, and the PDF was sent to me quite quickly. In not much time at all I'd read through it, cut out some fabrics and made my first bowl. Perfect for Easter treats, or at least, it would have been, if it hadn't been swiped by DD2 who liked the look of it! So, I set to and did some more cutting ..read more

The next nine! I'm really enjoying these little applique birds, as you can tell by the number of them that I've made. The machine sewn foundation pieced one (centre right) was more difficult, and I'm not sure that it came out just how I was imagining! Still, onwards and upwards - lots more birds still to make!   ..read more

 The next nine birds! I can see that I need to get better at making ones that face right!  Funny that I didn't notice as I was going along, it's only now that they are grouped together that my bias becomes obvious! Still, I'm pleased with days 10 to 18 ..read more

I'm taking part in the Quilters Guild 'Imagine a Bird' - and they ask that full images aren't shared ahead of a particular post that they are going to make, so here are just some snippets. First of all, above, is the background that I've made for my piece.  A technique that I've seen other leading quilters use, layering up different neutrals, that I enjoyed creating. Then you can see little glimpses of my work in progress - the bird that I am going to applique onto this background. This was my first guess at a bird breast - but the colour wasn't working! I was much happier with my seco ..read more

A fun 'crafternoon' with Benta and Vicky led to me sewing these card toppers.   I had fun assembling pieces of felt with a selection of scraps, adding stitches to hold them together, and then finishing them with simple flowers. Have you seen flowers like this?  Mine were made with fabric circles that were about 2" diameter, then cut in half.  Then it was a simple matter of deciding how many petals to use in each flower (mostly I used six, but not always), and sewing a small running stitch across the straight edge of each petal, joining them onto the one length of thread.&n ..read more

 A little side trip into crafting this week - every now and then I make a batch of cards.  This time I had a few bits and pieces that I wanted to use up - sticker sheets that were almost finished, scraps of paper and cut outs - you know how these things accumulate when you aren't looking! So, with some of my older - again very random - cards, I made a few cards to tide me over until I next sit down with a good idea what I want to do! Always satisfying, and it makes life easy when you have a few handmade cards on hand ..read more

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