Little Fabric Scraps

Afternoon all.  I'm starting to get a little excited about the upcoming fabric swap ~ many thanks to you who have already entered together we will make little packages of happiness to send to each other's doors. 

If you are still thinking of entering you have still got time, I'll leave it open until Wednesday and I'll pair us all up then, just sign up here

My recent makes have been a bit sporadic.  The hexie kits I popped in my Folksy shop have been going well,  there are lots of creative ladies out there who want to get into, or back into making little hexies. 

I've been making more hexies for my own stash too, I have a 'mainly pinks' idea for a cushion for my girly bedroom ~ don't tell the hubby!  I love being surrounded by little fabric scraps.

I finally got a new blade for my rotary cutter so I was trimming and cutting like mad on Saturday, so much so that my wrist is hurting like mad today.

I've made some larger squares 10cm x 10cm these will fit the larger hexies I have but I will more than likely make them into a patchwork cushion.

I've been making more candles and melts.  I had my first major fail with a batch of tea lights this week, I added too much scent and they were just not right.  They smell amazing but burn up really fast, I'll have to keep these ones for myself ;0) 

I did manage not to botch up the Bubblegum Melts I made, so they made it into my shop.

On a totally different tack, I make myself a 'Sewing Necklace' ~ I've had these charms for ages and thought I would make use of them, quite sweet and 'Sew' me.

Told you my makes were sporadic...

In other news, I've got lots of 'Family Issues' going on at the minute, so I'm a little pre-occupied. 

My blogging has been much less frequent as has my commenting. 

To be fair the commenting is not easy with blogger playing up at the minute but I mainly use my iPhone to read all of your blogs and leaving comments is not always possible on there, depending on Blogger's mood.  I do read each and every post though and I will be back to commenting and posting more often as soon as things settle down.

Love you all lots, and get your thinking caps ready for the swap x

p.s. Can't let today go by without sending a 'Happy Fathers Day' to all the wonderful Fathers out there, especially my wonderful husband, the best Dad and Step Dad any kid could wish for xXx

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Charity Shop Haul

The patron saint of charity shops was smiling on me this weekend, I got a lovely haul have a look:

This vintage linen cloth with folk dolls pattern, it’s beautiful and I plan to turn it into a couple of tote bags, 75p,

These four lace edged cloths which are about cushion size I think I might embroider or quilt onto these and make some cushions, £1.25 for 4,

My favourite bit was two of these amazing celtic nightdresses, they were brand new with tags from past times £25 each, I paid £3 each,

I love it, it's very 'ghost of christmas past'...

Besides this second hand haul the British Heart Foundation were selling off lucky dip bags of new accessories, this was what came in the bag for £3!!

There were so many lovely bits in there, and the £3 went to charity:

There were some reading glasses in my strength, I love them when I tried them on I felt like a cross between Dame Edna and Jo Frost, they made me feel all school marmish;

I loved these bags so I dragged my friend with me and we bought another two each and ended up with a bag full of goodies, some we will keep and use and some we will give away as gifts and some are just plain bizzare or unsuitable but for the price who can complain:

Here we have minnie mouse type hairband, huge purple elastic hairbands, sparkly metal hair clip thingies and furry animal print hair clips!

and another two pairs of reading glasses, if you would use any of these weird hair thingies or odd glasses just leave a message and let me know which you would like I will send it to you, first come first served.

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Recycled Jewellery

I have got my backside in gear this week and am able to enter the jewellery challenge with the lovely ladies over at MSE. This week the theme was Recycled, this is my entry, this is a bracelet made from tigertail with a recycled clasp from a broken bracelet, and beads from two different old snapped necklaces with little pearls snipped off an old purse.

When I get more time I think i will make some earrings to match it as I like this one and think I will keep it for me!

I found it quite theraputic beading again. I have had such a horrible stressful week, roll on next week.

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Jewellery Challenge and Farbic Swap

Even though I have not been making much jewellery lately I read the jewellery thread onMoney Saving Expert (MSE) every day to keep up with all the lovely creations on there. Last weekend it was decided to hold the first jewellery challenge and I had to take part, the challenge was to create a memory wire bracelet and the theme was ‘LOVE’.

This is my interpretation, it has amethyst and pink glass, bicones and pearls with silver plated roses and hearts and spacers. The bracelet is more purple in real life, these photos make the colours appear deep red.

Purple is my favourite colour and for me it is the colour of love, romance, spirituality and sensuality, and of course I had to add hearts and roses.

Just wanted to add, I have signed up for another blog swap organied by the lovely Tina. I have been paired up with 23rd Spiral for the latest Fabric Swap and I am already excited. The idea originated on the Sewing Thread of Money Saving Expert and hence the swap is intended to be a bit money saving. The idea is to send items that have been recycled in some way which is mainly what I work with. I am really looking forward to this, thanks Tina!

Right, back to the sewing machine for me…

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Jewellery Makes

Since I started this blog I have only really been showing my sewn stuff. My other thing is making jewellery.

It was back in February when I attended a little workshop on how to make simple jewellery that I got interested. I intended to learn how to make jewellery as I wanted to add embellishments to my makeup bags, like the bits on my zip pulls:



...and it kind of snowballed from there. I became more and more into making jewellery and less into sewing. Recently it has swung back to sewing, but who knows what’s next, I am a bit sporadic!

I got my jewellery making stuff out today to make a bracelet to send to a friend and I thought that I should let you see some of my recent makes. Please forgive the quality of the pictures some of these were taken before I discovered the macro button:

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