Little Vintage Linen Revamp and Gifts

I found the sweetest embriodered cloth at the boot sale a few weeks ago and snaffled it up for pennies!

When I got it home and gently hand washed it I found it was a bit ravaged right in the middle, so I took the scissors to it.  I salvaged three of the four corners and turned them into little stuffed lavender hearts. 

I think these will hang next to my bed to see me off into dreamland.

I love making stuff from otherwise useless stuff ~ many a mortal would have chucked that cloth, that makes me smile.

This last week or so I have been making buttony stuff as I took part in Lemonade Kitty's Button Swap.

I really enjoyed making for this one as I love buttons.  I was paired with a lovely lady Maria of Dinky Dots .  This was Maria's first ever Blog swap and she was a bit unsure as to do so we agreed I would make and post my stuff off first to give her an idea of the sort of things we send to each other. 

 
I really enjoyed making for Maria as our tastes differ, it is good to come out of your comfort zone sometimes. The hardest thing about this swap was giving away a bag of chocolate buttons ;0)

 Maria has blogged about it here, pop over and have a look she makes some fab stuff.

Yesterday I got a lovely gift from a kind lady who follows my blog, Chrissie aka Ziggy2407.

 

The softest pink notebook and matching pen with the most adorable necklace

Isn't it adorable, and it's just the perfect length for me too.  I was wearing this all day yesterday and whilst eating my dinner a garden pea escaped my fork skimmed the boobage and popped right into this cage.  I spent a good few minutes shaking it out :)

Thanks very much lovely lady x

p.s. Still planning my giveaway ~ will be back with it soon.

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Cath Kidston Fabric Recycled Scatter Cushion

My lovely friend visited last week with her boyfriend and he donated a pair of old jeans to me for my stash ~ thanks! I was really pleased with the colour of them so I gave them a quick wash and took the scissors to them.

The material you get from old jeans is obviously only as wide as the legs, so I thought it would be best to use it in strips. It seemed to go really well with my Cath Kidston Spray Duck so it ended up as a cushion.

I followed the pattern for the little bird cushion from the Sew Cath Kidston Book, mainly for the overall size and front strip sizes. I appliquéd some hearts to the front and added a little length of vintage lace to the front seams.

It’s not a full size cushion so I had to make it a bespoke cushion for the inside using an old pillowcase and some new cushion stuffing.

I popped this into my cushion cover and slip stitched it closed at the bottom.

I’m quite pleased with how this turned out, I think that I may make a few more of these, they are a nice size to scatter on your bed.

p.s. I have just noticed that I have 94 followers! Wow, thank you all so much for following my ramblings and leaving your comments. As a thank you to all you lovelies I must think about putting together a 100 followers giveaway (that's if I get to 100!). I am not sure of the content yet as I have not thought this through really, but watch this space.

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A Quick Recycle

I bought this lovely scarf from a charity shop a while back:

I don’t wear scarves as such but it was so pretty I just had to have it. I did try it on lots of different ways, but every way I wore it I felt like a pensioner or an air hostess!

I decided that I would change it into something more wearable so I changed it into a rosette brooch.

I ironed it in half lengthwise, then folded each free edge back over and did a rosette type twist in the middle then just did a running stitch along the remainder of the scarf with strong cotton. Gathering as I went I secured it every now and then with a few stitches to the back. I finished it off with a little felt circle and a brooch back from my jewellery stash and then fluffed it up a bit.

I considered adding ribbons and lace to the back to hang from it but it was too much, due to its size I think I will leave it at this.

Voila a bright and breezy rosette to cheer up a black outfit (which is what I mainly wear, by some fluke I was in bright red that day!).

p.s. What do you think of my new header? That's my lovely Mum in a teeny weeny black polka dot mini back in 1969!

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