Finally stitched out my froggy bean bag. Pictures are taken using a cheap and an expensive camera, gave quite different colours. The truth is about half way. This fits a 200x360 mm hoop - roughly some 8"x 14". Digitising it was easy; fitting the
After watching some very creative and artsy raw edge applique videos I decided to make a card following the same principles. I learned a thing or two and did not like the idea of cutting it to size. I think I might turn it into a mug rug, it has just the
Recycle, reuse. Two T-shirt with tiny holes remade in children's T's, size 98 (body height in cm). And as I could not avoid the spotty parts I used some appliqués, both mine, to hide those.
I did not want to add a towel to the thousands that have already been posted as it offers no new inspiration. But liked to show the design - see link below - it stitched out so nicely. As you see I changed the colour of the stripes to make it look more li
Looking for some thicker yarn I found an almost finished back panel for a sweater. My children did not like the feel of the yarn, so it slumbered in a bag with the rest of the yarn for at least 30 (!) years. see picture #1. I had no pattern (made it up
During my trip to France we covered quite a few kilometres in the coach. I crocheted another Virus meets Granny Square shawl, this time in blue. Made several balls of 2 strands of yarn before we went away - which reduced my almost inexhaustible stash a bi
I was away to France for a week with our regional prehistoric society, called DPV. Off the beaten track: dolmen, cave paintings, digs. For the 2 board members who had arranged the trip (and did a lot of work during our activities) I made a small pres
Made some small pouches as well. The (recycled) denim started as a 7" square, the other two as a 9" square of upholstery fabric. Those were unlined and have rather raw edges. The denim ones have a thin quilted lining. I decorated the on my sewing mac
Jumper. After the combined thin yarns which I knitted by hand, I wanted to use the knitting machine using a 'normal' hand knitting yarn. So I went through my stash and found some blue and white leftovers and a ball of red (100 gr) of Bergelle100
Progress stash reduction. I crocheted another C2C blanket. see picture#1. I used the colours on top and mixed them two a number of different shades - 3 threads each - 2 col A plus 1 col B in varying combinations, 1A+1B+1C or 3 whites. And a few rows wi
Vivaldi - summer After the (success of the) spring guest towel I was asked to do the summer as well. Here it is. The towel is a mix of bamboo and cotton, it feels ever so soft.
My homehelp asked me if I could do anything to repair the burn marks/holes her sun got the first time he wore it - children's party cum barbecue. It was placed so close to the hem I made a tab with the initial of the child - H - and the number that w
Neighbour asked for a guest towel with the beginning of Vivaldi's 4 seasons as a birthday gift for a friend of her. Asked yesterday, needed it before noon today. I digitized an embossed rectangle and the first few notes. It took 3 hours to digitise, 15 m
Been trying to reduce my stash. So after the white I introduced some colour: the two whites plus two light blues which were used for a cardigan and a C2C 1m square blanket. And two whites plus one green for another. Then I thought of dying the ya
Two of the white cones of machine knitting yarn were used to do some knitting and stash reducing. As the threads were rather thin I decided to get my knitting machine out of the moth balls. So I did some (read: a lot of) cleaning and oiling, set the machi
