Getting Stitched on the Farm: Visit to the Deerfield Valley Pocumtuck Memorial Hall Museum

Getting Stitched on the Farm: Visit to the Deerfield Valley Pocumtuck Memorial Hall Museum

ElenaRegina wool: Maglia gipsy .........un mondo di colori ............

ElenaRegina wool: Maglia gipsy .........un mondo di colori ............: Maglia gipsy Nel mio gruppo Fb  Condivido con il cuore abbiamo deciso di realizzare  una maglia molto simile a questa della foto Il mod...

Pin Jars, project 6

                       Flushed with success at my first Wood Street Market, I am making things with a vintage feel.  
These two upcycled Kilner jars are filled with vintage haberdashery;  needles, trims, threads etc, and have a useful pincushion on top, instead of the rusty lid.                                   

Moodling

This commitment to creating something every week has energised me.  I feel inspired to make things using what I already have, or am given.  Jill has been very generous with her stash of goodies, (why is another person's stash so much more interesting than ones own?).  She has given me some luscious bits of trims, buttons and fabric. But the thing I value most is her enthusiasm and encouragement.  Hence I find myself committing to several stalls, vintage in theme.  This, I have discovered, is where my heart lies at the moment; vintage and upcycling.  (So much for all the fabric stashed away in my cupboards!).

Recycled fabric.

I have enjoyed making these pouches from old shirts and blouses.  I have made suffolk puffs and some English hexagons tom embellish the pouches, but prefer the ones with buttons and ricrac braid.  I have worked really hard to make these this week, but am glad to be building up things for my vintage stall.

Celebrating Yorkshire Day

1st August.
Today I have been making bunting for my Vintage stall, which is on 18th August in Wakefield.
I used some old shirting and a bit of vintage fabric, joined together with some cotton tape.
As today has been the hottest day in the year so far, (31 degrees), it was rather warm work. I am glad I started and finished the project in one day.

A Quilt for Sam; project 3

I have been sewing a quilt for my newest grandson, Samuel, who is seven weeks old.  His big sister, Evie, has a similar quilt, but bound in pink so she doesn't get mixed up.  Sam's is bound in turquoise.  I gave them the quilts, (well Evie unwrapped both parcels), tonight, and Evie immediately spread hers out on the carpet and wanted a picnic on it.  She loves the quilts.
I am so glad to have finished Sam's quilt, as the binding fabric was very hard to sew, and my fingers are sore.  But it is so worthwhile.