Showing posts with label swap bot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swap bot. Show all posts

Thursday, March 4, 2010

My creative space



This week i've been making crocheted coasters for a swap i'm in on swapbot.

The theme is spring time coasters and i had to make 2 coasters for 2 partners.

They turned out quite nice so i'm thinking of making a set of 6 in some more neutral tones just for me.

Here's the pattern if you like. It's from Ravelry so you may need to sign in for it.

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

time to get back to it

And a new school year begins tommorrow so it's time to get back to reality...

No more sleep ins or popping down to the shop mid week.
Time to get seriously organised again for another year and somehow keep the house running smoothly while my husband may or may not be around, he does that, sometimes he's here sometimes not. That's the nature of his work.
Life goes on regardless, so after dman & I drop everyone off to start their new year i'll be back home organising my diary and figuring out how to keep everyone happy and fitting in time for myself. Haven't had much of that lately but I promised myself this year I need to take better care of myself. And so I will.

Oh wow, that was serious... now for the fun stuff...
I did a MMAM swap on swap bot a little while ago and we had to send some pretty mail.
2 people flaked so I offered to send one to them. I used THIS lovely ladies envelope stencil and an old fairy tale book from the oppy. I think they look pretty. My gorgeous daughter made a pretty envelope too. Her friends better look out... I think she's hooked... she thought it was fabulous that you could make your own... who'd have thought? Home made envies!!







And now for the drum role......

My first ever crocheted baby blanket. This is for a friend who is due very shortly and has no clue what the babie's sex is. So old fashioned, but exciting just the same. This is the reason behind my colour scheme :) The pattern is called Red Heart Lacy Squares here's the pattern if you like.








Sunday, November 29, 2009

Swap Bot - fabric post card swap

spoiler alert if you happen to be my swap bot swap partner...

this weekend we've been cleaning the house in preparation for our move north in 3 weeks time. to break up the utter boredom and to give myself a rest from the chemical warfare, i joined this cute little swap.

the task is to make a fabric postcard and this is what i made...



Looking for ideas, i found this tree stencil in a xmas craft book.



found some suitable fabric from my stash.



used double sided iron on to place the pieces.



blanket stitched around the tree... and...



hand stitched my message... then...



Added some sequins.



made the back with calico & stitched the lines, and finally



the finished postcard...

now ... back to some more cleaning... sigh