Wednesday, 4 February 2009

A few things I've been working on...

I've been quietly working away on a few things - now this Christmas stitchery is to give me a head start for this year - I believe I found this pattern somewhere in blog-land and I'm so sorry I can't acknowledge the creator. Have made note to self ..."in future note down the blogsite and creator" ...


I've started working on a lovely Mill Hill cross-stitch that also involves little bead work in the borders - the 'cloth' is like a fine plastic and is not that easy to stitch at night - and need to concentrate so only a little progress on this...

Here's a very sneak peak of ChookyBlue's gift for winning my 100th post draw - ChookyBlue this will be on its way to you soonest...



I read Nicola's Daisies regularly and Nicola talks about her collection of 'weekend skirts' - this got me thinking about creating my own supply - here's one from local thrift shop - great score $6.95 ... I've found some other great buys in the local thrift shops too, however haven't taken any pics :(


Then I picked up this fabric from Arthur Toye on sale for $6/mtr so have cut out this skirt to make... ohh I think Nicola, you've got me started on something - have been so used to wearing jeans all the time around home in the weekends - am loving the 'weekend skirt' ... so much so am venturing into wearing them to work instead of the plain black I'm so prone to wear - its really quite refreshing !!

Have also done a little quilting on "Autumn Leaves" - have worked on detailing the batik leaves and now at a standstill while I work out how to machine quilt the background...


Hugs

5 comments:

Leanne said...

I have that Xmas tree waiting to be done. I like the idea of weekend skirts and I love op shops for bargain clothes.

Chookyblue...... said...

wow it is just like I won again.........to many things happening........can't wait......it is stitched in blue....yum yum.....

loulee said...

If the origins of the stitchery come back to you, please let me know, it looks very pretty.
You seem to have loads happening.

A Spoonful Of Sugar said...

WOW - your autumn leaves quilt looks amazing!!!

Anonymous said...

Just love your op shop skirt. Very Nice. - Aunty Witch