12 May 2013

a crafting weekend

I managed to get into town yesterday afternoon and get the embroidery thread I needed along with another ball of the chunky wool I was using to make madams shrug with.
 
I spent about an hour last night sewing on the bird and it's tail plumes. It's not come out quite as well as I'd planned in my head, but I'm still pleased with it. I did spend a good 15 minutes before I got started cursing whilst I tried to remember how to start blanket stitch off! I was having a complete mental block and getting myself quite wound up!
 
Not the calming atmosphere I was going for! Anyway, I did manage to figure it out again and here is the t-shirt after I'd finished...

 
 
Madam was very pleased with it when she saw it this morning and has asked me to make a t-shirt with a family of mice next to a house with "Home Sweet Home" on next! I'm not sure I'm up to that particular challenge! Think I will just go with my plan to make her a couple of little pockets to go on the next t-shirt I'm doing...
 
This is madam in her t-shirt this morning, I have no idea who taught her to flash a peace sign, it's certainly not something I've ever shown her. But she looks incredibly grown up and mature in this photo!
 
 
 
She looks so much older than 4 here! And I know I'm completely biased but she is so beautiful! I wish I was that pretty...
 
This morning I have been working on finishing off the shrug, which is just two hexagons sewn together, ingenious! I finished it just before writing this post and have got madam to try it on, but she is now refusing to let me take a photo, so I'll have to share that with you all later...
 
The shrug is a lovely deep blue and actually goes really nicely with what she's wearing today anyway. Bonus :) Oh, and apparently she'd like me to sew a button on at the top just so she can fasten it if it's cold.
 
I did buy some wool so that I could make a shrug for myself. I have to say, not a colour I would usually have gone for, but that was part of the appeal. I wanted something just that wee bit different. It's Stylecraft Harlequin Chunky yarn in Fuchsia/Spruce. So basically bright pink and dark green!
 
Really out of my comfort zone... 


1 comment:

Lucy Lockett said...

Hey, you have to remember, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You're right that madam is very beautiful, but she does get a good portion of that from you!