I've got my confidence back. :)

Over the past 2 days I've been experimenting with my sewing machine and discovered that I'm not half bad at patchwork. After the patchwork playmat, I decided to try my hand at patchwork again.

This time I put together a couple of cushions, one pink and the other blue. They were made up of 4" squares with a calico backing and fire resistant filler. The are rather small to the standard size cushions, but they really do look really cute.

I could imagine them in a conservatory, living room or even in the bedroom. Just to brighten up the room a little. I hadn't realised that once I started I was going to get the bug and want to carry on with more... My head is swimming with ideas, I just have to put them into action and produce them.

I hope that you like the pictures. I thought I would just keep you up to date on my activities. :)

These cushions are also for sale on Ebay. So if you're interested, by all means come and have a look. Just press the buttons and you'll be taken straight to them. These items are only on a 10 day listing and they are really just one of a kind. So you can't get better than that, can you. :)

A Triumph

Today, I jumped another hurdle. ;) I finished the playmat, I started about a month ago. It turned out great. I was really impressed with it, even if I may say so myself.

It was the first time in years I tried patchwork and so this was a big task for me and now that it is done I'm proud of it. You saw a picture of it in it's beginning stages, but check it out now... :) YESSSSSSSSSSS..... I'm happy, can you tell? hehehe.

On the note of doing well, I've completed my course work for the moment and I've just implemented the last details to what I needed to do, now I just need to watch the webinars and then I'm completely done, ready for the review. Phew, talk about working under pressure. :)

Kev is going to be making plaster of paris casts soon, he finds it relaxing especially when he starts working on the painting detail. I'll show you that when he's done one, they are gorgeous. I wish I was half as talented as he is.

So you see, we are creative together in our own ways. :) Hope you like the pictures.

Projects I would like to take on - Patchwork

I am by no means an expert in doing homecrafts, but I have tried my hand at a few things. I am in the middle of making a patchwork playmat. At first I thought it was going to be one hell of a job, but it turned out that it was fairly easy to do.

The only hiccup I have had so far, is that the wadding was difficult to work through with the sewing machine. All I have to do now is put the main material on the back.

My brother came round last weekend and I was not prepared for the response. As soon as they saw it, him and his girlfriend both said wow. I was shocked, but was really chuffed that they actually liked it, because I think I may have to give it to them in the near future.... ;) I'm not saying she is pregnant now, but who knows, they seem pretty tight to me.

Anyway, the patchwork play mat again was a experiment made up of 4 inch squares and sewn together, then the wadding was put to the back of it with some calico, so that I could sew it all in and make like a quilt effect. The final touch to it will be the back of the playmat, I chose a flannel tartan material, purely because it is super soft and if they really need to, they can use the playmat as a quilt too. The wadding was only 2oz, so not too warm for baby and quite safe.

I also have tons of choices of playmats on our website, these however are not homemade, but come from other stores. The stores that I have used on the website are mainly US, our UK store front is being made up at the moment, so unfortunately I can send you to the UK site yet.