Patchwork sewing hoop

Hello lovely people,

I hope everyone's week is going well so far...and hasn't been too wet!  You'd never guess it was August would you?!

I'm looking forward to a couple of days off with plenty of crafting planned :-)

Today I have one of my embroidery hoops to share with you.

I wanted to make a decorative item for my sister-in-law's birthday and since she makes pretty things with felt and fabric, I made this sewing-themed design for her to hang in her creative space.

The image is from a brilliant cross-stitch themed stamp set and I printed the text on my computer.

I thought it would be really cute to create a patchwork background using tiny hexagons die cut from several different papers and my new Pion papers were perfect for this with the cute ditsy patterns.

The fab dies and stamps I've used are from Dies to Die For and you can click on the links or just pop over to the shop for a little browse around...you never know what might take your fancy - lol!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Copic colours;
Pink flowers: RV32, R83, RV34
Blue flower: B41, B23
Leaves: YG25, YG17

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;
Hand Stitched stamp set - Neat and Tangled
Circle STAX 1 - My Favorite Things
Circle STAX 2 - My Favorite Things
Inside and out stitched circle STAX - My Favorite Things
Stitched hexagon STAX - My Favorite Things

Other ingredients;
Patchwork of Life and Dearest Sofia 12 x 12" papers - Pion Design
Flowers, buttons, pins, cotton reel - from stash

Same but different!

Hello lovely people,

I've had a really fun and productive day off today and thought I'd wrap it up with a quick blog post to share another decorated embroidery hoop.

It is VERY similar to my previous one of these in lilac...can you spot the tiny differences, other than the colour of course?!

For this one I added a few buttons and I only used one pin this time but it's a real beauty isn't it?

I changed the charm too :-)

Yep, that's about it - lol!

I hope you are all having a good week, but probably looking forward to the weekend?!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Ribbon Girl products;
Maja Design 'Summertime' 6x6 paper pad
White cherry blossom
Ivory 10mm open roses
Dusky blue 20mm open roses
Dusky blue 10mm open roses
White sweetheart blossoms
Miniature pale blue blossoms
Limoges blue seam binding

Other products;

Other flowers, scissors charm and pin: from stash

Dies: Sewing dies - First Edition

Baby's first Christmas keepsake hoops

Hello lovely people,

Happy New Year!
I hope 2017 is full of wonderful things for you all :-)

This will be my last post with Christmas creations but there was no way I could resist sharing this pair of 4" embroidery hoops that I made for two little ones' first Christmas.

They are both for little girls but I didn't want to make both of them pink so one is in pretty aqua instead.

As soon as I got the commission for these I knew I wanted to use James bear images and now he is available in digi format, I could make them just the right size for the hoops.

As usual I have made the sentiments on my computer and then I finished off just with a few snowflakes, in die cut and metal charm form.

I made sure the back of the hoops also looked pretty and added a little tag to so that a message could be added but kept hidden.

I hope you have all had a good bank holiday...I have loved the extra crafting time!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Card recipe;

Image: James bear digis - LOTV

DP: Pink ones by Maja Design and Aqua ones by Galleria Papieru

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Circle STAX - MFT Die-namics, Stylish snowflakes - MFT Die-namics

Snowflake charm - The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;
Fur: E40/41/42/43

Everything else: lost in the Christmas chaos!

Sewing themed embroidery hoop in lilac

Hello lovely people,

I hope you all had a wonderfully merry and joyful Christmas because I know I most certainly did :-)
There's not much better than spending time with loved ones and eating/drinking yourself silly for a few days!

I do still have a few Christmas projects that I didn't get round to sharing but for now I thought I'd share something non-Christmassy.

It's another decorated hoop but as this one is 5", so a bit larger than my previous 2 hoops, I decided to back it with DP and add all the embellies inside.
Most of these pretty things are from The Ribbon Girl and all the links are at the end of my post.

I really loved choosing and arranging all the little bits and pieces in co-ordinating colours.

The tape measure is a freebie stamp and the dress form was from a newly(ish) purchased sewing themed die set that I'm looking forward to using some more.

If you are already back to work then I hope it's ok and if not, enjoy the rest of your time off.

I have the rest of today and tomorrow to chill out and craft before I go back to work on Thursday.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

The Ribbon Girl products;
Pion In Provence paper
White cherry blossom
White sweetheart blossoms
Miniature white blossoms
Miniature lilac blossoms
Ivory 20mm open roses
Lilac 10mm open roses
Vintage lilac 10mm open roses
Ivory pearlised teardrop pins
Sewing machine charm
7mm bridal white ivory satin ribbon
Sky mauve lilac seam binding

Other products;

Other flowers: from stash

Dies: Sewing dies - First Edition

Let it snow hoop

Hello lovely people,

I had a busy morning of shopping and baking then took some time out to relax with my fabulous buddies Sue and Debs this afternoon; just chatting, drinking tea/coffee and eating scrummy soup and cake :-)

Now I'm just off to watch an old episode of Sherlock (catching up before the new season in January - excited!) with Dr. Hubby but thought I'd quickly share another Christmas project first.

This is another 3" decorated wooden embroidery hoop.

The sparkler on the snowflake is just gorgeous and I added a little more sparkle with some silver twine to hang it up.

The sentiment is computer generated.

Well, that's it from me..short and sweet!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Card recipe;

DP: Snow Queen - Galleria Papieru

Dies: Large snowflake - Noor! Design
Silver metallic twine - The Ribbon Girl

Sparkler gem: from stash

Be merry embroidery hoop

Hello lovely people,

I love a good craft room day...and today has definitely been one of those!  There's still plenty more time to keep on crafting as Dr. Hubby is away so I can craft as long as I like ;-)

I thought I'd take a little break from colouring to show you something a bit different; it's a 3" embroidery hoop that I have made into a Christmas decoration.

I glued DP to card so it was nice and sturdy then covered the front and the back of the hoop.

I used my beautiful poinsettia die and various snipped up die cuts to add decoration and finished it with a computer-generated sentiment and pearls.

The back is covered with DP but otherwise left plain.

I really loved making this and was delighted with how it turned out so do let me know what you think of it :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Card recipe;

DP: A gift for you - Maja Design

Twine: Natural button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Circle STAX - MFT Die-namics, Stitched poinsettia trio - Poppystamps, Tall Chloe stem - Memory Box, Fancy flourish - MFT Die-namics