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

Sew Special

Hello lovely people,

This week is fast getting away with me!  I like being busy but I feel like I'm keeping rather a lot of plates spinning at the moment.
So huge apologies for not being round to visit your blogs as much at the moment and I'll be popping round soon I hope.

Right now though we have a new challenge starting at In The Pink and our theme this time is...

SPECIAL LADY
Don't forget we want to see more pink than any other colour!

Our fabulous sponsor this time is Dies to Die For with a £10 voucher

I made this card for one of my sisters-in-law, who is fab with a sewing machine, and is of course, a special lady :-)

Of course I had to include my usual stitching on this card but thought I'd do a few variations on my usual straight line backstitch so I also did some wavy stitching and some zig zag stitching.

I have a huge stash of buttons but totally ignored them in favour of these die cut versions because I just really like the Kraft card against the pretty papers.

As you can see I managed to get a few more sewing themed bits and bobs on here with the scissors charm, pin and wooden cotton reel for the sentiment.

Card recipe;

Image: retired digi image from Pink Petticoat

DP: available as digi download from Nitwit Collections

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Dies: Buttons - Impression Obsession
Cotton reel: Vintage wood mini sewing spools - Live and Love Crafts
Charm: Scissors charm - The Ribbon Girl
Pin: Teardrop ivory pearlised pin - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: A little sentimental - Clearly Besotted

Copic colours;
Sewing machine body: W00/T0/1/2/3
Flowers: R81/83
Leaves: YG61/G43 & YR20/21

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

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