some Christmas decorations… a series of mittens and gloves, of a single width of felt and decorated in various ways. These made nice and simple little gifts for friends. The little glittery gold bell was made by a 4 yr…
Tag: handcrafts
A handmade Christmas
I do admire other people’s Christmas trees, the ones which are all glitzy and sparkly and beautifully colour co-ordinated, sometimes even with a new colour scheme each year, but it is just not for us. We have a small artificial…
Little house pillowcase, and old slipcover
I made this pillowcase for my niece when she was born five years ago, and have had it back the last few days for a few minor repairs… Yes, the patchwork is intentionally wonky. I am normally very obsessive about…
Fabulous stuff made by Mum and Dad…
My Mum and Dad are enormously creative and talented. They have made heaps and heaps of beautiful things…a visit to their house reveals one lovely work after another. I took some pictures of just a few during our last visit……
Featuring small versions of Tim and Cassie…
Whizzing back a few years now… and here are some more of the little outfits I made for my children when they were small. These were “good” outfits, but of course I used to dress my children in good outfits…
Sam’s quilt
An ongoing part of this blog is the documentation of stuff I have handmade in the past, including the small collection of quilts I have made for my family. I have shown here before Tim’s quilt and Cassie quilt, now…
Cathedral window cushion
This is a cushion cover I made for my mother a few years ago. Actually more than a few. I think it was for a mother’s day … oh btw, Happy Mother’s Day for last Sunday to all you yummy…
An early project…
Once I mentioned here one of the earliest things I made that I still have, a pincushion. And I thought maybe it deserved a post of its own as it is so funny to me to look at it now!…
