Scrappy Quilt - Finished!

Managed to bind the quilt over the last couple of days. Nothing complicated. 

I cut 2" strips from a piece of random green cotton fabric in my stash, and joined them to make a piece of continuous binding.

The length was folded in half and ironed, then sewn to the back of the quilt. Because I am lazy and don't always have the patience for hand sewing, I then top-stitched the binding on the front.

It is not, by any means, a perfect specimen of a quilt, but Molly seems to like it - so I'm happy with that.

Cxxx

Scrappy Quilting

Needed something to do today that was pretty mindless - in that I didn't need to concentrate too much. So I decided to make a scrap quilt - but in a very scrappy way. I didn't bother much about lining things up, or quilting straight lines. 

When I first wanted to do patchwork a few years ago, I bought charm packs in various colours - and there was always some that I just didn't really like. So this is a combination of all the ones left that I didn't want to use - along with a few other bits and pieces to fill it out. 

I'm really not bothered that it's a bit all over the place colour wise - it'll be for the dog, so she's not going to be bothered. I've backed it with fleece to make it a bit cosier for her.

Next job will be cutting some binding and finishing it off. But I'm pleased with it so far.

Cxxx

Playing Catch Up

I have been spending some time getting my Pinterest boards up to date with all my photos - most of which I have never blogged. I am hoping to get them onto Instagram at some point too - but we'll wait and see whether that happens! If you are interested, then please pop over to my Pinterest board and take a look - and maybe follow me there too. I'm there under Papercraft by Carole.

As I'm not yet too far behind with my 2018 pictures, I though I would do a couple of blog post over the next few days to get myself back on track. Today I have two cards I made for Mother's Day - one for my Mum and one for my Mother-in-Law.

Both were made using Hunkydory "A Relaxing Day" topper sheet and matching card.

The easel card is a pre-cut blank - I think it was from Craftwork cards.

Take care,

Cxxx

A Blast From The Past

It's been a while since I came on here - seems I say that a lot. And I'm not promising to blog regularly. But, I have been sorting out photos and pinning a lot. And I came across some old Paint Fusion photos - quite apt as Sheena is on Hochanda on Friday with Paint Fusion. Can't believe it's about 7 years ago that these first came out!!

These are just a few of my photos. I remember loving Paint Fusion and made so many gifts for friends with all the different flowers as they came out.

 

 

 

Really looking forward to seeing a fresh twist on it. 

Take care
Cxxxx

Framed Rose Picture

The 3D folders are back today with lots more inspiration from Debbie. And don't forget there are some amazing stamps and dies to go with them. 

I used one of the stamps from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set coloured with Fired Brick and Walnut Stain Distress Ink, and cut out into a fram with the Parisian Mirror Die. In the background, I used the Textured Swirls embossing folder, with more of the Walnut Stain and Fired Brick. The butterfly is from the Take Flight die set, and the swirl at the bottom from the Floral Delight die set.

Debbie will be back with more shows at 4pm and 7pm today. 

Embossed Tag

Back this morning with another sample using the new 3D embossing folders from Crafter's Companion.

I inked the folder with Toffee Crunch Memento Ink, the ran it through the machine to create the colour in the background. I added more colour with Picked Raspberry and Peeled Paint Distress Oxides. 

Take care,

Cxxx

Hello Sunshine!

Evening - more inspiration for the 3D embossing folders will be on Hochanda at 7pm. I love the combination of the Country Cottage folder with the Cottage Window Die.

This time I used Antique Linen, Worn Lipstick, Bundled Sage and Weathered Wood Distress Inks, to add colour to the folder and die. Behind it, and as a mat, I have used papers from Sara Signature Shabby Chic Collection.

The sentiment is from the "Say It With Words" stamp set that is part of the collection, and I used the Rose Vine Die for embellishment.

Take care,

Cxxx