Needlework - a new challenge

Many years ago I used to enjoy cross stitch, embroidery and making clothes, but of late have not done any of the above! I took up the challenge and went on an embroidery day at Alston Hall which I thoroughly enjoyed and found quite relaxing. We made an embelished book cover and even though I say it mayself, I was quite pleased with the result.

Spurred on by this I went to the Knitting and s

Stitching Show in Harrogate at the weekend and ended up buying lots more stuff to do even more! All I need now is some time...

Then just by chance one of the Challenges on the Flickr groups is for a stitched fabric ATC swap - so I had a go and it is still a work in progress. I managed to do an image transfer onto fabric using gel medium and am now working on the embelishments - hope to get them finished later tonight.

Altered Journal

This is the Altered Journal we made recently at the workshop at Crafty Hearts in Preston. I was really pleased with it and loved working with the Fashionista Papers. There are several pages with diffrent styles of tags and pockets, and the front cover is finished with a layer of Beeswax which polishes up really nicely. I was originally making this to give as a gift, but I am going to keep it to use it myself!

Time is tight!

Not much time for blogging or even creating at the moment. My mum is quite poorly and is staying with us for a while. Most of my time seems to be taken up with doing all sorts of things around the home. I managed a bit of time out to attend a great workshop at Crafty Hearts in Preston last Saturday which was a nice break. We made a gorgeous altered journal and just as soon as I get around to it I will post up some pictures.
I intended making a few christmas cards and a few other bits and pieces, but it is just not happening at the moment. Hopefully I will have some time this weekend. So............watch this space you never know what might pop up!