So Much Fabric, So Little Time!

The trouble with internet shopping is you can purchase stuff at any time of day or night.  A couple of weeks ago I placed an order for some fabric early one morning (just as the sun was rising.....) and whilst I knew I was expecting a parcel from Taiwan with fabric in it, quite honestly I had forgotten exactly what I had ordered. 

So opening the envelope today was a lovely surprise - I had forgotten about ordering the pretty pink floral piece and what was in the selection pack of small remnant pieces.  Now apart from sorting through them and admiring their gorgeousness, what am I going to make......

Saturday Sewing Marathon

For the first time in I don't know how long, a Saturday devoid of potatoes to paint! So I put the time to good use and got some sewing and finishing off done. This little bear has been cold and naked for months - now he has a smart hand-knitted jumper with felt heart applique.


This little Jack Russell pup has been homeless and hungry for months - now he has a bed and a good supply of food to keep him going.


Eight purses, lined in felt and sewn together awaiting their zipper charms or buttons.

All in all, a very productive day!

By the way, the bear and puppy will be on Etsy later on in the day.

Getting Things Done......

It's been a productive week all round - thank goodness for school holidays! I've been working every day on the cheetah painting and I feel it is coming along quite nicely. With all the 'rush jobs' I've done over the winter, I'd forgotten just how slow and time-consuming one of these wild-life paintings can be. It's lovely to be able to consider every brushstroke and work over a piece until I get it right, but I have a constant niggle at the back of my mind (which must be ignored!) that I'm not painting fast enough. I'm very conscious that I only have a couple of months until potatoes start to be dug out of the ground and my illustration job will take off again for the summer and all personal work will have to be put on the back burner for three months or more.

I've also been getting along famously with my sewing machine for a change. It hasn't thrown a hissy fit once and neither have I, so between us we have made three more little bags/purses from Japanese fabric and now they are awaiting their felt mascots.

Finally I can show the little crochet cupcake I made for Laura by way of a small thank you for the cupcake pendants she made for me. She has called him Colin (oh dear....) and I'm sure he will enjoy his new home. I am considering making more of these for sale in my shop (or to order) - what do you think?

Crafting has to be put on hold for a couple of days due to Easter and my loved one being home from Belgium for the weekend. Creativity will have to be channelled into cake making and lamb roasting instead! I miss Greek Easter and all it entails - red painted eggs, Lambarda candles and church processions, and best of all a whole lamb roasted on a spit over a charcoal pit dug in the garden, all washed down with an excess of beer and bonhomie. Makes the English Easter seem very pale and lacking somehow.