BUTTONS

From Desley in Australia more buttons arrived last week, and when I should be stitching other things, I could not wait to open the packets and examine the selection inside.  I am now trying to just stitch Christmas decorations one afternoon a week there is already a good collection in the boxes  ready for the Church  Fair in November and for the small stall I will do at Jan's school  next month. The problem is I still have ideas I want to stitch and I have a

new idea being planned  for next year, more about that later.

 

From this latest collection of buttons I have made this decorated star using silver glitter felt, I was pleased with the result and will make more like this.

The ones below are using buttons that Desley sent over in her previous parcel. The background is the white glitter felt with a bead edge, theses beads came already strung on a thread making sewing them on quick and easy.. Heart shapes were popular sales last year so hope they will be this year too.

Tomorrow Fiona. Maree and I are visiting the Felt factory in Inglewood again along with felt she stocks DMC threads so I have quite a long shopping list. Hopefully I will get another update posted before the end of the month , Caitlin and I have started a new project together and I need to get some photos taken first.

PLAYING WITH FELT

I am really enjoying working with felt, I have stitched another little squirrel and I like the plain grey felt much better.



I followed the squirrel with a little bluebird, the bird is part of another project. I have been looking at the little activity houses on Noialand as much as I would love to make several of them,













I finally decide to do the bird house as Eve's Christmas present. .

It only has four pages, but such fun to make

More felt projects are under way, must admit I have neglected my embroidery of late! Also Fiona and I are planning another trip to the Felt Factory, am already making a list, she also stocks DMC threads and has matched all the felt colours to the DMC threads. Christmas decorations are also being added to hope to show photos when I next blog.
Spring has arrived and there are delightful patches of colour in the garden  and this lovely pot of miniature daffodils by the door.

Hope you are enjoy the colours of the season be it spring or Autumn.