Butterfly Bag Tag

Wait, wait, I'm not too late!!!!!!.........................
At the recent Gathering Helen challenged us to create something out of a fat 16th of fabric by Easter Tuesday!! I decided to make a bag tag to put on my case to make it easier to spot in the luggage collection area on the weekend.This butterfly is an in-built design on my embroidery machine and I added some crochet around the edge to pretty it up.
The white homespun is the extra fabric, the spot below was my issue.

Gail, Lisa, Fiona & Jo have also made items for the challenge & are all well worth a visit.

Happy holidays.....Jane.

Autumn Gathering

What a fantastic day we had. Lovely to catch up with Jo, Helen, Fiona, Sandra Deb & Judy.

Some of the lovely designs for the day included, Botanical Birds from Deirdre...

Stepping Out shoulder bag by Leonie.....
Wallhanging by Gail.......

Book bag & Everyday bits by Marg........

Lisa & I always have a wonderful time and appreciate the effort that Leonie, Deirdre & families put into the day.

Jane.

Punchneedle

I was chatting with Peg via email & said that I would post some punchneedle. The following are some stitcheries that I did a little while ago. Punchneedles are such a versatile tool as you can use them to fill an entire design, for reverse straight stich, ribbon embroidery and a whole lot more. You'll find that your work progressing quickly with this tool. The stitchery below is a favourite from Christine Books' pre printed collection. Changing the length of the needle creates longer/shorter loops, handy for flower petals.
The couple are done with the reverse straight stitch.

This one I did using ribbon & the large needle.

Hope you all have an enjoyable weekend......I'm off now to pack up for the 'Autumn Gathering'.
Only one more sleep...............can't wait!!!

"Sweet Nothings"

The stitcheries for this wallhanging by Sally Giblin I've had done for a while now & I thought it was about time I got it completed. I probably would have had it finished it a week ago, but I decided I would crochet around the pockets & the outside of the wallhanging.

The crochet part of it I really enjoyed, although it wasn't part of the original design but sometimes it nice to go off & have fun with it.

The hooks on the hanger and pockets will be handy for Miss J to store her bits & pieces.

So there you go sister, blog post done.......LOL.

Hope you all have a happy & creative weekend.

Jane.

Easy Bag

I had the fabric & handles, so I got busy on Sunday afternoon to make Leanne Beasley's 'the easiest bag you'll every make', out of her book Romancing the road trip.....I thought Natalie Lymer's zipper pouch would go with the bag nicely & as I had enough fabric left over I thought I'd give that a go also.
Hope you're all having a good week.
Jane.

Tilda

I luv all things Tilda & the following I've made from her book 'Sew Pretty Homestyle'.

I really enjoyed doing this button bag.

A little make-up purse.

And a bag...all of these projects a quick & easy to make. Finally I would like to thank you all for the warm welcome you gave me on my intro to blogland. It's now nice to be a part of it all.
Hope you all have a fun weekend.
Jane.

My Favourite Things

I've enjoyed visiting Blogland over the past few months & decided it was time to take the plunge & set up my own Blog. My sister has been onto me for some time now, but as I'm a bit of a snail it's taken me until now to get organised!
The following are some of my favourtite craft things:

A cross stitch bunny from the in-built designs on my embroidery machine.

This embroidery is from the 'Pyjama Party' CD which I made into a PJ bag, this was an attempt at getting Miss J to keeep them tidy!

Heart embroidery on mini photo album.

A bag I made out of Country Threads.

The last pic is a table runner I made with Moda, 'A day in the country' charm squares.

Hope you enjoyed your visit.
Jane.