Hello

Thank you for looking at my blog. My latest passion is applique which I have been doing since 2015. I love making things and learning new crafts On this blog you will see some of the things I have been working on. You will also see wonderful items created by other people. When I am not crafting I enjoy being with family and friends, singing and family history. My favourite place in the whole world is anywhere by the sea and I have to get my fix every few weeks. My favourite colour is PURPLE but I love turquoise too!



Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Away from it all

I had a wonderful weekend with the guild in Kerry. We had three days of spinning, weaving and knitting beside Rossbeigh Strand. There was lots of eating, drinking and chatting with chocolate and cake to keep us going. It was lovely to get to know everyone a bit more and I enjoyed getting the loom out again. Spindle spinning next.  
 



 

Bo

I came across this Katia kit in Spain. It looked too daft not to want to take it home and play. It was in the sale too so that was an added bonus. The knitting was very boring. I forced myself to do ten rows of rib at a time and then I could do a more interesting project. I then just had to sew on his head, paws and tail and he was done. I do hope Lyla likes him. I think it is very likely he will just be dragged along the floor rather than worn.
 
Poor Bo!
 
 

Sunday, September 15, 2019

All Along

We took four years to travel all along the Wild  Atlantic Way and stop off at nearly every beach. On our travels I found a map book that an artist had created. It has the whole coast of Ireland on it. I decided to do some stitchings that I can sew into alternate pages. It will give me and opportunity to practice my embroidery stitches to create flowers and grasses in the foregrounds. For the background I used DMC linen and fabrics from my stash. To create distance I used some of the lucious silk from Karina for mountains.
 
This may take a while to finish as I have lots of other projects to work on first.   
 
 

TreeTime

It is time to start thinking of the festive word again. I decided to experiment and create some trees. I cut the ribbon and pinned it down. I then trimmed the edges into a tree shape. The ribbon was sewn down starting in the middle of each piece after I removed the pin. I then used three strands of embroidery silk to create the trunk and repeated that on either side. Finally it was a few sequins down the middle and some stars in metalic thread.
 
All set for the festive season.
 

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Lucious

We decided to all treat ourselves to a piece of silk for our stash. I came across the work of Karina who dyes silk in Limerick. She dyed it to our colour specifications. There were lots of requests for sea and landscape colours and even one for hydreangea colours. The mix of colours are beautiful.  I choose one piece of the number 1 gauze finer silk and one of the  heavier number 2.
 
I am really looking forward to seeing how everyone uses their silk.