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Wednesday 28 August 2013

This will not take a day but..sooo worth it...



So I thought my crafting adventures are all over...We moved house and started a business (that has nothing to do with crafting) and all my creative energy goes there but a whole year later my little projects are creeping back in. Once you start crafting you are soo hooked, like addiction:)

So I made this toy horse, you can find the pattern in Claire Garland's 'Dream Toys' book and it is a really quick knit but the decoration took ages. I don't plan my projects, I just sit down and throw fabric, beads and buttons around until something comes to mind, it is a process that takes longer but it works foe me, I have never sketched down anything when it comes to toys.

Here I wanted strong colors to compliment the mane and tail, I wanted it to be girly as it is adopted by a little girl and I wanted it to be magical. I started with the colorful ribbon around the trunk and all other colors came from that, I knew I wanted a yellow saddle and quickly learned to chain stitch following a youtube video in order to make a patter...that I didn't photograph...clever...now it's gone...

I might make another one..after I finish three crocheted quilts, a lace gloves from hell followed by a two year dragging on lace scarf and a sweater...and a baby mobile that should be finished in two weeks...and did I mentioned I wanted to paint some furniture...I also have a full time job...
Looking forward them autumn rains:)

Friday 18 January 2013

Day 169: Cute cross-stitched fox



My blog has been left all lonely for months now so it is definitely time to get going again. I have decided, instead of blogging every day, just keep going until I have 365 posts.
I saw a picture of this cute cross stitched fox in a paper and thought 'can't be that hard', turns out, fro me, it was. I have problems seeing monochrome and when I count rows I easily skip over one or two so this is a result of a lot of undoing and patient swearing in front of telly:) I wanted to make some cross stitched flowers too but my patience just came to an end...