For Rip Van Winkle: Bird

Just in case you have been snoozing and haven't seen this yet...is there ANYONE out there in blog world that hasn't had a go at these yet?...well just in case look at link above...You may or may not see my feeble attempt above depending on whether or not I was brave enough to share a pic with you...I once read that a secret to a good blog is to show you are human...well there is proof in my pictures, far from best attempt at embroidery...all I can say is that if you are going to embroider it, do it with a trick marker because if you are like me you will change your idea as you go along as the aesthetics ( crikey spell check said I got that word right first time around, sometimes I impress myself LOL ) of it become more apparent as you stitch...and if you are a complete twit and did not use trick marker, felt tip pen marks do not compliment the embroidery no matter how much you try and persuade yourself otherwise! LOL

I'm going to try and do a mobile as soon as I find some yummy fabric that will do them justice.

Enjoy.

Doxie ...far from perfection!

At last a project for the men in your life

Go to THIS LINK and then get your yarn out to make all those special men in your life the ultimate holiday gift. :o)

I'd love to see the recipient's face when they opened their present!

Doxie ( grin )

Stuck for Memes?

Hooked on Memes? Need some inspiration...I found this site today

The Daily Meme

Doxie X

Zakka life

I am loving all things Zakka just lately since I purchased a wonderful Japanese craft book which I will no doubt post about again in the future because it is so inspirational.

I did a bit of a search on free Zakka patterns and found this lovely site.

Also on the same site are these lanterns they'd be great made out of some of the vintage Christmas pics you can find on the web...and there is a little bit of sewing involved! I think I can guess how my home will be decorated Christmas 09.

Worth a look around the site there are some lovely ideas on there. :o)

Doxie

Seneca pond crafts

This cat looks like such fun to do

so cute!




Don't you just love the sentiment behind this stitchery?



Found a nice place to visit...You can find other stuff like the pics above and oodles more ( is oodles a real word? ) at Senecapondcrafts.com. At the time of looking there were a few freebies to download...The generosity of people is amazing...but don't just go to look at the freebies there is some nice looking stuff to inspire. :o) There was even a lampshade kit thingy that had a sewing machine on the shade, how lovely that would be for the craft room... it was sold, not surprised!

Doxie who must stop looking at other's peoples stuff and get on with her own LOL.

sewn organiser baskets

I thought these are a nice idea...they'd look good for a home office if you co-ordinated them with the soft furnishings in the room.

Or how about these for smaller bits and bobs.

More for the to-do list :o)