New cushion cover

Yesterday I had the urge to make something on the sewing machine and decided on a new cushion cover for one of the many cushions that sit on my bed.  The current covers are 12 years old, so I think a change might be needed.  I chose some fabrics from my stash and came up with this.

 The reverse side of the cushion is made from this large polka dot fabric which I love as much as the front fabric.

 I decided I would hand sew the buttonholes.  Although I can do it on my machine, it's difficult and I rather like sitting down doing something by hand.  I chose some pretty buttons from my stash to complete the cover.

The machine sewing is not great close up as I had a problem with the needle.  I didn't realise that part of the point had broken off and wondered why the fabric kept pulling.  After I changed the needle, all was well.

Have a wonderful day,

Anne  xx

Button covered tootsie holders - full reveal

Miss G. has worked hard the last few days to finish sewing buttons on her shoes.  Here are some photos of the finished product.

These photos were taken by Miss G., very artisitic I think.  We went shopping at the big shopping centre near us this morning (my shopping is finished) and she was given some very interesting looks from people when they saw what was on her feet.  Oh to be a teenager again.  The freedom of expression.  :)

Anne xx

Button covered tootsie holder

What happens when Miss G. buys a $6.00 pair of shoes from K-mart?

What happens when Miss G. raids her mother's button collection?

You get THIS!!!!

When these shoe are completed, they will be covered in buttons.  Awesome!!!  Seems I'm not the only one with creative urges in this house.  Full shoe reveal coming soon.

Anne  xx

Seashells and buttons

Miss G. is in the process of slowly cleaning out her bedroom and she found a bag of shells from a holiday long past.  Inside the bag were shells with little holes in them that she had obviously kept with the idea of stringing them into a necklace or two.  She asked me if I would like to use them for anything and of course I said yes with a creative project in mind.

I needed some fishing line to start my project and as hubbie could only find yellow, that's what I used.

About a third of the way through stringing shells, I decided that shells by themselves were a bit boring, so I raided my button stash.  

This is the end result.

Unfortunately my photos didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped so it's a bit hard to see the seashell/button thingy hanging in my garden room.  Please excuse the mess through the garage window, hubbie is have a fantastic time cleaning out years worth of junk.  My garden room needs a spring clean too.

I had a very pleasant half hour making a simple decorative item for my garden room.  I hope all the creative people in blog land find a few minutes for creativity this weekend.  Have a good one.

Anne xx

One little bird and some lovely finds

Yesterday I sat down and decided to make a bird.  Yes a bird.  If you are familiar with the work of Kirsty at sixty one A, you will know just how cute her birds are.  Kirsty lives in Cornwall, I live in Australia so to have one mailed would be quite expensive.  So what to do?  I searched the internet and came up with this free pattern from Spool Sewing.  Here is how my bird turned out.

This little bird will be roosting in Miss G's bedroom and will be joined by another soon.  A few might roost in Miss C's bedroom too.  Sewing the little bird was quite easy.  The difficult part was pushing the stuffing through the tail section which is quite narrow.  When he was all sewn up, I decided to add some small buttons for eyes.

While I was out and about today getting my knee X-rayed, I made the most of my time by visiting some op. (thrift) shops and a vintage shop which has been in the area for a year but slow old me has only just discovered.  At the vintage shop I found these.

Retro owl salt and pepper shakers.  How cute are these little guys?  I LOVE owls and owly things.  I also found the little tray they are sitting on in the same shop.

The tray seems to be a type of hard plastic, an old type of melamine perhaps.  I intend using the tray to take cold drinks (lemon squash perhaps), out to my garden room in the summer.

My other finds were these.

A lovely embroidered doily which will look gorgeous on my loungeroom coffee table and this tablecloth which is very good quality and in excellent condition.  The tablecloth was only $5.00.

Hope everyone is having a great day.

Anne

Flower power and a new fridge magnet

Experimental fabric picture using curtain fabric samples.

Here is a new fridge magnet to add to my collection on housework.

 

I love it

Have a lovely day.

Anne