Spring Heart

Good evening all, hope you have had a good day!

Hectic day, with end of term approaching, but all good!

I have been at the hand sewn heart business again - can you spot my latest creation amongst the blossom?

Although my regular readers will know all about my thing for darker muted colours, I must say that I love these pastel greens and yellows

Still quite muted I guess!!

It has been a lovely spring so far hasn't it? Here's hoping the grand weather will keep up for the school hols!


Helenxx

Candy pink hearts

Hi everyone!

I love making hearts out of felt (my regular readers will be somewhat well aware of this!!) so I thought I would post a pic of a recent hearty-make:

It was for the recent heart swap, here it is with the other things I sent to my swap partner:

I had such a good time gathering hearty things - and it gave me a great excuse (should I need one) to go into Paperchase to get some fancy tissue paper to wrap everything in:

Im curently working on some new designs for hearts, watch this space!!

Helenxx

Heart and chick, spring style

Good morning - well, after a glorious spring week (which I spent at work) guess what - grey and misty this morning!  But to keep in the spring mood I thought that I would post some photos of the things I made for Sue for the Spring Makes Me Sing Swap - we have already swapped our items so its safe to reveal all!!

Two hand sewn items, heart and chick:

I loved the spring themed ribbon I bought recently in Bradford:

And the chiffon flower decal I bought in Derby:

And then I made this cheeky little spring chick:

And of course there had to be a little bit of crochet thrown in:

The pattern for this super easy to do scarf can be found here at the lovely fruitful fusion blog.

Then I thought I would jazz up a gift bag to put the whole lot in:

I had the best time making all of these things and feel happy that they have gone to a good home!

Whatever you are doing or making this weekend, have a good one!

Helenxx

Crochet, cakes and bunnies

Hi everyone, hope you are enjoying the sunny weather - spring tomorrow - yay!  Seems like it has been a long time arriving this year.

Just a few bits to blog about today - first of all, a WIP - a crochet cushion:

Sorry the pic is a bit dark, the light was awful when I took the photo.

Now on to some yummy cakes my daughter made:

She is a good cook, very patient, likes to take her time getting things just right.  As you can imagine, these didnt last very long!

Finally, during my Monday night sewing evening with my dear friend http://blog.suepops.co.uk/ my daughter and suepops daughter made these little chaps:

We thought they made a good pair, although a few of them attached to a length of ribbon would make a great garland.

Whatever you are doing this weekend, enjoy!

Helenxx

Hearts again!

Hi everyone, thanks for dropping by.

Well I've been at it again, making hearts - I just love heart shaped things and working with felt, so putting the two together is just perfect!

Here are some hearts I have made for dear friends of mine (they dont read this blog so no worries there!!)

The two hearts above are for two sisters - quite similiar to each other, but still subtly different (somewhat like the girls themselves!). 

The one above is for my friend, their mum.

And here they all are together!

Im really rather pleased with them - just hope the girls like them!

Hope you are having an enjoyable and restful weekend, its been really hectic at work this past week so am making the most of some r&r!!

love, Helenxx