COMPLETED GARLAND AND A LOVELY GIFT

Here is the completed garland for my niece that I posted about previously.  I am really happy with the end result, it turned out exactly as I pictured it in my mind.

Please excuse the bad photos, not a great day for taking pics but I am giving it to Miss 'M' tonight so I didn't have much choice about waiting for a nicer day.

This lovely vase and bowl was given to me by a girl I work with, she purchased them for me while visiting her family in Turkey.  The colours are really vibrant and this photo does not do them justice. I was thrilled to receive them.

AN EXPERIMENT...........

Some yarn from the stash.

Some hand dyed doilies.

Yay! it worked.  I wanted to make some bunting with my stash of doilies. But I wanted a crocheted edge rather than a sewn one.  Next time I think I will machine hem the raw edge of the doilies rather than crocheting straight on to the raw edge.  This would just give a neater finish but other than that I am happy with the result.

A GARLAND FOR 'MISS M'

This weekend I have been making a few bits and pieces to put together a garland for my 2 (almost 3) year old niece.  I promised her a surprise due to a recent achievement.

Some little felted balls.

Crochet flowers from Emma Lamb's how to in Issue 24 of Mollie Makes.

And the little needle felted hearts I have been working on.

A picture of the end result will come soon.  Anyone else been making garland's lately?

COUCH SLOUCHING.........

I have taken a couple of blissful days off to spend some time with my son for the school holidays.  This a peek at my indulgences in between pottering around the house and going to see 'kids flicks' at the cinema.

Still working on the granny blanket, it is one big square now and I am adding some rows around it to increase the size.

Adding some buttons to the needle felted hearts from last post.

One more heart to go.

Has anyone else had the chance to do any couch slouching lately?  If not you must make some time, it's blissful.

Long Time No Post

LONG TIME NO POST!

Still working away on the granny square blanket so I won't bore anyone with catch up pics of it until it's finished. But I can show you these, from Issue 23 of the Mollie Makes magazine. Hope to share more soon.

MY NEW BLOCKING CUSHION THINGY......

I've been using this piece of foam to block my granny squares by just putting a towel over it and I have finally  got motivated enough to make a cover for it.  Part of my procrastination was due to the fact that I am not a very accomplished machine sewer but in the end I was happy with the overall result.

Said piece of foam

Template

Selected fabric ready to sew.

The end result.

GRANNY BLANKET PROGRESS

I have made some progress with my granny blanket so thought I would post the results so far. Due to the pattern that is emerging I am calling it 'Squares Within Squares'. 

Once I have four of these four large squares I will join them to make another square and so on until I am happy with the size and then decide on a border.