a little linen pouch

had the bug to sew something yesterday, and here it is...

some little crosses sewn along the seam

green & natural linen, lined with cotton stripes

crochet :: washcloth

Found this a while ago over at the purl bee - Whit's Knits: Mother's Day Washcloths.  I purchased the yarn with the red thread wrapped around it from purl soho, I don't think they have it at the moment.  The plain cotton I just purchased locally.  It's a shame you can't find really nice yarns locally, of course you can buy them from overseas but once you add the shipping a little project just ends up costing too much.  I think at the time I bought the yarn with the red thread they had 25% off which made it okish - bundled with a few other things it was reasonable.  Anyway this was fun to make, I started yesterday and finished it today.

I used an 8ply 100% cotton for the plain section, maybe it should have been 10ply, it doesn't quite square up exactly with the red coloured lines.  (I'm no crochet expert, so not sure about that).

It could be too nice to use as a washcloth, I should probably make another one so I can use it...

a new skirt for bells

Felt like a doing a little sewing this morning and what's easier than a skirt for bells, after all we had a party to go to today.

progress on sashiko all over

it's going to take a while - one quarter completed.

I bought the wrong sashiko thread, without even thinking I selected white - when it arrived in the post I immediately knew it should have been ecru.  White is 101, ecru is 102 in the pic below.  I guess I'll find a use for the white one day.  From the pic the white looks right, but trust me it's the ecru.

the next quilt :: sashiko all over

Some fabrics from my stash have been sewn together, some cotton, double gauze & some linen.  All fabrics that I love and that I've finally put to use.

 I'm using sashiko thread to do the quilting and I plan on covering the whole quilt with the stitching.

 One piece I have hand sewn on top.

 This quilt is 3 layers - the top, a layer of calico and the backing.

 I did have to buy the backing which is a green linen.

design files open house

wow! so many lovely things to see at the design files open house wow!

I met gOLd ChaLK there on friday.

I love the hand painted wood.

What a great idea for oldish... blankets

These stools caught my eye, there were a couple out the back as well.  Just a little out of my budget, a  pic will have to do...

a beci orpin, I could admire it for ages.

forgot to keep a little liberty

My fabric sampler made it out of the cupboard the other day so I updated it with a couple of new liberty's, unfortunately I forgot to keep a tiny piece of this one...  Does that mean I need to buy a small amount?