And my latest offering is ..... yes you’ve guessed it,
another rag doll. To be fair to myself though, I should have had a small
cross-stitch pocket to show you too (just to prove I do make other things too
sometimes), but, flippin’ heck, I seem to have forgotten to take any photos of
it – what a plonker!! And as it was a gift, it has already been despatched! The
doll and the cross-stitch pocket were both for my lovely cousin, Gwyneth who
lives in South Wales, which is where I went last weekend for a 3-day visit
.......... and what a lovely relaxing weekend it was too. Breakfast on the
decking, in the sunshine and a view, blah, blah, blah – jealous? yup!!
Anyway, back to the rag doll for now. Doll doesn’t have a
name yet, as that’s for Gwyneth to do, but I made her a Gardening Angel owing
to the fact Gwyneth is a bit (or a lot of) a gardener – loves her garden she
does! So here goes with a few piccies (taken in my back garden for better
effect):-
Isn’t she cute and quirky!?
I bought a little wooden birdhouse and added a label, but this
is my favourite part – a garden basket containing packets of seeds and a ball
of twine!
Apart from a hoarder of fabric, I also hoard (on my
computer) all sorts of images that take my fancy ....... lots of
crafty/quilting pics, art, cottages, shabby chic stuff and vintage and these
are vintage images of old seed packets which I nicked from somewhere or other
ages ago. So I reduced them down to size, printed them out and cut an area
around them, which I then folded up into little envelopes! And then, just for
added reality, before sealing them down, I put a few grains of rice into each
seed packet, so when you give them a little shake, they sound like seeds
.......... “how old” I hear you say LOL - don’t care though:0)
I do hope you like her – I was very pleased with how she
turned out.
A lovely part of our weekend however, was realising that I have
been a bit of an inspiration to my cousin in that she has started to take quite
an interest in sewing. Up to now, Gwyneth has done quite a lot of card and jewellery
making, but no sewing – sew much sew (get it LOL), she is all but giving up the
card making. And to really throw her in at the deep end, we went along to a
gorgeous fabric shop only 30 minutes or so from her house (wish it was so close
to mine!!) called Cross Patch. There’s actually two shops together – Cross-Patch
is for patchwork/quilting supplies and the other shop is called Polstitches,
which is all cross-stitching/embroidery supplies – both tucked away on farmland
in the depths of South Wales ....... lovely!! WELL, Gwyneth was like a child in
a sweet shop!! She wanted to buy just about everything – we all understand that
though don’t we? And I nearly had to call the paramedics when the nice lady
totted up her ‘few’ purchases – her face was a picture ....... perhaps that’s what
they call a baptism of fire!!! Te he he.
Of course, I made a few purchases too (couldn’t not could I?).
One of them being a ‘Hatched and Patched’ stitchery, particularly as Gwyneth
was buying one. So on Saturday evening we sat (outside again on the decking
with a view!) having a little workshop of our own – thankfully my cousin is a
quick learner and she soon started to produce some lovely stitches – must keep
tabs on her though to make sure she finishes it. Must finish mine too of
course, then I can show something other than a rag doll ................ oh go
on, you know you love them LOL
The whole weekend was then topped off when I got back home (more
than topped off really) ...... completely made my day, week, month etc
........... and that was our Andy winning Wimbledon on Sunday. Oh boy did I shout,
scream, dance and weep – thankfully I had forewarned my new neighbours that
they may hear what sounds like a crazy woman later on, otherwise they’d have
moved right out again! I am just a little bit of a tennis fan you see:0)
Anyway ladies, that’s the lot for now
A stitchery next time – promise!
She is adorable and I love her little packets of seed. Sew original. Hugs Mrs a.
ReplyDeleteLove your new doll, she is such a sweetheart. Your idea for the seed packets etc is great. How fantastic that you have brought Gwenyth over to the dark side and she is busy stitching. Its all downhill for her now.
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