Stockings and Mushrooms!

Well my week has been filled with making christmas stockings for my friend. I'm doing well with them and I have one left to line and then all they need is the personalisation. That's not too bad as my local sewing shop will cut the letters for you I guess using some sort of die cutting machine and then all you do is iron them on. It works out quite cheaply and saves a considerable amount of time for me too. I paid £13 for 5 names as I figured I may as well order the names for my two too.

As you can see I didn't hide the banding the bobble trim is on rather, I used it to break up the two fabrics a little more. It's been really good to do these as they've improved my machining skills alot.

 

I ordered two hanging mushrooms from Lori, and they've arrived and are fabulous! Here are the fronts of them. I picked out what I wanted on them. It is all the things that remind me of Christmas in our house. The victorian street lamps are because my mum has a little village she puts out each year.

Here are the backs, I didn't realise Lori would embroider the back too so they will look fabulous hanging on the glass of our lounge door. You can find Lori's blog here with links to her Etsy shop etc.

On the 50 Book challenge front, I finished Daphne by M C Beaton and moved on to the next book in the Six Sisters series called Diana the Huntress.

Well thats all for today. I'll be launching my Christmas giveaway tomorrow so check back to see what I'm giving away!

Have a good weekend
Kerry :-)

Lots of lovely goodies through the post

Hi Everyone, 

I've been very blessed this last week or so to have had several lovely parcels delivered by  the postie. I ordered a toadstool house from Lori and here is my wonderful custom design. I asked for a yellow rambling rose, irises and a green door. Here are all the photos from all the angles.

Isn't it fantastic and just in case you've been living in a burrow here is Lori's fantastic blog with links to all her webpages. Her embroidery is just exquisite.

I had a wonderful surprise from Laura last week. She sent me a very cute little crochetted pin cushion and teeny tiny owl charm. I also had some giraffe ribbon and fabric and card toppers. I'm so lucky to have so many talented and generous crafting friends. I've just realised that the pincushion is upside down in the pic, the other side has a funky union jack heart button in the centre.

I had my coaster from the Craftbubble exchange. I'm not really a cat person but this one is rather funky!

Lastly is the uber cute skirt I brought from Kayla's Homemade. It uses vintage Postman Pat fabric and I can't wait to see Lottie in it. Kayla has her own Etsy shop here.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and read my nonsense!