Hello, apologies its been such a long time since my last post. The reason behind this is my daughter and her naps... or lack or them. The terrible twos have hit and now I am no longer getting my window of crafting time. I swear there are not enough hours in the day!
I finally got to do some sewing at the weekend and was feeling inspired by a "HOME" picture I had seen ages ago by Dottie Angel, with a doily for the O in HOME (sorry I can't seem to find the original photo anywhere, but it was very similar to this image.) So I donned a floaty skirt to get me in the vintage sewing zone and set to work...
I have had this old picture frame (which I saved from the dustbin/freebie) knocking around for ages, and all the fabrics were either thrifted or from my scraps box. The letters were all machine sewn on and I hand stitched the doily on around all the twirly whirly hoops with contrasting pink thread. (It took a very long time!)
I also hand sewed this little hanging heart, to sit alongside the picture frame.
I even gave cross stitch a go for the first time in about twenty years. It really was quite therapeutic!
Slowly our little housie is becoming more and more homely...
Happy little housie, happy little me :o)
Great makes, I really like the combination of buttons and stitching on the heart. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Michaela, it was fun to get to use up some of my trinkety bits and pieces! :o)
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ReplyDeleteSorry chuck, I was trying to say that this looks amazing!
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Thank you Mrs Bertimus, I really enjoyed this project x
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