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Pushions and PJ's.. Tea with Fringe Div

The nighty designed by I Can't Find Her Name!!!! sorry, but anyway, it was a good find and not too hard to make.

This is the latest Pushion, inspired by  Fringe

This side is Tea with me,

Then........ 

In bed with Thee........ 

Bet you can't guess who is who?

 This was the first nighty, and was a run away success, apart from not being able to get it over Gaia's shoulders, there is always a critic isn't there! 

Such a pity when its the size of the wearer.

First How to tutorial

OK< 


Complete and utter fail on the tutorial blog.


I have so far filled out the blog narrative and had to delete because the photo's went out of synch, so being a totally rushed off her feet mother, thought....
I'll type it in word, having already dropped the photo's into the doc... then text box around the photo's, copy and then paste onto the blog right? wrong....
the photo's remained resolutely somewhere other than on the blog narrative...


I resign myself to the back seat, clearly when it comes to all things computer and internet I need to accede to superior knowledge and let the Other Half do the ctrl-c then Ctrl-v.... ;-) I did learn one thing then!


However, despite the failure in getting the tutorial onto the blog narrative, I still made the nightie, and then made a further one using someone elses blog tutorial, and the second just looked so much more better on Gaia than the initial one - something to do with the fact that I made it bigger than the initial one, poor Gaia had her head in and her arm stuck above her head, with no sign of the other arm getting close to the head hole :-(


Not to be detered I know that it will fit someone, and so can sell it on can't I?, the second one also was tried on, and whilst it fitted lovely, she was adamant that she was going to wear her pink pyjama's and not the nightie that mummy made her. (always the result I am afraid to say, and most likely pay back for all the times I complained when My mother made us 'itchy' jumpers, or dresses from expensive wool, or was making the costumes for our dance troop, 'cause' we were the tryiers on...)


The tutorial will eventually be on the website - OH will be putting that on for me too, www.bagsocharm.co.uk


Come visit us, see the other items and bits that we make...

Pushion's Galore!

Wow, having had several days where there has been no inspiration at all, nothing sprang from the box at me, even though I have a stash of fabrics large enough to start my own fabric shop.

Then something happened, I don't know what, nor when, but I do know that it was after I had contact from a certain family -

So now I can move on from Isabella's quilt, I can package it ready for posting, and hopefully they will see the love and affection that went into it, and will hopefully give some of their own so that Isabella can be comfortable with her Mummy in the stars, looking over her from there.

Nautical SIT Pushion

Windmill Pushion

I have a further Pushion in the cupboard awaiting decent daylight for photographing, this was inspired by a TV serial - Fringe.... two of the lead characters Peter and Olivia, are in a cycle of love in one time zone, not in another, one universe contracting another surviving, but they are talkers, (a couple that talk), so they are sat having coffee, and on the reverse, they are in bed sleeping...

The pushion's are designed to be sit up against one minute, then use it as a pillow to nap on the next, hence the name Pushion.

You will also see in another blog, a Nightie I have put together for my daughter but I used her Sponge Bob one as a template, and created the dummy one with brushed cotton, very snuggley warm and just a little too warm for my bug.x

Tonight in a fit of pique, I will create another using the pattern, but the fabric will be taken from a pillow case, floral and vintage, so she will look gorgeous for her bed time fairies.

One step closer...

A babies quilt has been awaiting her snuggles for too long...


Isabella's quilt may be within days of getting to little Isabella...


I have facebook contact with a family member at last....


Thanks greatly to all who made the effort to get in touch x

Gifting Cone by Juliette Lanvers for WeAllSew

Gifting Cone by Juliette Lanvers for WeAllSew

Simple yet stunning,
We all have the capacity to create something special for someone special, and because we made it with them in mind, it should be all the more meaningful to them. x

Phew!!!!

A night or two spent 'tidying' a fabric stash throws up more projects

Notwithstanding my adventures, my crafty hands have not been idle.

Jan, a friend of ours has requested that I make her an I Pad coverlet as I have my daughter. The pattern was originally for a sewing caddy, but was far too large to really be used as one and when I saw the size of the I Pad, it just kind of clicked.

This one is in a pinky purple theme with butterflies dancing across the front. Gems are going to be sewn onto the front, dotted across the butterfly wings. I will chose a thicker than normal ribbon for the binding - I don't use normal binding as it isn't generally wide enough for the depth of the quilted item, and most definitely doesn't look as pretty.

Now, having groped my stash of ribbons, and there are many and varied of them, I must purchase some more - ah, ribbon shopping, trouble is, it will have to be from here, its too late for a shop to be open (other than ebay) and if a shop were open, I couldn't walk to it or into it because my back and hip are both very painful today.

I hope to be back sooner than my last update and this time with a suitable ribbon to do the coverlette justice.   One other thing I need to consider - interfacing to stiffen the coverlette... interfacing or a piece of plastic or cardboard? oh the quandaries...