My latest creation

My posts have been a little scarce over the past few months. Haven't been getting a lot done in my lovely workshop, but that's not to say I haven't been busy. Its been a bit difficult to concentrate on machine embroidery, miniatures, kits & cushions, felting, jewellery & inchies. The reason for this I can now explain.
While my husband Kevin has been busy redecorating & fitting new wardrobes in our bedroom,

I have been busy sewing new crib bumpers...........

.............getting ready for a new arrival in the Moxon household.

Let me introduce you to our beautiful little princess.

Charlotte Frances

Born 12th March @ 17.04

Weighing in at 7lb 10oz

New Project

Whilst Christmas shopping online I came across a great little book.Janet Bolton's 'My Grandmothers patchwork quilt.

It's not a new book and probably one that many creative stitcher's will have seen or read about many times. On Flickr I found pictures of other stitcher's versions of the little 'quilts' inspired by this lovely little book. So, with it being a children's story book, I decided it would be perfect for my Niece and purchased a copy for her.

I liked it so much I knew I just had to get hold of another copy for myself and have a go!

I liked the centre piece and wanted to start on it right away........

With a busy Christmas approaching I had to wait until the decorations were packed before I could start.......

The background piecing took me longer than I thought, its been a long time since I worked on any patchwork project but I enjoyed the process.

This is as far as I have got to date

When it came to piecing the children's clothes I found that a combination of thickness and fraying properties in my fabric choices. I opted in the end to use Bondaweb and fuse the fabric flat to the background ...a less fiddly option!

I will add more WIP pictures soon

Christmas goodies & little Angels

I've been making some Christmas treats...............

Peg Doll fairy Angel Kits......in a choice of three colours

Pink, White or Cream

It's a fun little kit to make over the holidays and she will look sweet in your tree, fruit dish, anywhere really! great for little girls and big girls too.....

I thought they looked good next to my latest confections, gifts for my family, something a bit different from the usual chocolate truffles I normally make

Tablet.............

Sweet coconut ice pink hearts...............

And coconut ice snowballs

I wrapped the snowballs into wreath shapes and decorated them with ribbons and bells....

More pictures to come................

Pretty in Pink

I have been working on orders two more banners.

Both with a 'girly pink' theme.

First a selection of some of the triangles

And the two finished banners

Six different 'Pink & Cream' themed triangles

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Caoimhe

This is an Irish girls name, pronounced 'Queevi'

I hope the girls like their banners.

Inchies ~ my latest batch

My latest batch of 'Inchies'.

16 in total with a blue green theme.

12 of these have gone to Dot with whom I'm delighted to be doing a swap with. Her blog is filled with much to inspire anyone who enjoys, creativity especially with fabrics and embellishments.

As usual with all the inchies I make, they are done in batches of 16.

12 to send & 4 to keep!

Daisy Doodle

I began working on the design for this 'Daisy Doodle' necklace around June 2007.

Due to ill health the piece was put aside in a bag and almost forgotten until I came across the some sketches and sample pieces for it.
It was intended for an exhibition I was taking part in with our embroiders guild group.
I found it again and finished working on it just in time to include it in the exhibition.

I'm really pleased with how it turned out, much how I had imagined it to look. The Daisies were fun to make and I'm working on some new designs using the same technique.

Sparkle

This is 'Sparkle' I mailed her off yesterday to her new home in the Netherlands. I had thought about making a star shaped art doll and the opportunity to join a swap for one came along on swap bot so I joined in. The swap was called star Dotee, although I don't think she is a Dotee. To me Dotees are Dotee shaped and I would think that this is more of an art doll.

She was fun to make and although quite plane, she is very sparkly with iridescent sequins and beads sewn all over her and a diamante on her tail.