Mary's Inchie's

I was commissioned to do a very special set of Inchies as a Christmas gift to a much loved Lady and Nana called Mary who was 91 years old.

 Her Granddaughter Elaine wanted to show how much she loved her and meant to her, she told me a little bit about Mary and the little things she treasured and enjoyed

such as flowers,  reading books and enjoying rides out in the car,

a loving, caring person... she loved sweets and cakes too!

I tried to capture as much as I could into each little inch

in vibrant pinks and purples,  colours she liked.....

I was so sad to hear the news that Mary died on new years day :(
It's sad to loose a loved one at any time, but I always feel it must be especially sad when it's over the festive season, when everyone around is celebrating and being merry.
She is sorely missed by all her family.
I hope the little set of Inchies will help as a 

 little tribute to her memory.
 R.I.P. Mary x

Lilac Hearts

Just some more little hearts I've been working on .....

 ..in lovely shades of lilac

 with beautiful Sworovski crystals

 and glass seed beads

This one has a touch of Aqua ....

All now available 

@ Boxoftrix on Etsy

Inchie's for Pat

Pink, Purple and Orange - for Pat

Inchie's for David

 completed for Christmas,

Stained Glass Star

I have been working on this Stained Glass 12 Point Star Blanket 

for my Mother in Law Pat

I finished it on Christmas eve

 then decided to add the shell border on the 3rd 

its a gift, for her birthday, but also a thank you to her

 for all the lovely wool she gave me a few months ago.

This wool was part of that huge stash 

and was a complete kit with pattern for an

 80s style black jumper by Jaeger

Knitting pattern and wool

Jaeger Matchmaker 2 DK 100% wool.

 There were also 11 balls of black

 I decided it would be a shame to split up this retro collection of colours so

 I started to first work on a triangle motive shawl and got this far with the motives

then I decided I didnt like it and wished I had made a round stained glass effect window blanket. I couldnt find a pattern for one online so I opted for a 12 point star pattern, after of course unravelling this lot and winding it all back into balls. I used the smother 'Russian' join method  

No point in putting a link to the star pattern,  because as I worked my way through 2 different colours it started to ripple and I had to ask for davice on what was going wrong, the ever helpful bunch at Creative crochet crew on facebook came to my aid and sorted me out. The pattern I was following was increasing way to much too soon so I followed advice there and completed the blanket.

I used as much of the colours as I could and the blanket measures 48 inches across including the scalloped edge. I have 5 full balls of black left which I will use in my next project.

A Drops pattern 'Bohemian Oasis' blanket 

 I have 25 blocks of that done already!

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Cushions!

 made these for my oldest Son, David as a Christmas gift. 

He asked me about this time last year if I could do these, he had seen similar ones online but knew his mum could probably make them :)

I considered different options but decided on this one.

I made 3 cushion pads from two new pillows.

Then 3 simple envelope covers from cream calico.

Stencils of adhesive vinyl were cut with the Silhouette Cameo and stuck to the corner of each one

next I used a plain black fabric crayon

 next I iron fixed on reverse and removed the vinyl stencil

I stitched another border around each cushion cover for a more finished look.