New jeans for old .......

There are many ideas going round for recycling jeans and I finally got around to trying some out first off was this fab idea , you may have read before of how difficult it can be for me to find clothes to properly my little girl Charlotte as she is very slim on the bottom. Although almost four she is just wearing 3-4 tops now and the last pair of jeans I bought for her were 18-24 m these fit her really well but with one problem the length she will very soon outgrow them, this is ok in the summer months as she can wear shorts and cut offs but its still very cold here in Scotland and so you can imagine how excited I was when I came across a little idea for lengthening a pair of little jeans, I have tried to locate the source of the idea since and now cannot find it : /

There is also another idea  here @ Trottersweetpeas which I might try next

Next was this book cover the idea,

   

which I got here on Planet Forward via pintrest

and this is mine  

I made mine a removable cover which just slips on, I basically drew around the book which was open flat, then stitched along the line, turned it over to the front and trimmed around the line. 

I then stitched some stems,

added a pocket for pencils, glue stick and eraser

 then hand stitched the flowers to the tops of the stems.

 I then pinned a strip of fabric either side behind each end for slip pockets and stitched on the front around the line again, trimmed away the excess fabric, so easy and no measuring!

Stitching the A- Z tags has made me want to use the stitches in other ways ans this little project was a delight to work my way through, and is now very useful! :)

I think I might make another one for my A6 sketchbook

Next up is this little prayer flag for a special Lady who is in hospital at the moment,

 Hand stitched applique petals, hand embroidered words, flower stem & border detail, dyed vintage crochet lace, ribbon, seed beads, yarn, machine embroidered circle, dyed shell buttons, handmade Tyvek focal bead, Copper wire hanger tied with wired organza ribbon.

 click imaged for an enlarged view

 I thought I would send her this to let her know we are thinking about her and praying for her every day.

Prayer Flag swap with Jane

Prayer Flag for Jane over at Marigold Jam

I can show you this now as she has received it.

I used some of the fabric I printed with the Star Anise

and also the little stitched appliqué embroidery

along with some other bits and pieces from my stash.
Yesterday I received Jane's beautiful prayer flag

'Hope'

 I'm so delighted with it, I love all the fabrics, little details, hand embroidery

the beads on the leaf, isn't it beautiful!

I was so delighted with her colour choice
 I'm loving orange and purple at the moment.
 Thank You so much Jane x

3 Prayer Flags & 2 swaps

I'm now able to show you the 3 prayer flags I have made so far,

 two with the theme of giving thanks and one of friendship.....

this one I sent to Jan
and in return

she sent me her beautiful shabby chic creation full of roses, lace and buttons
here is a closer look at the detail

I just love it! Thank you so much Jan x

this one I sent to Mo
and in return

she sent me her beautiful creation with felt flowers and hand embroidery and also this lovely tag
with hand written friendship poem I love it Mo thank you!

I'm keeping this on as its the first prayer flag I made.
All three will hang together in our little caravan.
I'm hoping to add more soon :)

Comments, Patchwork and Prayer Flags

As I sat down at my laptop this morning, with little C packed off to nursery for the morning I had full intentions of going out to my little studio to find another unfinished project to get on with. That was until I read the lovely comments about the cake I made for my aunt, thank you so much, all of you! but I can't take credit for the design I saw the idea for the icing effect here on pinterest and pinned it sometime ago to remind me the next time I needed a simple icing idea for my favourite Victoria sponge recipe. 

 I'm so glad I clicked on the link to Jan's blog and saw and read about lovely prayer flags that she and others are making, I was lost on a journey reading all about them and I want to make some now! 

 This is my little mini quilt which I finally finished the binding on last night. I put it away after completing the applique some time ago and blogged about here.

 I decided I would make it in to a wall hanging and perhaps display it in my little caravan.

I have been meaning to make bunting for my little caravan too but perhaps a string of prayer flags would be nicer and more meaningful.

Have a lovely day, its raining and windy here,I hope your weather is better x