Little House

I have been working a little project for the past couple of months in the construction of 'A Little House' 

each member of Fife branch Embroiderers Guild is making one for a future exhibition.

you may have read this post 'Little Stitches'where I posted some little glimpses of the pieces I was working on. This is it finally finished after much arranging and rearranging, sometimes you put things together and they look great for a while then the more you look ....they don't work any more when a better idea comes into play. I'm happy with the end result now ....

 front and side

Copper ring window surrounded with cast on stitches 

french knot roses

stump-work velvet window frame

little door

extending a little fragment

 back and side

Wisteria detail using isolated drizzle stitches on stump-work branches

working on the A-Z stitch tags has brought some new and varied stitches to my attention, this project has enabled me to develop them further so I feel doing the tags has been really worthwhile

 back view 

You can see also the laced up side closure on the right.

The transferred image is of a photograph of a real window from a derelict house from the Highland clearances the date plaque coincides with the period also.

my little spider and web I stitched at Halloween found a home!

as well as the Queen Ann's Lace.

This is the roof ....

strips of fabric, yarn and rick-rack, a paper butterfly and a vintage china cabinet key attached with some pink silk ribbon.

I have photographed it on top of my flower quilt you may remember my posts on that.....here

Flower Quilt

Retrieved from my workshop, I'm determined to work to get that completed, its been sitting unfinished for too long..... hopefully I'll get back on it soon.

Oh almost forgot my little house is called 'Blue Lace Cottage'

Romantic Hearts Giveaway

Romantic Hearts

all of these and more are now for sale in my Etsy shop.

Perfect for giving and wearing on Valentines day

and everyday for that matter...I'm wearing mine now :)

This is the one I chose to keep I love it so much

I thought also it was time to say thank you to all of you who take the time to visit and read and leave a comment or two I really do appreciate them all and it means a lot so I'm doing my first giveaway on the 14th February and what better to give than a heart........of your choice!

Just leave a little post telling me which brooch or pendant you like best and why, does one jump out at you? is it your colour?........ is it perfect for your top, dress, jacket, would it team well with some earrings you have or just look fab on your bag or hat! ........I want to know

Of course if you win and the one you like best sells before the 14th then your next favourite one will be sent :o)

A little bit of fun I hope you will join in.

Love Yvonne x

Little glimpses......

Silk, french knots and delicate lace........

ribbons and seed beads.......... 

embroidered and beaded.......

                  

diamante

 

crystals and roses .......



buttons and bows.......

a little glimpse of my new collection.......

New Textile Jewellery

Im happy at last to be able to finally post pictures of my new collection of textile jewellery.

These new pieces are silk with machine embroidery and hand finished with beadwork.

Big Heart Brooches

Only three of these are available each is unique in colours, shape size and embellishment.

Pendants

delicate layers of silk, machine embroidered

and hand stitched with a selection of tiny beads

crystals

and tiny french knots

with a felt back and hand stitched finished edge

again each one is unique in colour, shape, size and embellishment. 

these are just three of my favourites

The full collection can be seen in my Etsy shop.

Inchies 4 spare

These are the 4 spare inchies left over from the ones I made for my mother

They wouldn't all fit in the frame which I decided best suited her colour scheme

Here are the 12 inchies chosen in the frame.

I have been making some changes in my workshop & having a clear out its been quite a busy 2 weeks but I'm quite excited that it has all been for a good reason. More pictures to follow shortly......................

Inchies in Aqua Blue

16 Aqua inchies for my sister Theresa

It's nice to be stitching these little inchies again,

I think I might do some Neutral ones next.

Update. Photographic prints of all my inchie sets are now available from my Etsy shop

Has it really been over a year?!

I'm back

I cant believe its been over a year since I last posted, so many times I have sat down to update and have had to stop, Charlotte has kept me busy and happy....I have not stopped creating just haven't been able to get on here to keep posting. I have so many pictures ...........

These are the end triangles for my niece Lois's banner The one at the top of the post is from her sister Grace's banner. I used the leftover leave samples from Charlotte's swing crib drapes which I blogged about last year. You can see more pictures of the banners here

Machine applique and decorative stitches using my fab Janome sewing machine

More to follow .........

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

&
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!

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.

My latest Dotee

This is my latest Dotee Doll I posted her this morning to her new home in USA

In The Pink!

Two Pink themed fabric ATCs for a Swap-bot swap.

ATC on the right

Hand dyed jersey cotton with organza overlay, machine couched yarn & hand embroidered centre embellished with seed beads & pink bugle beads to finish. Edge is hand stitched in space dyed 'Oliver twist' machine cotton.

ATC on the left

Pink space dyed cotton, machine stitched & embellished with hand painted fabric daisies and seed beads. Edge is hand stitched in space dyed 'Oliver Twist' machine cotton.

Both ATCs are now on their way to my swap partners in USA I hope they like them :o)

Sunshine

With the weather here in Scotland being so changeable on a day to day basis I thought I would post a little sunshine .........

& here she is ......... my latest Dotee doll

Inchies

These little inchies are great fun to work on and great for getting creative inspiration for other work. I have been tempted to do some for a while but it took signing up for a swap before I actually got around to doing some.

For my first swap partner I made inchies with a blue theme in mind...............

(click in the pictures for a closer look)

For my second swap partner I made inchies with a black theme in mind.....................

With this swap I have 2 partners each gets 12 inchies. So I made 16 of each colour theme and below are the 8 inchies I have decided to keep for myself. I figured I would soon build up a nice personal collection which I will probably frame. It will be nice to build up a collection in a variety of colours.

In return for the ones I send I will hopefully receive 2 sets of 12 back, and hopefully again these will be in my colour preferences so if I build up a collection of these they should also make a nice collection to frame.

So I have been thinking and wondered if anyone would like to swap 12 inchies with me, I would prefer fabric inchies, embroidered & embellished in your style. So if you are interested please leave a comment or email me privately.