Current Projects

I'm working on a lot of secret projects at the moment. I've just finished off two presents for my best friend for her birthday. Check out her tumblr for all the excellent stuff she makes!!

Anyway, her birthday is very soon...so I'll post the pics of the very exciting things I've made her once she's received them!!!

The other thing I've been working on is a dragon for my friend James. He's a massive dragon fan, so I thought I'd attempt a more complicated pattern.

I bought the pattern from DIY Fluffies off etsy. The great thing about this site is they send the pattern via email so you don't have to wait for it to be shipped!

I'm always buying so much fabric, that I try and use up what I have rather than buying new all the time. I decided to do the dragon in black and cherry patterned cotton, with red felt for the spikey tail.

The back in particular was a particular bugger but I got there in the end:

I've so far got all the bits done, and now just need to attach them all! Sadly, he's got a bit of a dodgy leg, but I'm going to try and finish him off by hand. Final pictures to follow!

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The dragon is complete!!

I've FINALLY finished the dragon! Thank god! He has been one of the most taxing toys to make. But I'm just going to accept the fact he's not perfect, but that's what homemade is all about right?

 

As I mentioned before, I'm taking part in a charity yarnbombing event to raise money for the martlets hospice, as well as give blankets to AIDS orphans if Africa.  I've started making my squares this week when I've had some time here and there:

Each of this is done slightly differently... the grey is all knit, the pink, knit a row, purl a row, and the cream is k1, p1. After these I'll start doing some more variation such as stripes and patterns. If you'd like to sponsor me I've set up a just giving page here.

Haven't had much time to craft this week, especially as I've been quite poorly. Haven't even done any cross stitch!! This morning however, my friend Alice came over and wanted me to show her how to make a simple cushion cover with some beautiful fabric she bought. 

She did a fab job, and the end result looked brilliant!

Cushion covers are so easy to make if you do an open seamed back. There is a great youtube tutorial here but basically just allow 1 inch seam allowance, for the front, and for the back a 1inch seam allowance for the width, and 4 inches for the length.

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