Growth chart for William

I finished this growth chart las week but I haven't had time to blog it. This has a train theme which I hadn't done before. I'm very pleased with how it turned out!

Growth charts galore

My goodness I've been making a lot of growth charts lately! I really enjoy making these, goodness knows why as there's quite a lot of work! I just love seeing the end result as each one is customized to my clients requests. Here are to more for girls. I loved working on the ocean theme chart as I couldn't wait to see it in girlie colours!!

Sweet linen pouches

Here are some sweet linen pouches I made a couple of days ago. I used Japanese linen with pretty applique to embellish these. They have a zipper closure.Yes i've gone zipper made now that I've figured out a method that suits me!!!

Antique linen hemp basket

A lovely new storage basket available in my shop. It is made with antique Italian linen/hemp and has a simple antique trim applique. The basket is quite large and can be used for so many purposes!

Gadget sleeve with pocket Japanese linen

Well I've been quite productive over the weekend and had heaps of fun just making whatever came to mind! This is one of my creations - a lovely ipad/notebook sleeve made with Japanese linen. It also has a front pocket to keep a notepad and pen, very useful!!

Navy iphone sleeve

This iphone sleeve is for husband. He's sick of those adesive screen protectors which peel off or get dust under them. Finally an idea came to me as usally things I made are much more girlie! This sleeve is navy linen with an exclamation mark cross stitch. He appears to be quite happy with it!

Japanese fabric pouches

Some new pouches I made yesterday with a combination of Japanese fabric and linen. These pouches have a front pocket as well with appliqued antique trim.

Hedgehog applique cushions

Some new hedgehog cushions completed and now available in my shop. So sweet!

Gorgeous linen covered A6 lined notebook. These are a great size to carry around in one's bag to keep note of important things. The cover is made with linen fabric with a lovely appliqued vintage doily, appliqued hand dyed wool felted heart and hand embroidered.

Growth chart Laelle Tova

Another lovely growth chart is finished!

Cushion hedgehog applique

New cushion available in my shop. It is made with antique linen/hemp in the center with pretty soft coloured fabrics surrounding. It's finished off with a sweet hedgehog applique and hand embroidery.

Pouches pouches pouches

I now love making pouches!! Here are some new pouches I made with gorgeous Japanese linen. Some are just simple and some have a little hand embroidery. Now available in my shop

Sue Spargo Needle Roll

In August I am going to a Sue Spargo class at Material Obsession in Sydney and I can't wait!!! I have been wanting to do one of her workshops for years but they are always during the week when I have work. This year they had some on the weekend so I was so excited to be able to go. For the workshop we had the choice of three kits- one of her circles, the one with the tear drops and one with birds (see samples of tears below).

The aim of the workshop is to teach us how to embellish using a whole variety of threads, buttons, beads, ric-rac, fabrics and embroidery stitches. When I discovered Sue's work, I started collecting things like different threads and can't believe how much I now have. I selected the birds as I think it would be a funky wall hanging. Our homework was to have our shapes stitched down and ready to go. I spent two days cutting out 36 little birds and stitching them onto my background. I really wanted to do more but we had strict instructions not to open our embellishing pack until the workshop so I decided to get her 'Contemporary Folk' book and stitch one of the projects that I had wanted to do for a while- so I made the needle roll.

 The original was a pale blue but I didn't have enough of that wool so I used the same pattern in pink. I was happy with the colour combinations.

I used some ribbons, ric-rac and thread to create the pattern on the back. This was something that Sue did on another project.

Inside there is two pockets, a needle book (top right) and the center part is filled with lavender and is used for storing pins. The lavender makes the whole case smell really good.

It's only about 6 weeks until my workshop and I am counting the days!!!