Sunday 8 September 2013

A bit of styling, some samples and a delivering a bit of Christmas.

It's been a reasonably busy week this week. I rearranged a shelf to accommodate an early birthday present from my Mum and Dad. A 1930s jug with painted flowers from Nicholas and Steele (they sell lots of lovely things). The blue in the jug didn't go with some of the things already on the shelf, so a little rearranging was in order. 

                                                


On Tuesday I took some of my Christmas things to Jo at the Seagrass Gallery in  Hoylake. 





I sell quite a few things through the Gallery, which is nice, and it also gives me an excuse to visit the charity shops in Hoylake. I found some 1940s-50s knitting patterns, an embroidered traycloth and a cutwork mat.


I made some pincushions out of a couple of china cups and a small pot.  I'm putting an application to sell some Elsie May and Bertha things in the Williamson Art Gallery shop and I thought they'd be something that they might like. There's no harm in trying and I've been meaning to make a pincushion out of a couple of cups for ages.


The two teacups aren't stuffed to the rim of the cup as they both have flowers on the inside and I didn't want to cover them up. They're decorated with a mixture of beads, vintage jewellery and buttons. (I need to take some better pictures these).

I've had a hankering for doing some hexagon patchwork recently (a good few of my Facebook and Instagram friends have been doing some) but I really don't have enough time to concentrate on a whole quilt. So I'm going to do lots of flowers (six hexies sewn around one) and sew them together when I have enough. As I'm doing bits now and then I needed something to keep my hexie bits and pieces in (the stuff I'm making normally lives in my sewing basket). 

I've seen a few decorated tins on Pinterest and as I had an empty shortbread tin, I decided to use that, once I'd prettified it a bit .





I've been cutting up fabric and paper hexies and they're now in my little tin for when I have an unoccupied moment.







One of things I'm going to do this week is to try and crochet a granny square. I have the wool hook and a really good pattern with lots pictures. I'll let you know how I get on.

Have a great week.

TTFN
Louise

P.S. Pop over to Handmade Monday to see what others have been up to. I take part on other blog share too, you can see links to these on the right-hand column.


17 comments:

  1. You have been busy I am most impressed! I like the idea of covering a biscuit tin, might have to try that.

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  2. You have been busy. Your Christmas decorations look really lovely.

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  3. I love what you've done with the tin, what a good idea! And with christmas just around the corner, I'm sure there will soon be lots of tins around for me to decorate!

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  4. Good for you getting out and selling your stuff - I really should try it! I will have to visit the Hoylake gallery as well as I love charity shop browsing. Heswall and Neston have good ones!

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  5. Excellent idea to make use of a spare tin and best of luck with the granny square - look forward to seeing the results x

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  6. Oooo! That tin top with chevron-"hearts" *match* some of my crochet blanket designs! And, I enjoy collecting old tins... [jeal-ous!]
    ;-D

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  7. I can't believe you've got so many Christmas things made already! Well done you! They are all really pretty i'm sure they'll sell well at the gallery.

    I love your tea cup pincushions, great idea not to fill them to the brim, its nice to be able to enjoy the decoration inside the lip too :)

    Good luck with your granny square, as a crochet virgin i look forward to hearing how you get on! x

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  8. This has been such a fun post to read this week. I love everything but your antique shelf is truly lovely! Have a wonderful week.

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  9. What a lot of lovely things :)

    I like the idea of not overstuffing the tea-cup pincushions so you can see the decoration

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  10. I love the felt baubles, and how nice to be able to sell them in a gallery, I would never have thought about trying to sell there. I also love the decorated tin, again its not something I would have thought about.

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  11. You've made some super Christmas things. I just love the baubles.

    Great tin make over. It's really satisfying to turn an uninteresting item into something pretty xx

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  12. Wow you have been busy. I love the pincushion cups, what a lovely idea. Good luck with the sales, it sounds like it's going well.
    Ali x

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  13. Love the tin and the Christmas baubles and the teacups and .... Fingers crossed for you getting in the gallery. Have agood week, Jo x

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  14. What a lovely post filled to the brim with lovely makes!! Good luck with selling - you shouldn't have much of a problem though!! x

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  15. I'm afraid I haven't even begun to think about Christmas yet! I should really take a leaf out of your book, and get organised!

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  16. I love your Christmas makes, especially the purple, pink and blue ornaments. I don't think I've made a single Christmas thing so far this year. I'm so far behind you :-D

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  17. All of your creations look awesome. I love your charity shop finds. Can't wait to see how the granny square goes! Thank you for sharing this with the Less Laundry, More Linking party.

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