Yay! I'm in a treasury.

It's been a while since I've been in one but my Camo Razor Blade Tote has made it into a 'make fun not war' treasury! The lovely curator of this treasury madebyjoy even convo'd me to let me know that my bag had been chosen, which was really nice as I probably wouldn't have known I was in a treasury. I think the next time I'm lucky enough to make a treasury I will do the same.

Sewing Skullies & Making A Mess.

I spent the day making... 

...Skully ornaments....

...Skully keyrings...

...and a mess of the table in my living room.

Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer more reliable than a garden strimmer.

It's been a while since I posted anything on here, mostly due to the fact that I haven't made anything, but due to a few people leaving work I've been working on a gift or two. Here is the first one....

It's meant to be Rimmer from Red Dwarf (one of my favourite shows). I'm not sure it looks much like him but the person I made it for really liked it and that's the main thing (although if I hadn't sewn the name tag on I don't think he'd have known who it was meant to be!)  

 

Cushion Crazy

Quite some time ago I helped myself to many sofa fabric swatches from Marks and Spencer. When I liberated them from the shop I wasn't exactly sure what was going to what I was going to do with them, eventually I decided I would use them to make a patchwork cushion. I started making it about a year ago but it ended up in my 'to be continued' box but i finally finished it today! I made an envelope back made light browny grey (I'm thinking mouse fur) coloured cord, I'm really pleased with it although I don't think my sewing machine would agree, the fabric was probably a little too thick for it, so I don't think i'll be making any more!!

Woe is me.

It seems all that stress and worry about my job has taken it's toll and has made me ill (my immune system seems to be getting more rubbish every year)!! I've got a really bad cold and this is my third day off work feeling like c*@p.  First of all it was a bout of the sneezes then a sore throat and after that... you really don't want to know!!!! All I want to do is sleep but when I lie down I can't breathe as my chest feels like someone is standing on it!!! So here I sit in self exiled quarantine (I don't want to give this to my housemate) propped up on many cushions wishing I could just sleep it off  but instead I'm browsing Etsy, being tempted to spend money I don't have and generally feeling sorry for myself! 

Lovely New Fabric!!!

I bought some lovely blue spotty fabric today to go with my red stripey and black skully fabrics. Now have everything I need to attempt some pirate bunting!! Arrr!! I'm hopeful the colours and patterns will look great together.

While I was queuing up to buy my spotty fabric I couldn't help but notice this lovely cherry fabric. I only bought a metres worth as I have no idea what I'm going to do with it but I couldn't resist.

Trying New Photos.