circles, circles and more circles.....

 no.30

 no.29

 no.28

 no.27

no.26

 

ok....so I think I can safely say

I am addicted to circles! ;)

 

Have a happy and creative day

~ Gillian ♥

 



soft, sweet, round and stitched....

 no.25

 no.24

no.23

no.22



no.21

 

a few more brooches in my 'circle series'

soft, sweet, round and stitched....

 

have a creative day

~ Gillian ♥



a series of circles....

 no.20

 no.19

 no.18

 no.17

 no.16

no.15

 

and the series continues to grow :)

 

cutting, layering, stitching, placing, thinking, choosing, playing, smiling!

I hope you enjoy your crafting,

~ Gillian ♥

more little circles....

 no.14

 no.13

 no.12

 no.11

no.10

 

When you enjoy making something

why stop at one!

 

More of my  Circle Series Brooches

 

I hope you find some time today

to create!

~ Gillian ♥



circle series....

 No.9

 No.8

 No.7

No.6

More brooches = time spent with colour,

fabrics, thread and my machine.

= creative enjoyment.

 

I decided that the brooches needed to be part of a series

the title

- the circle series -

seemed the only choice.

Each time I make one it seems a little different to the last,

yet they all have the same 'family resemblance'

I love that about other peoples craft/art/style

and I have noticed it about my own creations when

I 'play' like I have been with these brooches.

It reminded me of an Artwork I came upon after clicking through

a link on Pinterest this week

 by Lisa Congdon on her blog

Please have a look at it Here

 

Have fun creating your own visual style ;)

~ Gillian ♥



more fun with brooches...

 Felt Brooch no.2

 Felt Brooch no.3

 Felt Brooch no.4

Felt Brooch no.5

this one was for a friend who requested a dark red version

 

and this little one is for a special young man in my home who said

'mum, do you think you could make me a badge for my satchel'

Mr L has a satchel he takes to church each week to carry his bible, sketch book etc...and he puts cool badges on it, so I felt quite honoured that he asked for one ;)

well, I thought 'ok', but I needed to make it a little more masculine and more like a badge than a brooch....The colours he requested were Red, Brown & Black....

(I added the grey, just using some of my artistic licence!)

and I decided to use a rusty pickles alphabet brad in the centre...I just trimmed the back pins a bit, pushed it through the first couple of layers, opened it up and sewed the next couple of layers  on and you cant see or feel the back of the brad.

 

*the brooches I have numbered are for sale in my madeit store :)

 

I'm also working on a couple of crochet rugs at the moment & a knitted baktus scarf, all three are rather large projects so these little brooches have been so much fun and it is nice to finish something in one creative session ;)

 

I hope you are having a beautiful day and can find some time to create

~ Gillian ♥



madeit....

This week I relaunched my

madeit Store

Eclecticmoi

Something I've been thinking about for a few months...

So over the next few weeks I will be adding items,

some familiar items like my brass & silver jewellery

and some new items

Like my Felt brooches :)

and maybe some crochet items in the near future.

 

I hope you are all having a creative day,

~ Gillian ♥

fabric & felt collage brooches...

 I've been playing around a little with some of my fabric scraps, felt and my sewing machine...

and these little collage brooches are the end results. 

 made using layers of felt and fabric,

working the layers and stitching until I'm happy with the design.

 The smallest is approx 5cm in diam

and the largest 6cm

 I hand sewed some brooch backs on

and they are ready to wear :)

 the best things are that they are light to wear

and I get to wear a little bit of 'art' when I go out!

Have a happy day

~ Gillian ♥

I've been sewing.....

 I was a little frustrated when I went out to buy some modest cotton tops for springtime/summer.  It shouldn't be so hard to find what I was after, should it!

I live in a humid climate and find synthetic fabrics uncomfortable to wear

in my frustration I decided to find myself a pattern and grab some fabric :) 

 This is what I have made since that day a couple of weeks ago.

 They are comfortable, cool and so easy to wear.

 and easy enough to play around with the pattern a little if you want too,

for this one I sewed the facing on the outside - just cause I could!

The pattern is by Simplicity no. 7236

 

so, I'm happy now ;)

and pleased I haven't forgotten how to sew,

I used to make lots of clothes for myself years ago...

I did have a chuckle when my mum said to me,  

'Sewing is a great Summer Sport' lol!

 

hope you are having a happy day

~ Gillian ♥



mini springtime wreath...

 What a fun little project this was!

I joined in on another CAL (crochet along)

at the start of the month...

and then our month got a little busy!

never mind...I still managed a bit of crochet & knitting.

The original pattern is for an Autumn Wreath made from yarn.

But I decided I would make mine from 3ply cotton and because it is springtime in Australia at the moment I went with springtime colours, it will decorate my daughters room of course ;)

By using the 3ply cotton (Milford Soft) & a 2.5mm hook

this little wreath measures approx 10cm (4") in diam.

approx 1/2 the size of the original.

 

It was so much fun to make and you can find the original pattern

Autumn Wreath by Thomasina Cummings 

on Ravelry HERE

and the CAL is running for October at the dc2tog group on Ravelry Here

 

have a sweet day!

~ Gillian ♥



Corrugated washcloths...

 This was a lovely relaxing pattern to knit, and
the washcloths are very functional and practical.

1 x 70gm ball of Sugar' n Cream cotton made a pair of cloths.

I used a pair 4.5mm (US 7) needles.

 

such a great pattern by Kate Schoren

You can find the pattern on her blog HERE 

and on Ravelry HERE

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The dish the washcloths are in is a sweet vintage treasure a friend found for me at a local market, I love the handles on the side.  It is Stamped on the reverse, Royal Staffordshire Pottery 'Honeyglaze' Made in England and numbered.

This is the design in the base of the dish. 

Hope you are having a lovely weekend,

~ Gillian ♥

Strawberry Danish Pincushion....

 I joined in on another CAL this week

The original pattern is for a lovely puffy double sided hexagon, the pattern gives you the option of joining them together to make a chair cushion or many other items.

 I worked as per the pattern, which is very well written and easy to follow.
I stuffed firmly as I closed the hexagon.

You can see in the photos the centre is a single layer, this is such a clever pattern!
Using the same thread as the centre

I stitched through the centre of the sides several times, and pulled tight.
making a little ‘star flower’ shaped Strawberry Danish Pincushion.

Next time I will use a smaller hook, as the stitches opened a little when stuffed.

(hook size was my choice not the designers so this was user error ;) lol!)
the yarn is DK weight and the hook was 4.5mm - 3.5 would have been much better for me to choose for this yarn, but I sill love the results :)

 

You can find the pattern by Ravliki (Elena Fedotova)

on Ravelry Here

and there is a CAL on the Ravliki group on Ravelry Here 

It is such a clever pattern and heaps of fun to make :)

 

I hope you are having a great week,

our little home is enjoying school holidays,

birthdays, little day trips and visitors

oh and some birthdays - life is lovely!

~ Gillian ♥