Princess headbands and tops

I've been wanting to make some pretty things for little girls for some time now. Finally inspiration has come to me and here is what I'm making. Lucy loves to wear pretty things with flowers, wings etc she believes she's a fairy princess!! Stay tuned for more, I'll be away for a week and then will get back to work.

Embroidered Cushion

I went home to Oz recently for nearly 2 months. It was fabulous to be with friends and family and totally inspiring. I love spending time with my mum and sister talking about all things creative and beautiful. As Sas mentioned we went to the Sydney craft show, Mathildas Markets and the Mosman Markets all wonderful and inspiring. Of course I came home with all manner of things, a suitcase full of fabrics, patterns and threads!!!!

I also packed into my suitcase some of my mum's amazing embroidery. I am going to make them up into cushions for her. I'll slowly blog them over time. Here is a cushion she made some time ago. I just love the colours so I had to photograph it.


She is truely an amazing embroiderer and has now moved on to stumpwork. I was gobsmacked to see this piece she has nearly finished. I can't even fathom attempting to do something like that! The pattern is from a book I can't remember who's it is so when I next call mum I'll ask her and put it in here.

Harbour Collage

My 3 year old son and I made this colllage. It took us a while. He tore up paper from magazines for the background and helped me stick them down with Mod Podge. I cut out all the details which he also helped to stick down. Many of the ideas came from him, like the idea of putting 'Charlie and Lola' in a boat. It's really cute and now hangs on his bedroom wall.
It raining today so I can't get any good shots outside of the collage but will take some better ones soon.
Jamie now has ideas for even more collages- space, dinosaurs, under the sea..... We will see what happens!!!