Recent growth charts

These are some recent growth charts I've made for clients.
For the boys

A textural, slightly Boho chart.

An under water theme taking from my clients wall mural. I really loved the way this turned out!

Wall hanging for Lulu

Here is my first wall hanging which I made for Lulu. I've been a bit flat lately creativity wise, you may have noticed! I came across a wonderful textile artist Marna Lunt on Pinterest. I thought her work was very interesting so decided to pop over to her blog. Once there I saw she has online courses so after a lot of procastination I signed up. It was so much fun, although I knew many of the techniques already I still found it very stimulating. There is also a great community feel about her course as she creates a private Facebook group as well so we can all share our projects and converse.

I've signed up for level 3, can't wait for it to start!!! In the menatime I may play around with another wall hanging.

Sweet pillows

These are some sweet pillows I made for my firend's children for Christmas. Lulu had a quilted pillowcase and she loves it. Sleeps on it every night! It's very durable- I wash it in the machine and throw it in the dryer and it's perfect!

Happy Easter!

 Happy Easter to all. I hope everyone is have a lovely day with the family. Unfortunately my family is far away in Oz but I have Lulu and Stef here to celebrate with me! 

Last Sunday Lulu had a very creative day as mentioned previously. This was her afternoon project - little Easter 'globes'. We got ourselves in such a mess with things everywhere but it was a fun mess. 

Lulu placed things where she wanted them and I glued them in place with the hot glue gun. Three globes were given to her teachers with yummy cocnut and strawberry Lindt eggs!

Here you can see them better!

Love making pillows!

These are a few pillows I made this year. Incredibly slow at blogging things I know! I have been making just not sharing! I need to do better at that!

This pillow has been made with vintage embroidered linen, toile, cotton and antique handwoven hemp and a lovely doily applique.

This pillow was a custom order.

Homespun March 2015

I'm so excited I received my copy of Homespun March 2015! My project has been featured in the magazine and I love the way the mag presented it. I made a growth time for this issue, it's quite different to what I normally do and was so much fun to make.

Sarah had a gorgeous project in the February issue which she is yet to blog!

The magazine can be purchased at newsagents around Australia, from many online stores and also in digital format from Zinio

The magazine is full of gorgeous project so it's such an honour to have my project included alongside such clever, creative people! In particular I adore these bunny baskets by Bronwyn Hayes. I'm definitely considering making some of these for Easter.

More Kantha makings

I forgot to mention in my previous post that these bags are so versatile you can use them as lingerie bags, cosmetic bags, hair accessories bags, sewing bags, knitting bags and even in the kitchen to store plastic shopping bags, potatoes, bread and so on.

This bag was made with strips of different fabrics woven together.
 

Above are a patchwork drawstring and zipper pouch made with kantha remnants.

Finally I also made a few cushions, some are already sold.

 
 

In the month of November and December I made so many growths charts I really did not have time to blog anything. He are a few of them.

Silvia and Lisa by Cathy Trolli

Our dear friend Cathy is at it again unveiling this beautiful portrait of our friends Silvia and Lisa. Pop over and visit her Facebook page she creates amazing portraits and is truly able to capture her subjects soul! The great thing she is able to work from photos so long as there is no direct sunlight or shadows on the faces.

Silvia and Lisa

Another portrait

Growth chart for Daphne

This chart was made for a little girl called Daphne. Her mum wanted the four seasons represented I think it turned out well.

Never too many pillows!

Here are some pillow slips I made recently! I made 4 different pillows with 'nest' on them, love the way these turned out. I also recently made a pillow slip with a hedgehog for a client so I made one for the shop as well.

A couple of the nest pillows;

The hedgehog pillow slip:

Gorgeous snuggly cot quilt

I started this gorgeous quilt some time ago, then became busy and forgot about it! I found it a while ago and finished it off. I love the colours. I put a thick batting in it so it's very snuggly! rather than doing regular quilting on it I knotted it here and then with embroidery floss.

 

Super cute!

Here are a couple of really cute growth charts I made a while ago.

Forest friends and kids playing

Safari theme for Luke

Happy creating time

Last week I had some time to create something new, so exciting!!!! I made this gorgeous crib stroller quilt will a 40x60cm pillow to match. Of course Lulu, who's 9, said she loved it and wanted a quilt like that! Her favourite colour is green so I may have to put my thinking cap on! I machine appliqued the elephant and stars but then hand quilted it with embroidery floss.

 

Kantha Love

We all love Kantha quilts in our family. I bought my first one at the Sydney Quilt Fair earlier this year. At the same fair, we came across a Sydney shop called Cash Palace Emporium which imports beautiful items from India and Japan. On the weekend, mum and I went to find Cash Palace Emporium and we were not disappointed. Just diving up to the shop evoked great excitement with the most amazingly colourful window display of devine items and a huge pile of red toned Kantha quilts right at the door.

Upon stepping inside, it was sensory overload. There are piles and piles of Kantha quilts, embroidered cushions, vintage trims, clothes, jewelry and much more. I just didn't know where to start but very quickly gravitated towards the pink pile. I knew that there was no way that I was going to leave that shop without buying my second Kantha quilt. The hard part was picking just one. Below are my two Kantha Quilts. They are both stunning!

We got to meet the lovely Elaine Townshend owns and runs the shop. She very happily let us rummage through a massive box of scrap Kantha pieces and pull out what ever we wanted. I got a whole heap for only $5....... bargin!!! Some of the many scraps that I bought are below. Mum bought lots too and is making a wall hanging. Once she is done I will blog it.

I also bought a beautifully vintage embroidered cushion. There were many pretty ones but my son liked the Indian elephant god- Ganesha so we picked the one below.

She had lots of vintage Japanese Kokeshi dolls so I couldn't resist one of those as well. Now that I have one, I think I will start a collection. I love the vintage dolls.

You can follow the store on Facebook but I strongly suggest that if you like vintage Indian textiles and you are in Sydney, then you visit the store. It is located at 139 Catherine St, Leichhardt, Sydney, and is open from Monday-Sturday, 10am - 5pm. You will want to go back regularly as Elaine goes on buying tours quite often so she always has new stock.

Elaine Townshend at Cash Palace Emporium