Been busy SORRY!

 Little Miss Lily

I have so busy making things for the showcases I am in on Facebook that I havnt had time to  get to the Tilda Ballerina Tutorial.  I will get to it ASAP as I have just finishe them all.

Little Miss Lilly is made using the Little Red Riding Hood fabric by Riley Blake.. just beautiful

 I handspun this wool and then knitted it up.

I say this is a Two in One - Poncho or a Skirt. 

I needle felted the flower and then did a crochet edging around the bottom

This is a handspun New Zealand woll Baby Beanie I made out of thick and thin yarn.

It is a cozy snuggly little beanie

Then I made some headbands out of NZ Merino that I handspun and dyed recently.

So I have been busy busy.. 

I will get to the Tilda Doll on Thursday morning and hopefully get the photos up for you.

so sorry about this

Whats Cooking?

I bought this book the other day.

Little and Friday

What a gorgeous recipe book.

This is a cute little cafe in the heart of Auckland

The book as alot of very wonderful recipes.

Tonight Im baking up 

His favourite Custard Tart.

I havnt made this one before .. Ive just done the pastry.. it had icing sugar and lemon juice and zest in it... sounds yummy dont you think?

Have a great day

Another Cake Decorating Course

I have started another cake decorating course

I am doing a Fondant class.  I love working with fondant and it is great learning the techniques. The cake above is one I made from my Mother In law for Mother Day. It is a mini cake.. with a Fondant Bow.... 

and this is the bow I made after the class...

Also I have been on the crochet hook again... After dyeing this merino and plying it... so much fun I made these two cute little beanies.

and another.....

Have a great day

Tilda Ballerina Sew Along Part 1

Sorry everyone that this is a few days over due.

We are going to first sew up the body, arms and legs for the first week.

Page 35 in the book has the written instructions, as it says in there if you think you will find the legs for the ballerina too difficult then make the Ballerina Princess on Page 11 instead.

The secret to sewing up the Tilda doll is to do exactly as the instruction say for the Tilda Angel Tutorial

Click HERE for this tutorial

BEFORE YOU CLICK PLEASE NOTE!!!

For the ballerina shoes

Go to page 11 and look at diagram C. This picture shows how to get the shoes colour sewn on. 

DO NOT CUT OUT PATTERN PIECES INDIVIDUALLY.

Trace onto the skin fabric with double thickness then sew on the trace line. Leave opening at the top of the arms, legs and at the botton of the body.

My suggestion is that you do the doll body the same as in the tutorial link above. This is alot easier than the instructions in the book.

When you have cut out the pieces then turn them out with a then kebab type stick or a thin piece of dowl.

Next week we will stuff and sew on to the doll body.

Great Idea

I came across this on Kimations blog

Check it out... I thought it was a fantastic idea... I must do this myself. Great Organisation idea.

Here's a lovely quilt

What a gorgeous quilt!

Click HERE to visit the blog A Little Bit Biased

Click HERE for Moda Bake Shop for the tutorial

I just love this quilt.. I love the stippling quilting, the white background and the ric rac.

I think this is one I will have to make up.

Hand dyed Hand spun Art Yarn

My hubby thinks I should start selling my art yarns.

Im thinking seriously about this..

At first I was going to just make these up and then create babywear with them but hubby has suggested I look at selling them.

This is a New Zealand merino hand dyed and spun by me...  mixed with a 100% commercial wool and crochet thread 

 This is also New Zealand Merino hand dyed and spun my me plyed with a hand dyed silk thread.

 I am totally in love with my new found craft. I find it so satisfying and so very relaxing

 This is also New Zealand merino plyed with the same colour way 

Just wanted to put it out there and find out if there would be any interest

I have been working on some ideas to make with this yarn... will tell you abit about that soon.

I have also made contact with a lady that sells patterns for beanies etc made with this type of art yarn, that I can link people to if the interest is there.

I am very aware that my interests are not only quilting, doll making, beading, sewing etc.. I am abit of a 'jack of all trades" ... I simply cannot just do ONE thing at a time. I can be crocheting one day, dyeing one day, drawing another... My family simply dont know what to do with me sometimes... lol  it is quite funny

I am wanting to incorporate all my skills into what I do. I am exploring and experimenting alot with different things. The quilt I have been working on incorporated, crochet, applique and embroidery. Im loving that.. so you will see all types of things on my blog from now on

Any how... I hope those of you who are doing the Tilda Sew Along a ready for that..

Not long now....

What Have I been up to?

I have a been up to quite abit lately.

I made this Annie type doll for a showcase I am in this week on Facebook. I love the challenge of showcases. I love to put my creative thinking cap on and look to come up with some One of A Kind type of things... this is my first ever one and I have booked into 4 so far.

The doll above dosent have a name as yet.. I had better put my thinking cap on to come up with that before she goes on sale. The showcase is of a Cartoon Theme for children... there is lots of lovely things that have been created by lots of handcrafters here in New Zealand and Australia. 

We have also been away. 

A friend has a lovely place in Queenstown New Zealand we were able to stay in

We had a lovely time down there

We had beautiful weather and the trees are starting to turn beautiful colours with Autumn

I am an animal lover.

I have also recently become very much in love with fibre art. I love to spin, dye and ply wool. I love to do things with fabric, wool, cotton and embroidery thread together. I have been experimenting. So while we were away I got to pat an Alpaca.. their fleece is so soft and they are the most amazing colours.

I have been spinning abit of Alpaca latley and it is sooo soft and warm.. 

This is a hat I made for a friends little baby due in a few weeks.

This is Sophia with a cute little hat and scarf set.

I made these matching hats for these precious little girls recently. What little cuties they are! 

and in the process of getting stock together for my website I made this newborn dress. This is made from lovely hand-dyed machine washable wool

I had some dyed wool roving left over after I had done some spinning... so I made this cute little rose out of it..... I thought it would be a cute little addition to my beanie hats I am making.

So I have been busy busy... there is alot more to show you but this post would be super long if I did..

Have a great day