WOYWW

 Welcome to everyone popping in to see what I have been busy with this week.

I have been finishing a few jobs and clearing the decks ready for Christmas.

These are the little Friendship hearts that I knitted for our hospital. I bagged them up in pairs and a lovely lady collected them from me.

Then I finished off a couple of denim book covers. I used some embroidery from faded vintage linens. 

My latest project was to knit a few little chocolate covers for our little ones this year...

A little fairy mouse.

Mother and baby penguins.

And last but not least...

A Mcfelty chocolate orange cover for Till Tea Dance 

It's just a reminder of the fab felted picture that she made and Catriona kindly purchased.

I think it will raise a smile don't you?

I hope you are also enjoy the build up to Christmas. Make it low key and don't stress about it.

Have a lovely time.

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 Good morning all 

The weeks are whizzing by and Christmas will soon be here. I am pretty laid back about it really. We like to have quiet family time so my preparations are low key. I like to make a few gifts for friends and family, make my own cards and enjoy a few meals with the family.

I made most of my cards a few weeks ago using my fabric collage backgrounds and building poinsettia and holly on top. I will share those on here at Christmas .

But, I needed a few more to go with Christmas money gifts so I copied Maxine's design from last year.

I dusted off my needle felting machine and used a strip of green felt which I embellished with yarns and threads.

Then I chopped it up into tree shaped triangles which I trimmed with beads and embroidery.

I think they look pretty and didn't take too long.

So that's me for this week.

I hope you are enjoying your build up to Christmas and that no one was too badly affected by the gales.

Have a good week.

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 A busy WOYWWeek!

Tilly Tea Dance has 3 workshops this week so that's a lot of packs for me to create.

And lots of little fibre packs.   

Then I answered a request for Santa!

The local hospital needed cushions for their Santa sleigh to be used at the Christmas tree light up event. It pays to have cupboards full of stash. I made these with a recycled satin sheet and stuffed them with a poly duvet.

I made them on Sunday as they need them for today! All good fun.😀

Then we went off to Attingham Park to see the Christmas trees. I think this year was better than ever. They were designed around the theme of Greek myths and legends......

A travel themed tree linked to the picture of Mercury on the wall in the entrance hall. The baubles were made from globes or just decorated with old maps.

The volcano was of course linked to Vesuvius.

The Lord of the manor had visited Pompei.

In the dining room was a clever tree made from wine bottles celebrating Bacchus.

This beautiful floral one was, of course linked to Flora.

This one was below stairs and a reminder of how well the health of the staff was looked after. It was decorated with herbs, spices of a medicinal nature, tiny medicine bottles and info to do with leaches etc.

This is one for Jan, linked to the muses of music.

So there we go.

I hope you have enjoyed the lightening trip round my week.

Have a great week all.

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 

Good morning all.

Pop over to Sarah's Craft Shed and link up if you want to join in with our desk share. We are a friendly bunch!

I've had quite a busy week.

Above you can see some of the fluff and yarns that I dyed for Max. She always needs lots of textural bits and bobs for the undergrowth and hedgerows etc in her Tilly Tea Dance artwork.

Next, I used some of my denim to make a book cover. The little sheep landscape was on one of Maxine's Christmas cards for us. So, I am recycling it on the little pen pocket and will give it to her Dad for Christma. It is made with bits of his old jeans after all.😀

And then, I knitted this little sprout chocolate orange cover. It took ages and I won't be making another! I think Ben will like it as he also loves sprouts.

And lastly, I fancied knitting another twiddle mitt. I haven't made one for ages . The colours don't show up well here. The stripes beside the bobbles are grey with a lurex thread so it looks like snow. I will add a few winter theme twiddly bits later 

So that's me for this week

Have a good week all!

X x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 

It's definitely a good day for snowmen!

This is my latest little placemat.

And to continue the theme.....

We had about 3 inches of snow yesterday.

I was up early and made this snowman by 8 o'clock.

The eagle-eyed amongst you might notice the scarf is made from strands of wool 😀 Of course my snowman is only about 10 inches tall and sitting on my bin. I did it as a joke for Ben. (It's what I do!) 

I've been busy with flower/hedgerows workshop packs this week...

Lots of rainbow packs of wool rovings all ready to pop into their bags ready for next week. I like to get them finished early so that there is no last minute panic.

And lastly, my job for tomorrow......

Just a few more bookmarks for Tilly Tea Dance.

I love choosing the right coloured Madeira rayon thread to edge them with.

I like to be busy.🤣

So that's me for this week.

I hope you are managing to stay well and cosy.

Have a good week.

x x Jo 🌈