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 🌈 

WOYWW

 Good morning all.

Here we are again sharing our crafty activity for the week.

I have had a few spare hours so I have been busy in my craft room for a change.

Unusually for me, I began making my Christmas cards nice and early. I fancied doing a bit of fabric collage.

I made several background pieces made with strips of fabric Bondawebbed onto a piece of white satin

Then I created little fabric poinsettia and holly leaves and berries.

Each one is different and I really enjoyed making them.

Then, my friend asked if I could make a little Christmas placemats. Out came my scraps of Christmas fabric to create a little patchwork with a collage beside it. Cute isn't it. I put a red spotty border and backing on it 

Sadly, I forgot to take photo of the finished mat.

I have more fabric now to create another one for a little boy. Maybe a little elf collage for this one.

This week I will be edging bookmarks and making up workshop packs for Tilly Tea Dance. Hopefully folks will get their orders in to her early so that she can get them posted out before the Christmas rush. She has a well stocked Etsy shop at the moment. 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/tillyteadance

Well that's me for this week.

Have a good week all.

x x Jo 🌈 

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WOYWW

We had a busy half term week with lots of time spent with Ben. We loved every minute.

We  baked bread, made a Tudor pottage with his recipe from school, shopped, practiced our keep uppy skills, drew and played games. Much fun had by all.

So my crafty activity has been limited to some lovely knitting for little folk and framing for Max.

This is the next size hoodie like I made earlier in the year.

And here is a little bolero cardie.

I love the ice cream colours of this one.

So that's it for me.

I have to take my car for service and MOT so hope all goes well.

Have a good week all 

x x  Jo 

WOYWW

 Just a quick post this week for WOYWW.

I have been busy entertaining and having fun with Ben. He is a delight and we have enjoyed having him here.

Last week I managed a bit of time embroidering a little needle felted card for my little sis.

And then, this week, I started a new cardi for my friend's granddaughter. 

The yarn is overall a bit more peachy than this section shows so, I hope it will knit up nicely.

I love a bit of random yarn but do like to try to match both sides! Mad, I know but it just annoys me if they don't look the same or similar though I am sure they are intended to be completely randomly worked. 😀

So that's me for this week.

Enjoy your week- especially now the darker evenings are upon us and you can get cosy and crafty. 

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

Good morning to all my WOYWW friends and anyone else who likes to pop in and see what I am up to.

This week I have managed a bit of sewing in my room.

I made a new ironing board cover for Max and also a little threads bin for her workshop.

Then I got my homework up to date by edging another ten bookmarks. 

I like the cool greens best but think the warm olive greens look good too 

I've also been mounting and framing some of her best selling, tiny felted and embroidered artworks.

It's been great to spend time crafting.

I expect I shall be busy with Nanny duties next week as it is the half term holiday for our schools.

I hope you are all well and have managed to keep clear of high winds and floods.

Have a good week.

Xx Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 Well, this week has flown by.

I finished a little bolero style cardi for my friends granddaughter. Here it is with my birthday cards above - I love the hand made beauties.

Below is my sewing room activity that I began yesterday.

My dear daughter filled that little box with forty little bookmarks for me to edge. She said there was no rush but I like to get going on them when I have a bit of spare time.

I love the poppy ones

 I edged some in green and some in red. Which do you prefer? I thought the green might appeal to a masculine book reader but either colour looks good, I think.

We had a great night out at the theatre last week.

We saw a Meat Loaf sound a likey-  Steve Steinman and a nine person band.

Actually, we like any live music - especially when I can share it with my little sis.

Well that's me for this week.

Keep cosy  all 

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 Good morning to all my WOYWW friends and anyone else who pops by to see what I am up to.

I have had a busy weekend celebrating yet another birthday. It was lovely to celebrate with friends and family and my little sis is taking me to the theatre tonight too.

My spare time has been spent helping Max with a bit of Tilly Tea Dance admin. 

I've made up loads of work packs for Poppy workshops and then edged bookmarks and mounted pictures. Her last workshop was a toadstool one and her group made some fab pictures .

Check her out on her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Tillyteadance to see what they created.

I've also been knitting and finished a tiny hoodie for my friends new grandson.

Of course I did my usual trick and ran out of yarn just as I was finishing the hood! So I had to wait till an extra ball of yarn arrived.  The left overs will come in handy for some little friendship hearts for the hospital. Nothing goes to waste in this house.🤣

Well that's me for this week.

It was lovely to look back last week when everyone shared their first WOYWW posts. Jan's photos were wonderful weren't they.

Have a good week all.

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW 800

 WOYWW 800 post celebrations...

Well fancy being part of a group who has been posting  and sharing their work desks once a week for 800 posts - wonderful! 

I have been involved since January 2010.... .

twiglet: What's on your workdesk Wednesday! (twiglet5.blogspot.com)

The link takes you to that first post. Looking back through my old posts was fun. I was amazed at how many things I had made and shared with my WOYWW buddies over the years...

My needle felting machine. You might remember we referred to needle felting as dumfing.. it's the noise you make as you felt the wool to the base fabric.

A few things that I decorated with dumfing. . 

And then I found this photo....

A mermaid tail that I made and modelled for you.🤣

And just a few more random bits and bobs..  .

Sock dolls

Katie Morag doll

and outfit - made lots of times!

I don't know how I found the time to produce the multitude of items shared in my old posts but it has certainly kept me busy and it's lovely to share with others.

So, thanks to Julia and now Sarah for keeping us all going.

Annie and I raised a glass to you all last night when she came round whilst the men were at footie.

Cheers!

xx Jo