More softie monsters

My grandson asked me to make him another softie monster and stipulated that it be blue.  Looking back at the Cloth, Paper, Scissors newsletter that had the pattern I spotted a triangle one so decided to make one of those as well and here they are. They met with approval.

Felt Flowers

I've seen a lot of pictures on Pinterest recently of felt flowers so I decided to have a go and here are the results.  I dye cut circles and flower shapes and stitched them together with very basic stitches and some beads and sequins. Very satisfying to do and I like the results.

Jerry softie

A recent newsletter from Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine included instructions for softies designed by Trixi Symonds and called Zenkidus.  I made one for my grandson and I thought he came out looking a bit of a cross patch but my grandson declared he's smiling and his name is Jerry and he seems to have been a hit.

Seasalt card

I was lucky enough to be given a Seasalt gift voucher recently and said that as well as buying a scarf with it I would be able to use the clothing tags.  My audience looked rather bemused so I made them a thank you card incorporating a couple of the tags and really liked the result.

Buttons

I like watching Gina-B's passementerie shows on Create and Craft and have bought her button book and the wooden moulds but haven't really had a go.  However I watched her create this button very quickly on her last show and decided to have a go myself and the 3 above are the result.  The button card was done with a rubber stamp and I mounted the buttons for the purposes of the photo but eventually I'm thinking I should create a fabric postcard or small hanging to use the buttons on.  The snowflake centre is a spacer bead meant for a necklace or bracelet but I love the look of them sewn on like that.

Seasalt Inspiration

Seasalt has recently opened a new shop in Dorchester  and was giving away these postcards to advertise their sale:

Looking at it I thought what a nice card it would make so as I happened to have a similar boat stamp by Anna Griffin I came up with this:

Really pleased with the way this worked and it certainly looks summery!

Triangles

This is a piece of canvas work that I've finally finished after at least 2 years messing about with it.  I discarded it at least twice, took it off the frame I had it on and was about to unpick it at one point but eventually I rescued it and now am quite pleased with it.  I had been playing about with the idea of triangles so thought I would just stitch some triangle shapes onto canvas and see where it led.  I started with the purple threads and then I used the green and turquoise to make more elaborate patterns over the top and added some beads as well.  The dark purple border is a kumihimo braid that I made and couched down then I added beads and a triangular buttonhole stitch as the edging.  It's mounted on a piece of green/gold handmade paper (bought), then a canvas.  The green behind which doesn't match is the wall!
I suppose it just shows you should persevere with an idea.