Mothers day preparations

I decided to Start off the inaugural mother's day stall at the school.

Not necessarily to bring money in  although that will be good. I overheard the principal saying the sand for the sand pit cost over $300!!

I wanted to bring the community together appreciating mothers and giving children the chance to gift mum or their mother figure with a surprise present.

I had this from the opp shop with lovely embroidery on. I cut it up to Sew makeup purses. 

I embellished some eye masks.

And stitched something fluffy on the back.

Can you read what they say?

As the first stall, with some people not knowing what to expect,  I thought bid be making most of the items on stall.

I stitched some satin unicorn print onto some hand towels.

Still more to go..Some head bands, and leather purses. 

Wish me luck! 

 

The 9 yo cross stitch

 

This cross stitch sure has been a long time coming! I started it in 2013 when I lived in a caravan  

Of course I had barely any space to Sew or room for a Stash. 

I took on a few lengthy hand projects.... embroidered a table cloth, crocheted some rugs, that sort of thing.

And then there was this cross stitch kit.

I'm feeling motivated to get going with it! 

Sentinelles

I bought these linocut prints on hand dyed fabric from Australian artist Dijanne Cevaal around 8 or o years ago.

Dianne had been to France, seen the sentinels in medieval paintings, and then created this Australian version.

Originally, a whole lot of textile pieces were created and became a travelling suitcase exhibition. 

Mine weren't intended for that.  I just knew I'd like to stitch them.

I spent some time choosing embroidery threads for each colourway. 

I'm expecting to put these next to each other as a pair, or in the same wallhanging quilt.

The quilt will tell me when it's time. 

Ahh, it's so pleasant to have some hand stitching on the go.

What are you up to?

 

Add some Shot cotton

 I've been saving my Reece Scannell shot cottons for a long time...

I've decided that they would be best experienced through a number of quilts rather than all plopped into one.

So i cracked them open and used some tiny pieces as borders for the (now all complete! Yay!) Stitcheries.

Oh yeah! Check out the ugly jumpers with this!

The Finish

 This is the entire finished quilt I made by cutting raw edge applique pieces ad lib.

I used one Anna Maria Horner print for the centre.

And a border print. Mixed with pink and green grudges.

Followed by a Kaffe Collective binding. 

Using a limited fabric pallette was stimulating and fun!

The Kantha stitches were done with 2 rows in each colour, alternating. 

Grunge green 9 patches on the corners.

And a neutral kind of beige through the centre. 

It's hanging on my wall. 

I don't know how all my quilts for home end up pink and green.

I do love the fabrics, even though I don't plan on having  pink and green decor as a whole.

A little relax

I needed to pull out something that didn't need much brain power.

Back to 'Tis The Season by Natalie Bird if The Birdhouse.

The colours are so pretty.

I've pulled the thread colours from this "ugly jumper" print which will be used in the border somehow.

 

The green?

Alright. So the question is  does it look like a tree?

My thoughts are No. 😭😭

I even tried out curved trunks by using the gingham. 

It just doesn't work. 

I will keep the orange and green blocks for something else.

I need another idea.

Time to leave this on the design wall to think about it when I walk past.