I realised the other day that I hadn't shared any of my creations for a while. Mainly because I was working on a surprise gift for Christmas and then forgot to share the pictures! I know you were all missing me...lol =D
The surprise Christmas gift was a cross stitch picture for Bren. His favourite console game as a child was Final Fantasy VII (yes, you could argue we're a pair of geeks...lol). So when I found this chart on Cloud Factory I thought of him!
It was quick and fun to stitch - even though I only know one of these characters, and that's because he was voiced by David Boreanaz in the Kingdom Hearts game !! I bought hand dyed fabric from Crafty Kitten - it was a cloud effect. I'm happy with how it turned out, and I think Bren liked it too! It's framed and sitting next to our computer now.
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| Final Fantasy VII: Cloud aka David Boreanaz and a bunch of other characters. lol |
On the subject of Christmas, I managed to do different crafty projects. Most importantly, I FINALLY managed to finish that stocking hat I started 3 or 4 years ago! A truly momentous occasion! Of course, I suppose I could have finished it sooner if it wasn't for the fact that I would only work on it in the months of November or December. Otherwise, it didn't feel very Christmassy!!
The stocking was made on a "sewing by numbers" basis. It consists of different numbered pieces of felt. After you cut out each piece, you may have to embroider, sequin or stuff it before you applique it to the main stocking. It's a completely different skill to cross stitching or dress making and my mum made several of these when I was younger so I wanted to try myself. I'm pretty darn pleased with how it turned out!
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| 3 years in the making! |
One of my favourite Christmas gifts this year was a breadmaking machine from my Mum. Sounds like the most random gift ever, but I find it hard to buy bread and pastries in the shops because I have to check the ingredients carefully for vinegar (which I'm allergic to). When you make your own bread, the vinegar is unnecessary! You can make so many things in a breadmaker -it's truly marvellous! So far, I've made Buttery Brioche bread, sandwich bread, pizza bases and iced buns. All you do is follow the recipe - put all the ingredients in the bread pan, set the machine and press start. If you're making a dough for pizzas or buns then you'll have to work the dough after, but if you're making a loaf of bread it's pretty much ready to eat once the machine bleeps.
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| Iced Buns. Not the most finessed of icing, but the buns lasted all of 4 hours before they were eaten! |
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| Homemade Pizza: A lot bigger than it looks in the picture. Almost defeated me! |
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| Buttery Brioche Bread: my favourite loaf (even if it has got lots of butter lol) |
The last complete project I can show you is a decopatch mannequin that I've had for a while. I had a weekend where I was going down with the flu so I stayed in bed to rest, so I figured a bit of decopatch would be good, especially as you don't have to especially focus your eyes to do it - ideal when you're ill!
After a lot of consideration, I chose these patterned papers to create an effect of a cool skirt. If you've ever watched the Great British Sewing Bee, you'll know on the opening credits that girl swooshes that blue stripy skirt around...that's what I was thinking of!
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| I'm hoping to make a purple skirt similar to this soon! Although not in stripes. Stripes make me look weird. |
As for my current ongoing projects: I'm working on a Tatty Teddy cross stitch for a Love Quilts square - that should be finished very soon so I'll be able to post pictures of that soon. I'm also working on another secret surprise gift, so I can't post that yet. I'm also updating my Alphabet Adventures Scrapbook - I need to add I is for Ireland and now L is for London (which we just did today!). My mum also gave me a mammoth cross stitch kit which I'll share in another blog post - I'm hoping to start soon after I've finished the secret surprise gift!
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