Festive bits and bobs

Hello!

Lots of festive things have started to be dotted around in our house! The above is my favorite ornament.

The fire place has been decorated.

The wreath I made a few years ago is up.

So is the tree.

Need to hide all those wires!!

These little guys are from my first Christmas with P!

I have also made a patchwork cushion for my Nan.

The colours are a little washed out ( thanks clouds!)

I've finished the crochet cushion.

Back.

I have also had a change of heart about my previous snowy post. Walking to the shop the next day was a nightmare. The pavements were covered in ice, as was the road. On the way back............... Ouch! Yep down I go!

Of course there is an audience! I don't know if they laughed or not. I couldn't bear to look!

No place to hide my very, very red face. The only injury was to my pride! J was a total gentleman though, he held my hand the rest of the way home. Not bad for an 11 3/4 year old!



Flowers

Hello!

There are loads of lovely colours this time of year, don't you think?

Such loveliness.

 Tinged with a little sadness, as I've got hardly any flowers left growing in the garden now.

So I've spent this morning making flowers.

Crochet

Felt.

Flower loom.

Foam stickers.(I didn't make these, I just really like them!!)

I'm thinking of sewing them to the blanket they are resting on.

Maybe not quite so close together.

It'll make a welcome change from the granny stripe blanket.

I'm really struggling to keep going with this, but I'm past the half way point now.

I'll keep trudging along!

xxx



Sewing machine woes

Hello everyone!

It has been a busy time over in my little corner of the world.

P's Parents came to stay for the weekend. I do enjoy them coming to stay. There's loads of chatting and catching up. Loads of laughs too!

Sometimes though, I worry if I am being rude. Like when I wash up or pop off to make the beds. I think it is probably just me. I do have a tendency to worry. Even if I haven't got anything to worry about, then I worry that I have forgotten something. Go figure!

Anyhow. P's mum has helped me a huge amount with my sewing machine.

I've hardly used it over the last few months. You see, everytime I used it, the fabric would pucker, bunch up, and jam up the works. After using the trouble shooting pages in the manual, I found out that tension was the most likely problem. So I followed the instructions, and nothing changed. Next stop was Google. I must have looked at 10-15 different sites about how to fix tension problems. Sill no luck.

Stitch stitch stitch, bunch, pucker, bunch,

FROWN. SWEAR. FROWN.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

So I put it in the storage cupboard under the stairs. (With the cobwebs)

I very nearly put it in the bin. The ONLY thing that prevented that from happening was if there are cobwebs in the cupboard, then it stands to reason that something made them. Something I have no desire to see or be near thank you!

Now though I am happy to say that the machine and I are pals again now.

Would you like to know what the problem was?

I'm embarrassed to tell!

THREADING!!!!!!

Each time I have threaded the machine, I have wound the cotton around the little thing that you only use to keep tension whilst winding a bobbin. Effectively double the tension. No wonder it was all puckery and bunchy!

Before help

After help

I don't think I would have ever guessed that threading would cause such a fuss!

Now the machine works like a dream. I think I need a lot more practice though.

I'm quite pleased with this little pin cushion I made this morning.

I also wanted to quickly show you the progress on Granny stripe MK2.

It's 43" wide by 22" long. I'm very pleased with it, even if I not overly keen on the colours!