Continuing my creative mojo journey

So this is what I have been creating this week to continue with trying to regain my creative mojo.  First up is this cushion which is a variation on the patchwork that I have been experimenting with and which is the direction that I think I will go in as it is very addictive!

This is  a dresden plate design and has come out really well I was really pleased with this.  Also, it is fab for using up little scraps of lovely fabric you have left over which if you are like me you keep thinking ooh that will come in handy some day!

Next up is an album cover I made for my daughters friends birthday.  It was slightly infuriating trying to get the dimensions right, but again it has turned out really well, so album and journal covers maybe another area to explore.

Hope you have all had a lovely crafty week!

Getting up to date & trying to get back my creative mojo!

I have just logged in and found that my last blog post was in March, so if there is anyone still reading I apologise and thank you for sticking around!  The last few months have been quite hectic here what with one thing and another, time has slipped away, fast! I did go back to work briefly but unfortunately that did not work out as planned so I have been trying to get back my creativity, but that was harder than I had thought.  When you break your day to day routine, you just assume that you can go straight back to it, however, that did not happen.  For a while I sat at my sewing machine and thought that inspiration would strike, but alas it never came and the more that I thought about it the worse it became.

Eventually I thought that maybe I needed to explore different textile crafts and have been playing around with patchwork and art dolls.  The patchwork is ideal for those nights sat in front of the tv and also is useful for using up all those scraps of fabric that you do not want to part with as they will come in useful!

On finding this book in the library, I knew that I also knew that I had to give these a go as they looked beautiful,



I was inspired to make this one of my own.  I really enjoyed making the skirt as it combined fashion and textile art. 

Anyway that is what I have been up to, so time to cut out more squares for patchwork, although I think I may get a little adventurous and try some hexagons!

Hope you are all well and thank you for reading! x





Crazy Quilting Bag

Just a quick post to show you what I made with my section of crazy quilting.  I took Laurraine's advice from Patchwork Pottery and chopped it up and sewed it back together this gave me a long strip and I then attached it to the front of a linen tote bag.  I must say I am very pleased with the outcome and because of the size of wadding I have used it is very squishy in texture and if stranded somewhere would make an excellent pillow as suggested by G!

This week is unbelievably busy with all end of term activities, we had little one's Leavers Assembly yesterday which was quite emotional as a couple of her friends who she has had since first day at nursery are not going to the same high school.  So on the final song there were quite a few misty eyed parents, end of an era.  Today we are going to J's prize giving ceremony where she is receiving her first prize for PE.  We are soo proud of her as she had a tricky start to high school, she drifted away from her old friends and lets just say that her new ones were every parents nightmare.  Luckily, we managed to get through this period and she returned to her old, more suitable, friends and she has also turned her academic studies around and we are so proud.  Of course when we keep telling her this, being a typical teenager she says 'shush you are embarrassing me!'  So when she goes up to get her award I will have to be very restrained or risk her wrath when she gets home.

It is coming up to nearly a year since I started blogging and the time has flown so my new few posts will be recapping on everything that has happened in this first exciting year and everything I have learned.  I hope you all have a wonderful summer holidays and thank you soo much for enjoying the journey with me! Elissa x

Proms, New Bags & Crazy Quilting

This week has been a bit manic!  Do you have times when your creativity lulls then comes back with a vengeance but at completely the wrong time?!  This week I have been preparing for upcoming holidays and as all mums will know that involves unbelievable amounts of washing and ironing, small child's junior prom, creating new designs and discovering a new technique, phew!!  So here are some pictures to illustrate.

First of all my baby going to her prom with her friend, oh so grown up! My baby is one in dotty dress...

Secondly new bag a different take on my teeny bag, slightly bigger and quilted,

Lastly my new technique that I am now really enjoying, I knew there was a patchwork artist in me, she just took some finding.  So here is my first attempt at crazy quilting, I knew those bits would come in useful for something!  It does need another little iron though, linen is lovely but it creases like mad.

I have discovered this ladies work over at Patchwork Pottery and am loving it, any patchwork lovers out there I can guarantee will become hooked looking at this ladies flickr pictures!