kittiepoosies

twinkle has grown,I do believe she is now a year old,we celebrate her arrival day in late august,anyway she now plays with bundle

this is the tiara
most store bought ones were too low-it under two inches high,the young lady needed one a little higher to complement her veil
a few pink stones were added as the wedding theme was pink and black
as there were a lot of stones it was a bit heavy but luckily we achieved what she wanted and had spent a year looking for.....

been busy

have been really busy,but hope to post a photo of the tiara I did for a friends wedding.as usual I could not sign in to my blog.....note to me
SIGN OUT OF GOOGLE AND RE-SIGN IN WITH HOTMAIL!!!!!!

flattened the bangle to show the pretty braid

just finished this,my first attempt at braiding wire.it is from a kit as I do not have a bead shop anywhere near,so if I buy a kit all the stuff is there.am nothappy withthe finishing at the end but hope I will get better

winter

have just downloaded my photos and found this taken in the cold february we had

new toys

I have a new toy,a fine guage knitting machine to accompany my brother 830 and brother 230.now I need more hours in the day,new sponge bars have been aquired for the brothers-ave not been used for about twelve-fiftenn years so they need a good clean
the new machine is a knitmaster and I have not used knitmaster for a very long time-think 1978!

bundle and twinkle

twinkle has grown,she is nine months old and was speyed just after christmas,she was glued-no stitches which was wonderful as they watch me sew and bundle managed to remove one of her two stitches the night she was speyed-no doubt after watching me unpick!

sad news

have not blogged for a while.we are all so sad,my sisters shepherd bodkin-on the right had to be put to sleep on feb 23,she was four years old and had a tumour on her neck,we thought she was cured,she had it over a year ago,had an operation and we were given the all clear but it regrew,she had radiotherapy to no avail.she is survived by her litter sister button -on the left.

I just love my overlocker,she arrived because I got married and the previous overlocker was shared between my sister and I.she is not so forgiving as the old machine-which is still going strong having arrived approx 1987,as she does like to be set up properly,however the stitch quality is just as perfect as you would expect.

my elnas

these are my machines,a machine is personal but I would not change mine. the elnita was a present for my twentyfirst birthday in 1976,the air electronic arrived in 1977 I think.Ihave had many dressmaking businesses ,and these machines are just perfect.

bling ring stuff

this is the stuff I used to make the ring,you will also need headpins and pliars ,a pair with a round nose and a pair with a flat nose
I used a ring base like the copper coloured one here,it has two rows of four loops,and I put four lots of beads in each loop.so you will need thirty two head pins and 32 beads or sets of beads if like me you put more than one on a head pin
make sure the head pins are soft as these are easier to use,I used some fancy ones with littel knobs on teh end but this is not necessary,now to do a wrapped loop look on the net,as there is a ton of info,I use beadsisters ,go to the site and search for wrapped loops
now to do a loop ,you put the bead on the headpin,and bend it to a right angle ,then put the round nose pliars on the head pin and make a half loop now stop and put this loop on the loop on the ring,next finish the wrap and cut off the end of the headpin,if you have crimping pliars you can crunch the wrap but with soft wire this is not needed really
put four lots of wraped loops on each ring loop,these instructions are messy but it doesn ot take long once you have mastered wrapped loops,it does get a bit fiddly though

bling ring

have just made this,have never done many wrapped loops before but I can do them now!!
please excuse my hand but the ring flops a bit when my finger is not in it

chain maille lariat

this is just finished
it is four-in -one pattern
taken from a book so not my own design
it is far from perfect but apart from nearly throwing it out of the window when I could not do the increases,I really enjoyed making it,it is very heavy though

toys

my new toys,two tailors thimbles,one a bit misshapen ,two fine crochet hooks,one un-numbered and the other a size six and a half,and my wonderful fold up wire guage
all bought from a local antique fair

twinkle

this is the latest photo,she finds ironing very boring so she goes to sleep when I iron which is very good

twinkle

twinkle is now approx fourteen weeks old,this was taken about two weeks ago.today she had her second and last injections and is now fast asleep

moodyblues

philip took sue and I to the moodies concert on sept 27,as expected it was wonderful and although you cannot see it in this photo norda was wearing a beautiful snail/swirl frock.a perfect way to spend an evening

bundle

bundle does not seem to be too frightened of the kitten

bundle

twinkle

looking sweet

twinkle new photos

hopefully I will have some new twinx-pix soon

hope this makes sense cut each glove on the fold

hand aid gloves

I have very sore hands and my thumbs dont work particularly well at the moment
I have a pair of hand eze gloves but they cost £18.50 so want to keep them for best sewing not for around the house and such,also they do not support my thumbs.I wanted a pair to keep my hands warm whilst I was knitting and doing general work so I drew around my hand and thumb and used the idea of the handeze gloves and this is what I came up with.I used leotard lycra the stuff that is not so find you can see through it but quite firm.it stretches accross and up and down.I thought if I had to wear gloves why not make them pretty.I intend to put some crystals on them when I get a hot fix wand-hoping for a birthday pressie here.the stitching is not great ,I am trying to manipulate the needle whilst playing with my kittien twinkle.I used a back stitch,dont make the stitches too small as this will cause the fabric to bunch up,if you want to use a sewing machine /serger then you will need wider seam allowences to allow for feed dogs,pattern to follow