Two Angels - angels & petals AND crafty angel

Time for tea.....

And a little bit of sympathy too. Followers of the blog will have met my dogs Floss & Rosie, as we rambled around the lanes and on here too! So it is with great sadness that I tell you, that following a stroke this week, Floss was put to sleep.

Lewie put on a brave face as he said goodbye to a lovely dog who has been in our lives for 13 years. A stray, found on the motorway, Floss was loyal, loving and a complete tart! She will be missed by all of us.

 

So, if we're in need of tea, we'd better make some lovely tea cosies to keep our comforting brew nice & hot. Armed with dyed blanket fabric, merino tops in a host of lovely shades and a sprinkling of insipration we set out to make some.

Now, which colours to choose?

Decision made, it was time to make a start.

Coming along nicely.

Soon the designs started to appear.


Front AND back

Add some wadding and a pretty lining and there you have it. Most certainly time to put the kettle on.

Okay, okay, a coffee for Sue please. There's always one!!

A few things to share

Above are a couple of cushions from the workshops held yesterday, to make Kirsty Allsop inspired hare cushions. You may remember she visited Cowslip Workshops near Launceston ( which is one of our favourite places too) to spend a day with Jo Colwill, who showed her how to do hand applique and make her cushion, in the TV series a year or two ago. Most of our cushions are yet to be finished, but I promise to post the final pictures soon.

 

As the days are getting more autumnal we've decided to hold a few simple workshops on Wednesday mornings, to lift our spirits a little!

Amongst those planned are rolled roses made from felt, for hair slides or brooches & beautiful corsages, which would look great on a winter coat or bag. (pictured above).

Looking a little further ahead, towards Halloween, we'll be making a paper garland, on a Wednesday and a felt bunting style garland on a Saturday..............

Also in October there is a chance to make an owl cushion similar to this one...

If you'd like any more information about our workshops, please call into the shop or email me at

angelsandpetals@btinternet.com

Finally I'd just like to show you a lap blanket made in some of the lovely colours of the new Rico yarns Nature range. This blanket cost just £15 to make which surely has to get the crochet for Christmas cogs moving!

This Sunday morning, 9th September, we are starting our regular scrapbook/journaling mornings. I will be at the shop from 10am - 12.30pm for you to come along and use all my stamps, inks, stains, ribbons etc. New watercolour paper journals will be available to buy for those who have never done this kind of thing before.
Scrapbooking & journaling are fun, easy and creative ways to keep your memories & thoughts.
If you'd like to join us - just come along and bring some photos, tickets, quotes etc, to give your first page a focus and get you started.

More free motion

A few more of us gathered together on Saturday to have another bash at free motion embriodery. Most of the ladies arrived a little rushed and flustered, having dashed around all morning doing their various multi-tasking but once again it was decided that this is such a great way to spend an afternoon.

Once the machines were set up it was time to have a little practise.

They soon relaxed and got into the swing of it.

Soon the ladies had produced something lovely. This was a great start from beginner Sarah.

A very pretty piece from Eileen.

Sarah's very pretty vintage style heart, soon to become a lavender bag.

And Gina's produced this beautiful chicken despite having never done anything like this before.

I think a new hobby has been found for these ladies!