Two Angels - angels & petals AND crafty angel

Wreaths day two

As promised some more photos of the fabulous Easter wreaths.

Hedge row inspired wreaths.

This pretty wreath is very spring-like.

Reminiscent of a garden in full bloom.

and as we had a spare place I got to make one too. Yah!

Easter Wreaths day one

 On a beautiful March day we gathered our fabric and sat down to make some really pretty wreaths for Easter.

Not every one was taking it seriously!

Jen was determined to have her wreath up all year round, so chose colours to match her home. Quite rightly so after all the effort that went into it.

After a few hours of happy cutting & stabbing it was time to see what everyone had made.

Delicate, fresh spring colours.

More vibrant shades, which made me think of summer too.

Hedge row wreath, with its primroses & violets.

I love that they all turned out so differently.

We have another workshop today, so look out for more gorgeous wreaths tomorrow.

Paper Bag Brag Book

Today we dipped into the making of a Brag Book. These are put together using american style lunch bags and make fantastic mini scrap books, recipes books or a place to keep your secrets, wishes & dreams.

 

A really pretty book in shades of blue.

Pretty books, adorned with butterflies, and filled with lots of pockets.

This book was destined for a small boy. The perfect place to keep his ephemera and 'special things'.

This recipes book would make a fantastic present, filled with lots of yummy ideas.

A busy weekend

Our Saturday workshop was inspired by Tim Holtz  The Sewing Room die cut. Using the die cuts as templates we had a very girly afternoon of dressing up

We stamped, cut, stitched and stuck our way through a happy afternoon.

And then the catwalk parade was ready

The girls are taking orders now for the real thing!!!

More cushions

We were back in the workshop mode again on Sunday with the second session of flower cushions.

Some lovely colours were used and once again, although the ladies were a little more pressed for time today, the results were very pretty.

The first round of petals goes on

Above are a small selections of those I remembered to photograph before people whisked them away to go and see to their families and make Sunday dinner.  I'm looking forward to seeing the sewn up and finished cushions over the next week or so.

Upcycling

Our workshop today was to make flower cushions from felted sweaters we no longer needed, or from charity shop finds.

Once felted in the washing machine the sweaters were dissected and the fun began.

the task of cutting a front,backs and over 40 petals was thirsty work!

Then we'd to sew all those petals into 3 long garlands.

Next we pinned the first garland of petals in place and stitched them down.

This round was closely followed by a second round

and before we knew it the final round was in place and it was time to sew it all together.

The finished cushions were really lovely and it proved a great way to use an old sweater.