Julie Arkell - Daisy made a scene

I had a fantastic time yesterday at 

Hope & Elvis

on a Julie Arkell workshop.

As always Julie brought lots of inspiration with her.

These are all individual brooches that,

when placed together, make a scene.

Such a lovely lamby.

A patchwork rabbit house.

A wonderful daisy chain.

I will definitely be making one of these!

Tic-toc watch brooches...

and a 'dear heart'.

Each piece of Julies work is beautifully hand stitched.

A flower brooch with a patchwork centre.

Isn't it lovely?

A flutterby.

Here is my scene.

I bought one of Julies rabbits

and made her a summer cloud,

a tree, a toadstool and a daisy of course.

Another bunny made by Julie...

a large flower...

These fabrics are so precious.

Finally for today this is the little rabbit

that Julie was wearing.

Cute or what?

If you would like to see more of Julies work 

she has an exhibition on here.

Thanks for reading.

I hope you've all had a lovely weekend.

Love

Daisy xxx

Daisy's catch up - The week of the lurgy

I seem recently to have lost my bloggy words.

I have no explanation or excuse.

Just a loss of bloggy words.

I did manage to take photos though.

So the next few posts will be a catch up of

the last month or so and I begin with the 

week of the lurgy.

I got a horrible cold and conjunctivitis 

and spent two days with no energy in the comfy chair.

I missed a visit to the Country Living Fair so

to cheer myself up I had a sort and a play with

my bestest bits.

I tidied up the fabrics into piles

Separated the ribbons and buttons...

the small snippets of fabric (which I can never throw away!)

and the threads and lace.

Then I started to make.

This treasured bit of quilt was rediscovered in the tidy up.

So I embroidered some lovely words on it and hung it on the wall.

A Jessie Chorley inspired clock brooch made with

an antique quilt and some floral vintage fabric.

I also made a little rabbit from another piece of quilt and some

vintage linen.

Inspired this time by Julie Arkell.

Another bunny with a knitted jumper.

Then finally I made this brooch with vintage fabric and buttons.

What have you been making lately my bloggy friends?

Hugs

Daisy xxx

Daisy sorts the bedroom

I've been in a 'sorty' kind of mood today.

I had two shelves that needed putting up

and nowhere to put my collection of bags.

Ah ha!

It was a little tricky as the shelf, being quite old,

 was bowed in places and I'm no expert with a drill.

But it seems to have worked.

I do love fabric bags...

Can you spot the mini Poppy Treffry ?

And my pink Zatchel satchel.

Do you remember when I gave this little beauty a

  makeover ?

It's been sitting around on the floor since then

waiting patiently for a space to live.

Today was the little shelves moving in day.

Back to the bags for a close up shots of

the scrummy fabric.

 Finally a wider angled shot

and you have not seen the unpacked

boxes under the stool have you?

No?

Good :)

All finished and tidy,

for a while at least!

Next job - patchwork curtains!

See you soon.

Love

Daisy xxx

The day Daisy met Lucey from Lemonade Kitty

I recently took a trip up to York

to meet my lovely blogger friend from

Lemonade Kitty

I treated myself to a first class upgrade

and had breakfast as the sunshine

shone through the window.

The daffodils were out in full force...

and the rain stayed away.

First stop was Cath Kidston

where we tried on lots of clothes

and ooh-ed and ahh-ed over

many beautiful things.

I love this wallpaper.

Handbags galore...

and the most wonderful changing room

curtain made using a quilt.

A Great British display.

Lucey then gave me a fabulous tour of all the best

shops in York.

We stopped for lunch at Betty's

This pic is part of their Easter window display.

I have to admit we spent so much time chatting

that neither of us took many photos!

Here is a quick snap of some original shutters.

And here we are in a vintage clothes shop

where the owner kindly took a photo of us together.

Too soon it was time to go home.

We had such a lovely day together 

and we got on so well.

I hope it will be the first of many meetings.

I hope you are all enjoying your bank holiday

Monday despite the awful weather.

Lots of love

Daisy xxx