Julie Arkell - A very lovely day

This is me and Julie Arkell at the Hope & Elvis Studio The Harley Gallery, Worksop, Notts. 

Here are some of her lovely hand sewn pieces.

Red spotty fabric ...ohh yummy!

Each piece sings.

Vintage charm bracelets.

Embroidered words.

More flower brooches hung on an old childs dress.

I loved this rabbit brooch ...

and this 'Dear Heart' one.

Every brooch rabbit needs a brooch rabbit house to live in!

Julie then showed us how to make these stuffed suffolk puffs or yo-yos.

This one was sooo beautiful it hopped straight onto my jumper

and there is stayed. :)

So we started off with a circle template...

which we stitched with a small turned hem round the outside 

and then gathered and stuffed with the left over fabric scraps.

Little bits of red felt were added in the centre.

Slowly the collection began to grow.

These were some of Julies Tic toc watches

(right twice a day!)

This one decided to come home with me too. Woops!

 But look how pretty it looks with my suffolk puff bracelet.

         

A lovely, lovely day was had by all.

I also got to meet and spend the day with one of my blog followers.

Hello Carol :) x

 This weekend I am back at Louise's for a two day workshop 

with Janet Bolton.

Will blog asap.

Have a great weekend whatever you're doing.

Love Daisy xxx

Sanity in a world of chaos

I bought this kit at the Festival of Quilts in 2009.

Whilst sorting last week I unearthed it and decided ....

that in my world of chaos I could do with something

to focus on that wasn't to do with moving.

These are some of the fabrics all

created in a 1950's style.

I needed to make 42 yo-yo's or

Suffolk puffs if you prefer.

It was a bit of a doddle with my helpful gadget!

Place fabric between the two pieces of plastic.

Trim the fabric and sew up and down through the

marked holes.

Remove plastic and gather up the circle.

Simples as a certain Meerkat would say!

Here are a few of the 42 finished.

Have a lovely Sunday.

Love Daisy xxx