June Finish

I’m just a little late posting this one!! 

A couple years ago, a friend’s partner reached out and asked if I could fix an antique set of boxing gloves. They belonged to his great grandfather!! Each time I thought I had things figured out to keep them together, the leather would rip or the old threads would giveaway. Needless to say, it took me two years to finish them. I didn’t want to do a half-ass job and google didn’t help. 

As you can see, my stitches don’t look pretty. It was the only way I could get them to stay together! 

They are being hung in a sports themed entertaining space in their home  They tell me people have commented on how old they are and that’s it’s awesome to see history hung up. They are a talking point and have had some stories told about them after a few too many drinks!! 

ME

Advent box

 I ordered myself an Advent box from the company where I get my paint by numbers.

This is how the box came, very nice looking.

DAY 1

 

This is the finished project

DAY 2 - apron

DAY 3

Two 2 x 2 canvases 

DAY 4 - a sponge

DAY 5 - this one confused me, I had to use Google to help me figure out what it was.

Finger Guard Tape

DAY 6 - a set of brushes and two liquid paint pens

 

DAY 7 - paint brush rest

DAY 8 -  is magnets and some kind of stickers, this one confused me.

DAY 9 - A roll of heart stickers, not sure what they have to do with painting.

DAY 10 - a brush cleaner dish

DAY 11 - paint by number bottles of rose. I will have to see how these turn out and then find people to give them to. 

DAY 12 - Two 4 foot long paint by number banners.

These will be a challenge to paint because they are the length of my table.

This was neat to open up, but it would have been nice to have an explanation inside some of the boxes. 😆

Christmas ornaments

 Happy Holidays ladies,

Here’s this year’s Christmas Eve ornaments. They are flannel and denim, from my slowly shrinking pile of jeans from my dad. I was thinking they could also be memory ornaments if I get asked to make some again.  What’s happening with your lovely break?  Her

Palliative care quilts

 Hi there ladies,

I just wanted to share a couple quilts that are destined for palliative care.

The Crafter’s amazing basting ability was called in to help.
 

   

I also made a rag quilt in some neutral-ish colours. I would like to have four made before I drop them off.

I guess I better get going.  What are you ladies up to?  Her

Unexpected gift

 Hi there ladies,

I just wanted to share some pics of a lovely surprise from Me. I never get mail so it totally made my day. It’s so wonderfully scrappy.

Photo by Mr. Her

Favourite scrappy section

Thanks so much Me!

Quick Dollar Store craft

Went shopping with Her and was told I needed to make this. So here it is.

It said there was instructions included but not really. I ended up using the picture on the front to figure out what to do.

This is what you start with, then you cross stitch.

This is the final product. 

This is was a neat idea, the plastic needle was interesting to use. It might even look good if you painted the wood part white or at least white washed it.

Hunter Valley Around the World Quilt

 Here’s a preview: 

I’m so excited about this quilt!! I love the colours. 

Me

Coffee table centerpiece

 I offered to make a coffee table centerpiece for someone. Most of the materials were found. I spent about $5 to buy a few missing things. 

I went through a few options before coming up with the final one.  Her helped me decide what worked and didn't work.

The workspace was a disaster for awhile. 

Side profile of the finished project

Top view of the finished project.

Ribbon skirt from July

 Photos to go with July post

Check out the functional pockets. Yes, I did make a skirt with ‘dysfunctional’ pockets already.

 

Test Post - Photos

 A short post to test if we can upload pics again. 

Pockets

 Hi there ladies,

  While I have been crafty I have been a negligent blogger. I wanted to share my newest ribbon skirt I made for a photo shoot I was doing.  Most importantly, I have successfully put in pockets! ( In  my last attempt at pockets the pocket was offside and only big enough for a chapstick, lol). This skirt’s pockets can hold my phone. It’s blue and red and the ribbons have a Treaty Six flag vibe.  Next time, I will check that the fabric is not printed with a sideways one directional print, because I had to do a lot of thinking to get this one to work out the way I wanted. I’m sure it’s really not that difficult but you know me and spatial thinking.🤔 What have you ladies been up to?

Mother's Day

 The night before Mother's Day I decided that I needed to make a flower somehow. 

I was seeing my mom, Grandma and aunt. So to Pinterest I went. I found a couple of felt flower patterns, because this Crafter seems to have extra of that.

This is the pattern, for the petal structure and leaves.

These are the three colors I chose.  Yellow for Grandma - her favorite color.

A pretty pink for mom.

A bright pink for the aunt.

To finish the project I wrapped the sticks with green tape and added leaves.

This is a top view of the finished flower.

The ladies all loved them.  Sometimes late night ideas do turn out.

Quilting for the Crafter 2

 Hi there,

I couldn’t get pictures of quilt 2 to load last post so here they are. What are you ladies up to? Her

Quilting for the Crafter

 Good evening ladies,

I wanted to share a couple of quilts that I made for the Crafter. One was a duplicate of a previous quilt for a cousin’s canine and the other for a new baby cousin.

Canine quilt 

Wooden flower kits

 I tackled one of these kits awhile go.

I decided to try a couple more, a Lilac and a Pink Lily.

The lilac's instructions were challenging, I had to step away a couple of times because of frustration. But it got completed.

The pink lily was much easier.

This is what the kits start as. The lilac had a hundred more pieces than the lily.

This is the completed Lilac.

This is the completed Pink Lily side and top view.