Inky Greetings Cards

 Our meeting at the start of December was all about making greetings cards using ink, stencils and stamps. I know my fingers were inky at the end of the session, and I suspect I wasn't the only one!

Dominiques's Cards

Shilpa's Cards

Tricia's Cards

Nadi's Cards

Nadi's Cards

 

    

Made for her Granddaughter

Made for her Grandson

Made for a friend

Macramé Friendship Bracelets

 Dominique led a session where we made friendship bracelets using square knot macramé.

Nadi

Tricia

Dominique

Jar and Dish Covers

 Barbara suggested making some lace covers for jars and dishes using upcycled net curtains, and these were the results:

Nadi

Tricia

Dorset Buttons

 Adrienne led a session this week on Dorset Buttons. I suspect many of us had never heard of them, but we had a go and were very pleased with the results.

Mary's Button

Shilpa's Button

Tricia's Buttons

Nadi's Button

Dominique's Button

We used rings supplied by Adrienne and a mixture of yarn and embroidery cotton to complete the designs.

Nadi's Birthday Card

 

Nadi made this lovely card for her daughter's birthday.

Beryl's Animals

 Beryl has been very busy throughout lockdown, She's been knitting up a storm, and took a photograph of them all.

Beryl's Knitted 'The Owl and the Pussycat'

 Beryl made this fabulous 'Owl and Pussycat'!

Tricia's Blackwork Cushion Cover

 

Last year, the lady who runs Peppermint Purple designed a blackwork design for a stitch along which provided one section each week for the year. She expected a few takers, but the idea exploded, and many, many people throughout the world joined in. I kind of intended to, but never actually managed to get around to it, although I did download the pattern squares. The design was rectangular. Because of the success of last year's stitch-along, she designed another for this year, but this time provided both rectangular and square options. I'm doing the 2021 design as it's published, but decided to use the patterns for last year's design in a square format, and, instead of using various colours, went with a single, varigated thread (Sulky 4118). I finally completed the embroidery, so I added some interfacing, then made it in to a cushion cover which you can see above. If you're interested in finding out more about Blackwork or Peppermint Purple, you can find her here or link with her via Facebook. The 2021 stitch-along pattern is free via her website, or she has a lovely range of other designs which you can buy. My next project is her Periodic Table, and my supplies arrived earlier today!

Dominique's Upholstery

 Dominique has recovered a stool and a blanket chest with beautiful results!

Nadi's Cards

 Nadi made cards for her grandson and son-in-law.

Adrienne's Parchment Card

 

Adrienne made this beautifully embossed and coloured parchment card for a friend's birthday.

Tricia's Flower Cards

 Tricia said, 'I've been a fan of Susan Tierney Cockburn for some years now. She specialises in making realistic looking flowers from paper and I've bought quite a few die sets she designed over the years. Yesterday, I did an online workshop to make three cards using two of her most recent die sets - Kerria Japonica and Sweet Pea.'

'The first card uses the Kerria Japonica die set and a Spellbinders stamp of the phrase Despite the forecast, live like it's spring.'

'The second card uses the Sweet Pea dies, along with some die cuts supplied as part of the workshop. The diamond fold card looks good, but I find it awkward to make, and the sweet peas are difficult to shape properly. I suspect more practice is required.'

'And finally, the third card uses both die sets along with a sentiment that says No winter lasts forever, so spring skips its turn from the same Spellbinders stamp set.'

'The workshop lasted just over two hours, but there was several hours of preparation to be done in advance - really all we did during the workshop was to makeup and attach the flowers for the first two cards. The third card was done later. It was still fun, and there were participants from all over the world taking part via a private Facebook group.'

Shilpa's Blanket

 Shilpa has been busy crocheting granny squares for a charity that turns them in to blankets. Here's the end result!

Tricia's Cards

 Tricia said, 'Here are a few of the cards I've made lately.'

'I used some stamping, die cutting, colouring, gell plate, and digital techniques.'

Dominique's Crocheted Dafodils

 

Dominique has made this lovely bouquet of crocheted daffodils!

Shilpa's Quilled Decoration

 

Shilpa did this lovely piece of quilling.

Dominiques Poncho

 

Dominique made this beautiful crocheted poncho.

Dominique's Card and Poncho

 

Dominique's Cards

 Dominique has been busy making some lovely cards.