I have been very busy...

Making new items for my Craft Fayre at work on September 28th.

I have made craft themed earrings and scissor keepers...

 Scissor keepers made from recycled bracelet and craft charm.


My earrings are made with either my hand made beads or plastic beads. There are sewing, artist and knitting theme. These will be going in to my Etsy shop in October.

Cute Bunny from...

a much loved cashmere sweater that those pesky moths made a meal of.

The sweater belongs to a friend of mine and she was telling us about the moth attack. She was about to throw it away when I suggested I could turn it into something to love.

and here he is

I discovered a small moth hole after I had stuffed him so added a cute patch

fluffy tail made from cotton batting

My friend adores her knew little friend.

enjoy your day and remember that there is life after moth attacks ;o)



New Punch needle designs listed

I have just listed 2 new punch needle designs in my Etsy

 

 

Dove of Hope

 

 



Happy Campers

 

 

It is also possible to buy the original model of Dove of Hope, click here.

 

Bright Blessings

 

From the Cabin x



Sneak preview...

Of my new punch needle designs...

 

This one is called Dove of Hope, inspired by the new and exciting time for my country.

 

 

This one is called Happy Campers and was inspired by my sister who loves camping.

 

I have more awaiting your delectation which I will share in a day or two.

 

Bright Blessings

 

From the Cabin x



Finished custom order

I do apologise folks I did say I would post about my finished custom order and I forgot. Well here it is... I drew the shape of the owl to get the base pattern piece then cut a wing shape to make the wing pattern and did the same for the beak, peak and 'ears'.

 

I made the eyes using felt, then hand stitched the to the body, the peak is made from the same fabric as the wings and the beak is felt, the 'ears' are made from the same fabric as the feet and the right one has thin batting inside to give some firmness to it. The ears, peak and beak were stitched in place first then I applied the eyes.

 

I used thick wadding inside to ensure a nice quilted feather finish to the body. I hand stitched the wings onto the body.

 

 

 

The full moon is made of felt with thick wadding inside and the hanger is 22 gauge wire.

 

The feet have thinner batting inside and machine stitched to give the impression of the toes. The branch is from my garden and makes the perfect finish.

 

This owl is double sided so my customers daughter can hang it in her room's window so both she and her fellow students get to enjoy him.

 

My customer absolutely adores him.

 

Blessings from the Cabin xxx



Plaited garlic...

My first attempt at plaiting garlic. Not quite Monty Don standard but hey we all have to start somewhere.

The bulbs aren't as big as last years crop as I discovered too late not to plant with or where onions had been. I planted with onions and I think it affected the growth of both onions and garlic.

My white onion crop wasn't too bad but my red onions did nothing. Come October/November when I sow my onions and garlic I will plant the garlic in an old tin bath that belonged to my Mum and Dad.

Off to get some ironing done before it gets too hot.

Bright blessings
From the Cabin x

Custom order begun...

I have started work on a custom order this weekend for a very special customer. My customer asked me to make her daughter an owl to go with her pumpkin I made last year. I painted the design in water colours depicting the fabric I had chosen and to give her an idea of what the finished owl will look like.

Today I made the pattern pieces and got all the pattern pieces cut out.

But before I can begin sewing my poor sewing machine was in need of a much needed service, so I cave it a good clean and oil. In the process I discovered that the bulb that I thought had gone was simply loose and just needed tightening :o)

My machine is now running nice and smooth and best of all silently.

 

When I have delivered the finished owl to my customer I will share photos of it with.

Bright blessings

from the Cabin x

I have been very busy...

 

In our garden. Painting our new Dutch barn style shed; refurbishing a long flower bed; preparing our greenhouse for my tomato and cucumber plants. In addition to this we painted the boundary fence, arbour and shed.

I will first share with you our Dutch barn. This style is not readily available here in the UK so I searched on line and found someone to build it for us, Sheds Unlimited in Hawkwell, Essex. We are so pleased with it and now it is painted it looks just how I pictured it.

Before

First coat, you can see how patchy it is. Though there was stain applied when it was built the wood still sucked up the first coat.

Second coat, still patchy, will need a third coat

It was still not quite right after the third coat, so the front and side you can see in this photo received a fourth coat. Especially as this corner of the garden gets very hot and it will be baked in the sunshine.

Here it is finished, complete with country cream trim.

I will bring you the progress of the flower bed tomorrow.

Bright  Blessings

Julie

 

 

Feeling proud...

I discovered this book when on vacation and was inspired to create a sampler

Here are some photos of it in progress

 

 

I have now finished it and it's ready for framing. But I'm not sure how to... do I frame it as it is? frame it with a mount? If with a mount what colour? white, grey or black? and the frame, what colour should that be? dark wood or black? so many decisions to be made!!!

 

 

It's not the worlds best photo but I will take better ones once it is completely finished.

 

Ideas and plans for 2016...

  I have lots of plans and ideas for Hunny Crafts Primitives in 2016.

 

To begin with...

 

 I just want to remind everyone of my 50% off sale in my Etsy shop, which is running until the end of January. I will be adding more items to the sale over the next couple of weeks.

 

Now for my ideas and plans...

 

I am planning to hold 2 or maybe 3 Open Houses at my home this year and if they are successful I will make them an annual event.  At my Open Houses I will not only have my items for sale I plan to invite guest crafters to display their wares also.

 

I will still be organising the Craft Fayres at work.

 

I am also planning on holding classes and workshops in sewing and cross stitch to begin with both at my home and where I work and I will expand on the class and workshop subjects as the year goes on.

 

I have been gathering ideas for cross stitch and needle punch designs from literature and my photographs. I will share these with you in due course.

 

Works in progress...

 

I have picked up my knitting needles again, I have two works in progress, a blanket and a pretty vintage sweater from my 'Knit Vintage' book, the pattern dates from the 1950's.

 

book front

 

the sweater I am making in teal

 

the back

The wool I am using is 4 ply mohair which is not the same as the book but I think it will have the same look.