Interesting fabrics

A few bits I spotted at the local fabric shop which might be useful in future projects, especially the light corduroy in various colours.  I was hoping to combine it with some nice rivets to make an everyday fishtail dress...  Haven't quite worked out the sketches yet though.

So, so soft!

Mess and new machine!

Having spent four or five days sewing and wrapping presents, my front room ended up a little untidy...

And that's after I hid most of the fabric.

However, I got an awesome surprise for christmas this year!

So excited to use it.   Can't wait!  I'd just finished a skirt using a borrowed machine, and the fitting turned out so well I want to use the same shape as the bottom half of a dress or three.  Photos of that to follow...

Chubbiest frocodile

One of my more gormless creations.  Love the belly though...

Hedgehog rolls

So simple to make - roll the dough into an egg shape, and snip at an angle into the back to make spines.  Nom.  

So cute, even if they did smell of tuna.

Knitting bags

Quite a few of my friends and family have started knitting recently, so I made four knitting bags.  They're one of the most fiddly things I've made, despite being quite simple: a bag with quilted, reinforced base, with a divider down the middle, bias trim or facing around the handle for prettyness, and elastic loops down the side to hold either end of the needles and stop your workpiece getting all muddled up.

Four bags!  Took me two days.  Each one is sewn slightly differently...

Loops for securing the needles!

More papercuts

Didn't get great photos of these before I posted them, but here are a couple more gifts:

A4: wren, stump and clematis

A3: misc. flowers including clematis, lily and my favourite, which I don't know the name of.

CHIKKINS

A small trio of felt, buckwheat-stuffed chickens, perfect for juggling or throwing at people's heads...