felting

so here is my first attempt at felting just to make things more complicated i thought i'd dye the blanket too!

for some reason i can't get pictures in right order . . . .gggrrrr

anyway i bought an 100% wool blanket from oxfam , then i dyed it @ 60c then again @ 90c to rinse excess dye [and clean machine] .The result is a little patchy but i'm guessing that this is down to:

a/ not enough dye

b/ to big to agitate properly

c/ the dye is not for use on wool!!!

so after all this i did a test cut and felt[ha ha] it needed more abuse as it frayed a little - so i whacked back in the washer @ 90c again.

i think it is now done!!! so what shall i make?

i will be looking at BETZ WHITE'S lovely website

oh yes and i emailed Betz White for advice on dying woolen items for felting and was very pleased [starstruck] to get a reply on the same day :0) [thanks]

and here is the side effect of all this faffing about - there is a mass of candyfloss pink fluff everywhere!!!

i really enjoyed doing this and i'm all for recycling but i used loads of energy and water doing this.

easter swap

gerry got her easter swap so now i can blog it !
i'm really pleased with it and happily so was she !
it took me ages to get myself motivated but i will definately be signing up for more swaps as it was great to have a deadline and a vague theme to aim for.

mothers day card

i rarely have my photo taken so this is a very very old picture, mid 80's -

mmm. . . nice white shoes!!!!

apparently i've used this photo in a card before - oh dear. I must let people take my photo more often! Unfortunately i ALWAYS look horrendus and GRUMPY.

oh and i got her this sweet little doll.

hurrah - i made a card for my valentine - haven't been feeling like doing much cardmaking lately BUT it's kinda expected that i make all my cards nowadays - so i had a deadline and it took a couple hours to do including trying to find a photo of us actually together!! this photo is from YEARS ago . . . . . must let people take our photo occasionally !

MaD MaX the punky monkey!!!

MaD MaX has attidude !

ScArY EmO and PuNkY MoNkEy
MaX's MoHaWk

the MoNkEy troupe

my family are telling me i'm sad and that knitting cardigans for free monkeys is
TOOOOOOOO much!!!!!!!



WHATEVER

the last REALLY good thing i made

this was the last thing i made that i REALLY enjoyed doing - it was for my mother-out of -law's 60th birthday nearly a year ago - it took ages but was really fun to do - i prefer fiddling about with stuff rather than make loads of the same thing which means i could never really make a living making my cards as they take sooo long to design and make.

the whole mini scrapbook fits into a little lilac box

that measures 3"x5"

sCaRy eMo MoNkeY

oh dear - i altered this free pg tips monkey for my daughter - i have had creative block as late so i thought this little project would help - it has but now i wanna make a whole family of them!!!!

i feel equally proud and embarrased!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!