Scarlett Day Five

A productive day, I feel I made quite a lot of progress but thanks to my inability to count I spent a lot of my precious stitching time wondering where on earth I was 😀

Scarlett Day Four

I have had a couple of busy days and didn't have chance to pick up my stitching but today I have got quite a bit done.

Scarlett Day Three

Quite a lot done today, started on some flowers using gorgeous pink and purple threads. ❤️

Scarlett Day Two

Scarlett

I started a new cross stitch today, I've called her Scarlett and I thought I would post pictures of my progress so here is day one.

Memories

Haven't we all got special baby clothes bagged up in our airing cupboards and lofts? All those lovely things our babies wore, we know we should probably pass them on to someone else but just looking through them stirs up memories. 

The first outfit, that gorgeous romper suit grandma bought ..........

Well time to get them out and make something fabulous, a real personal family heirloom.

I made this double sided quilted blanket for a lovely mama who had bags of old baby clothes aka bags of baby memories.

It started like this 

Then became like this

(Choosing all the best bits)

Then cutting them all into squares 

A fair bit of this ouch scissors left surprisingly painful blisters.

But encouraged me to get a new best friend 

Lots of sewing later and voila 

A warm snugly blanket with a story to tell in each square.

Feel better about hoarding your little ones little outfits, one day you may make something with them - or you can go to www.gooddollymissmolly.com and find out how I can make one for you.

Dream Cottages

What do the following have in common?

Dolls, Bears, Hares, Cushions, Cottages, Christmas and the Sea?????

In addition to dolls, bears and hares (and the occasional penguin), here at Good Dolly Miss Molly we also love cottages.

This is an enormous (where on earth will I keep it?) fabric cottage. In theory it is a pin cushion with pockets on either side for scissors, tape measure etc.

Each side has applique details which have been hand embroidered.

There are lots of additional bits if detail and I really enjoyed making it.

I will make a Christmas cottage next time, It's never too early to make Christmas things.

I have also made some cross stitch cushions with a cottage theme (and often a sea theme because I love the sea too)

Until next time lots of love from Good Dolly Miss Molly (busy dreaming of making dolls, bears, hares and cushions at Christmas in a cottage by the sea - sigh).