BUTERFLY BAG...MERMAID BAG..CAT CUSHION...CAT CLOCK.

Firstly may I apologise for not having blogged for a while...our computer

has been sick again...we really are fed up with fixing our poor old computer..so we bought a lovely new lap top....It has taken forever to install everything...I lost my pictures...AGAIN...so we have spent all week sorting it out. Colin has been off this week...it's his birthday...so all in all we have not achieved all we should have.

Above is a bag I have just finished...the material has a lovely pattern with silver oblongs...they catch the light.I hand painted a butterfly onto some cotton...machine embroidered it, then appliqued it onto the bag...I am pleased.

The colour of the bag matches the shells in the picture. I took a print from my mermaid painting and fixed it to cotton fabric. I then sewed the picture to the bag catching in lurex thread in the process.

A hand printed cat cushion...Last week I printed about six, each in a different colour.I love doing this...each is so different and you get little un expected speckles and marks in the process. I then hand colour the design....I love doing the whole process. I design the pattern...cut the card to print the design...then make a huge mess on the dining table...I rig up a line across the room and hang my prints to dry.

I discovered Colin can cut shapes from wood! He seems to have endless talents which he keeps hidden...I wonder why! So now I have him at it cutting out my designs and I have plenty of ideas to keep him busy!

Oh what a cool kitty!

We work well together and shall be putting on some really funky clocks over the next few weeks.