Amish Neopolitan Crochet re-mix Blanket - real fusion crafting............

Take a classic AMISH Bars pattern
Re-interpret it in bright neopolitan Italian ice cream colours - pink, coffee, cream
Re-do it in Crochet
and result is ............................... taa daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

A baby blanket based on a traditional Amish deisgn but reinterpreted in Italian Neopolitan Ice Cream colours but crocheted rather than pieced fabric

Made in pure machine washable wool - so pretty, but warm, yet practical

PATTERN coming!!

Re-Create ...............pics of the goodies on offer!!

Well back today to my fav store .......Re-Create and came home with a load of fabric (how did you guess!!)
and some nifty bound books for me to make covers for ............ anyway back to the store and all the great people there.....

These are the bookswith snazzy card covers, in all sizes, with plain card inside - are they not GREAT???

Such fun - and who doesn't need some fun in their lives???

There's Graham (Dah BIG Boss) - and lovely bins of goodies to either side.....

Here they are cutting up my card for my books ............ such concentration !!

These are the people who made my books up and those on the display stand - what a great effort

Card cutting - grommet sorting and CD packing - a wide range activities ........ this is all downstairs

Meanwhile upstairs .....

Graham again - more sorting, chopping and punching - making books and goodie bags of well just useful things .....

such as

reels shiny perforated tape ....

being expertly rolled and bound - with such a cheery smile (made my day!)

here are the raw materials awaiting bundling into pieced lengths ....

ribbons ............all colours

Stationery - envelopes, note books, dividers ...etc

Plastics and all sorts - no not liquorice all sorts sadly :-(

and there are evcn MORE goodies ......................

MORE pics to follow - my laptop just glued up :-(

Re-Create is OPEN!!

Hi everyone  - Re-Create is a great new store that recycles and upcycles all sorts things - plus you can get stationery, glue sticks and all sorts at great prices. In addition they give disadvantaged and disabled people all sorts of jobs which additionally provides them with much needed support and social interaction

http://www.recreate-enterprise.co.uk/

This is their URL - go look it will tell you all about it
Plus for a small fee you can become a member and get 50% discont on everything .............. not to be sniffed at (but then neither is their glue - but they only do non-toxic PVA and glue-sticks  - LOL )

Next time I go will take a few pics of the facility and stuff on offer ........................ my favourite place to shop .... ok well after shoes - and they dont sell them :-( !!

Dancing Figures - progress

Embroidered Figs 1, 2 and 3 (left to right) just need to cut away the excess fabric

Now must rest hand and wrist and fingers till they recover before I tackle the last 2 on the right  (No 5 & 6) and add a little bit to No 4 ............ then to either pad it or stretch it onto a stretcher frame as all the embroidery has caused it to pucker a little

But so far so good - am really pleased with it

I see no ships ........or beach huts

Been busy trying new ideas and approaches - this time in preparation for paintings or piecework - I dont know at this stage
Idea is to take a Mondrian style approach and build a geometric series boats and beach huts .................... ideas so far ...........

1 Mondrian graphic

2 Fractured landscape

3 - Harlequin Huts

4 - Shaded fractures

Chinos .......what to do with them ...recycle!

What to do with 4-5 old pairs chinos that are way to big for 'his nibbs'

+ 1 nasty blanket

+ 1 flannel sheet

........................

Well I cut them up - ripped them into strips

Sewed them up randomly

Added blanket doubled with sheet doubled

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1 thick warm floor rug runner

Broke 3 sewing machine needles .................... but result is a rather stunning rug

So surprised that a ramschackle bunch of naff old chinos and recycling a horrible pilled blanket made such a thick soft stunning rug!!

Not finished yet - deciding if I like the ragged edges or not ................ before I cut off the horrible orange padding and either fringe or neaten the side edges

Brilliant way to use up old jeans or any other old trousers - the bigger the better as get more fabric!

Baby Quilt

Pretty in Pinks

Made with plain and patterned cotton fabrics on the front 

Stitch in ditch quilted 

The back is in snuggly fleece

This made for future grand-daughter - my son and his girlfriend

Beach Huts - Cushions, Lavendar Sachets and Secret Pockets ........

Well Sept 4th only a day or two away now .................... results of this weeks labours in hope people will like them
What do you peeps think???

Hand painted and hand quilted cushions - with vintage buttons in the corners 

Sizes from 14-18"

All in prewashed and ironed cream calico

The two central huts are hanging pockets (secret pcket in the back for keys/ice cream money or even a mobile) 

One is hand beaded  

Both have satin ribbon hanging loops with button trim

Some are named - such as MArram, but others have no name as yet - thought I could add the name people wanted on the day

Lavendar sachets - small,medium and large

All hand made with ribbon loops and hand inked designs

Each one is different and all stuffed with fresh lavendar from my garden and they smell gorgeous!

Designs are:

Lorum Ipsum

Greensleeves

Scot's Corner

Chequers

Scott's

Tulip

Birds Nest

Ship Shape

Fleur

BlueBell

FORGOT to add the wallhanging

This is hand painted, hand quilted and hand beaded.

Padded and mounted for hanging on a board with optional clip frame hangers

Detail of the beading and painting