Rainbow Scrappy Saturday

The colour for this month’s Rainbow Scrappy Challenge is Orange.   I don’t have many orange fabrics that I currently like but I did manage to find just enough to make my orange Boxed In block.   Here it is: And here is how it looks with the first two blocks I haven’t managed a lot of sewing this past few weeks since I’ve been playing hooky…… as in crocheting.   I did complete a cylinder cushion cover, which I started last year for my son.  It is in mix crochet stitches. Here are some photos of it. 
   
 
I had planned to make the stripes going the other way, however, some of the patterns pulled in the sides and it ended up looking hour glass shape :)  So I turned them so they ran across the length of the pillow.  If I ever make another of these type of covers I’ll do it in the round….. famous last words.
It was Mother’s Day here in the UK last Sunday and I got some lovely flowers and chocolates from DD and DS, however, DD also made me a little needle felted wall hanging and also bought my ball jointed doll a new wig.  (She bought me the doll as a surprise for my birthday last year)  I’m not a collector but my DD is and she thought I’d like one :))  I think I’ll need to get around to making her a quilt some day. This was my DD’s first attempt at needle felting and it is her own design.
and a Here is ‘Kiera’ my very own Ball Jointed Doll with her new hair in my favourite colour red.  It suits her skin colouring better than the ash blonde of her first wig.
And lastly, for now, I wanted to show you some little African Flowers and a daffodil  which I crocheted.I made these African flowers using Heidi’s (of Heidi Bears) instructions here .And the Daffy is made using Lucy’s (of Attic 24 )  pattern here.   I’ve yet to make the leaves.
Okay, that’s all for me for now.  I do have a plan to post something else sometime this week though :))
Meanwhile, pop on over to Angela’s blog Soscrappy  and see what everyone else has done with their orange scraps this week.
Happy Stitching!
Ellyx

 

Last Orange Rainbow Scrappy Saturday

 

Well I wasn’t going to post this weekend as I don’t have a lot of time to write a full post.  However, after seeing all the other RSC posts, on Angela of Soscrappy’s blog, for this last Saturday of the month I felt I should try squeeze one in.  You can see the other posts here.

Here is something definitely orange which is a work in progress and I will write more about this another day.  Here is a teaser, no prizes for guessing what it may be

Next is a picture of my progress on the Mixed Stitch Crochet Along on Jules blog little woolie here.

I think I may have to remove the rows on the right as they are very tight.  I was trying to ‘go it alone’.  Not far now to cover the round cushion pad.

I’m off to Orkney for a few days tomorrow so I’m busy getting my stuff together.  It will be a quilting retreat with the ladies of my quilt group.   I’ve been prepping blocks from an old ufo to take with me and do.  Hopefully I’ll get the blocks done while there.  It is an old Thimbleberries Sampler.  Here is a picture:

We’ll be going across the Pentland Firth in a catamaran.   I hope the sea is calm.

That’s all for now

Happy Stitching,

Ellyx

Mixed Stripey Crochet Along

I found out through some friends of mine that there is a mixed stitch CAL  at the Little Woolie.   It looks so fabulous that I didn’t take a lot of arm bending by my friends to join in the fun.  In fact I can say they ‘hooked’ me very easily ;))

So here is how mine is looking so far:

I am making a cover for a cylindrical cushion pad for my son, Lewis, who was recently ogling the one I did here.   Taking that as a hint I thought I’d use this opportunity to play and make one for him.  I already have the pad.

And the other 3 instigators  my 3 friends also doing the CAL along with me are:  

Katrin,  of Cattinka

Cyn, of Cyn’s Quilted Travels

and Luann  of Loose Threads

 

Ripple Along and Wizards

I finally got my ripple cylindrical cushion completed!!! Yeah!!  After 4 false starts!!    I just wasn’t happy with the yarns I was using.  The colours had gone awry and then I discovered half way that it wasn’t going to fit properly…. so I had to pull out my original one.  After a couple more starts and not liking the varying thickness of the yarns I was using I decided to see if I had enough of the yarn left from my Giant Granny Square.  After a bit of sums I realized I could if I just did one row of each colour. 

And here is the finished article:Here is a couple pictures of one of the ends:  

I straightened the two wavy ends first by adapting a pattern in the book shown in the first picture.  There is a square ripple cushion in this book but using a different pattern to Lucy’s Neat Ripple pattern.  It had straightened wavy ends so I just worked out how to apply something similar to mine.  I used a combination of double crochet(UK) half treble and treble (UK)    Then I made up a little ruffly edging and used a cording which I made from yarn to draw up the ends.  I’m quite pleased with the result.

In case anyone is interested the ruffle edging is just  DC(UK, SC US) into every stitch with 3 chains to link them.

The other WIP I finished was a wizard hat for my DS.  He was holding a themed party and asked for this hat.  It’s by designer April Folts and her pattern was purchased from her Etsy shop “AprilDraven”. 

Here’s the hat on DS’ head:I used an Aran yarn as it was the nearest to the US worsted weight.

Well that’s it from me for now :)  One day I will get back to some quilting but for now I’m enjoying playing with yarn :))

Happy Stitching and Crocheting!

hugs Ellyx