One hectic weekend our sons 22nd birthday yesterday, lunch with some lovely sewing ladies and fabric shopping today,  30th birthday party tonight , and then to finish it of our sons graduation on Monday coming.  I should hopefully have some more photos and posts when that’s all done, oh and I forgot to mention my holiday to California coming up also…. So the next few posts are going to have to be good, maybe a cliffhanger

Free machining, drop your feed dogs, put on a darning foot or an embroidery foot, bring up bobbin thread and relax……

i also use a top stitch needle or an embroidery needle when doing this.

Not sure if you can see this,  I have stared with the feathers using rayon 40 weight embroidery thread,  I will probably use around five different colours to create the feathers,  it’s really therapeutic but time consuming.  My little dog Penny gets jealous of my sewing machines if I spend too much time there, so I have to put her on my knee when I’m doing a lot so I can get it done.   Is there a cheap procedure out there that lengthens your arms 😉

I love these frixon pens heat removes the ink,  by iron hairdryer etc.  I have roughly drawn on where I think I would like the feathers to go,  now foe the painting with thread,  see you in a few days ………

Two useful scissor tips,  the first one keeps your scissors at your sewing machine and the second keeps them around your neck for hand sewing

Two cute free motion embroidery pillows for the sunroom

i think they look great and those friction pens are great for drawing on the fabric first before the thread work begins

Each of these pillow covers took about 3 hours to make but I love them. I can do a tutorial on this if I get enough comments

Hoping to make some more of my favourite pictures, I’m thinking maybe city hall and inst

hopefully tomorrow will be a productive day,  but for now I’m meeting up with my girlfriends, Charlie’s Angels

bring it on

From left to right

dad’s pillow machine embroidery

moustache appliqué

grandad’s pillow

Belfast City Hall free machine embroidery

All made with Irish Linen made in Belfast

Ok so before I show you my next project a quick photo of my daddy’s Father’s Day

present, i think he will get them a week early as he needs new pillows for his sitting room. I really hope he likes them.

Writing and edging completed.  I loved making this piece and I have to say it did make me a bit emotional.

But at least it’s a small token of my appreciation to those who lost their lives.

now for something a bit more challenging…… Watch this space

So this is a piece I have been working on, so hopefully I will

get it finished today, some writing with red thread me thinks