Random makes

These are a few of the projects that retirement has allowed me the time to to indulge in. I enjoyed painting the pumpkin and was sad to see it mush. The flamingos were made from a pattern I purchased and were a request from my grandaughter . They were simple and resonably quick to make.

The cactus  was one of those I can make that moments when I had seen several in gift shops. My daughter requested one for the nursery. I just need to sit it in a more colourful but childproof container. 

I love hats and decided to make a hatstand in the style of some vintage ones that i came across on ebay. I enjoyed the process and was able to source a forties dolls face and trimmings to use. Tge candle stick was quite expensiv , which was suprising as they had been easy to find in charity shops until recently.  

 

 

Trying a new craft

I have made a few dolls with a view to making some for the dolls house renovation. I had a few pipecleaner dolls in my house as a child, which probably came with the old dolls house that we had. I havent been able to find any dolls that I like and so this seemed to be a good option. I bought a verity hope pattern and I have experimented with it. My goal is to reduce the doll by 50 percent .
I have ordered some large wooden beads to use for heads and intend to use vintage fabric instead of felt.

What I've been up to

Had a hectic run up to Christmas punctuated by flu and other winter bugs. Although I haven't been keeping up the blog I have been busy on the craft front.

In a bid to have a handmade Christmas there has been alot of knitting.

This proved to be my nemesis. This is a pic of the jumper
 being blocked

Hats galore 

A puffin for one of my grandchildren who loves birds 

chunky jumper for a trendy boy 

mittens for every outfit