A Scrapadelic Scarf

 

I have been working on this one for a while now but had the deadline of my younger brother's birthday to spur me on to getting it finished for him.

 

It is a scarf based on the tutorial by Liz at Crochet in Color and has the great name of a
Scrapadelic Scarf!

 

I made mine a bit wider and only used three colours but my favourite bit is the plats on the ends which she explains really well.

I like the look of the chevron one she is working on now too.
 

 

Last week of the summer holiday here and we have been out picking these..

which with a bit of this ..



turned into this.



Yum. 

The tomatoes and courgettes are doing really well this year which is a bit of a bonus after last year's washout.

I bought my Dad some seeds for Christmas including different varieties of tomatoes and courgettes so I have him to thank for the variety of this year's produce.

The courgettes are particularly wacky..

 

 

And finally my second Sprocket Pillow (she said one would never be enough!)

which is destined to be a present for a friend.

 

 

More about these in my last post here.

A Sprocket Pillow

 

I saw the tutorial for these over at Cluck Cluck Sew a while ago now

but hadn't got round to making one.

 

Then last week I decided that one of the pillows we took camping recently desperately needed a wash,

only to find that it came out of the washing machine really matted and clumpy.

 

Aha!

Some clean clumpy stuffing in need of recycling I thought....

what better way to use it up than a Sprocket Pillow.

 

The tutorial was really well written and easy to follow and as Allison says I can feel the second one calling already.

 One is not going to be enough.

I used some fabric I bought recently in Soft Touch Needlecrafts in Tavistock which I think is called Nordic Mushrooms and also some plains which I had in my stash.

The reverse  is some leftover Full Moon Lagoon from the same place which I used recently to bind this quilt.

You can see the lumpiness of the stuffing on the reverse of the pillow but it is being well used already on the sofa so I don't think the lumps will be very obvious for long.

The button was initially going to be a covered one in an orange spotted fabric but I found this old leather one in my button box and it went so well I opted for that instead.

All in all it was a quick and easy project which just fitted the bill as the holidays are still going and there is much to be done.

 

 

 

 

A Brood of chickens

 

I started this picture this time last year and it has been sitting around waiting to be backed and edged for many months.

I just couldn't decide how to do it.

 

I love the pieces of work by Sue Spargo which was where I got the inspiration for this really, but unfortunately her book isn't out over here yet and Ohio is a long way to go for a workshop!
 

 

So eventually I made a sandwich with some wadding and backed it all with cotton fabric before binding it with the orange spotted cotton.
 

The background is a dyed woolen blanket that I have had for years and the chickens are various scraps of blanket and felted jumpers.
 

 

The embroidery is done using perle threads. 

 

 

I am still pondering on whether it needs some background quilting on the black to give it more texture?

 

Meanwhile, when I went out to get a photo this evening, I saw these two sleepy bees on a sunflower..

 

 

soaking up the last of the days sunshine.