Paper + Stitch = luvly goodies!

A couple of posts ago I mentioned a little new project - well here it is!
A part of my May "A little fabric, a little chocolate swap" over on Flickr I wanted to include a little handmade item that was not fabric based. So 15 minutes and voila!
Quick and easy project:
1. Cut out a nice shiny piece of card for the cover.
2. Cut out a range of fab colours in paper slightly smaller in size than the cover.
3. Stitch down the spine (I used the sewing machine for this)
4. Fold nice and flat.
5. Stamp a cute little cupcake design on the front!

In addition to the note books I also made some blank note cards to send away as well.
I definitely think there will be more of these!

Addiction!

I have a slight problem!
Yep just down there on the bottom right hand side (keep going it's quite near the bottom!).

My blog addiction!

I just can't help myself looking through all the loveliness!
So prising myself away for a few minutes I have finally got round to updating my lovely links list!
So if you're on there - keep up the fab work and if you're not, say hello as I've probably just not stumbled across you yet!

x Pink Stitches x

Sunshine memories

It's a lovely long weekend and it's also been a beautiful sunny day.
This evening I decided to sort through all my photos stored on my computer that I forget about, when I came across these little handmade lovelies taken in the sunshine a couple of years ago! I must start making a few more of these.

New project!

I had so much fun making these... but I can not tell you what they are yet as they are part of my "A little fabric, a little chocolate" swap parcel and until my swap partner receives them they are a secret! But I'll definitely be making more.

A sneak peek!


Swap parcel all packed up and ready to go!

Yummy!

Need I say more!?


Sadly this is not home made - a little stop at M&S on the way home.

Secret snapping!

I managed to get some quick photos of these in Selfridges. Why do I always feel so guilty when taking photos in shops?
Aren't they lovely!

So much fun!

Yep - that's what I've been having Thursday nights since the start of the year. I signed up for a Textiles evening class at my local University and it's fab!

I'm trained partly in Textiles and even teach Textiles but it is so much fun learning new techniques and having a bit of me time to play around and get creative!

So over the next few weeks I'll show you what I've been up to. To start here was my first attempt at screen printing with hand made paper stencils. Not too bad and I've got better, more ideas and not afraid to get messy!

My mess!


Hand drawn design paper stencil - this was tricky cutting out!


Screen printing in progress!


The end sample result!