When visiting Mia of Craftartista a while ago I saw a picture of a crocheted Frida Khalo in Mia's list of blog friends. I had to investigate ...... it looked so cute! I loved the blog I discovered (with lots of crochet) - the blog of Mariela - “Inspired by my Loves” ...... and I started following her!
It will be Mariela's 7th Blog Anniversary on the 20th July and she asked friendly bloggers to join her celebrations. I couldn't resist!! Tee hee! So I am joining up with her today for her "Long Live Friendship" post.
Happy 7th Blogaversay, Mariela!
Mariela asked us to introduce ourselves to any “new to us” bloggers, so, here goes:
"Hello", my name is Barbara and I live in England. I love stitching! Here on my blog you will see many crafts: embroidery, cross stitch, patchwork, quilting, knitting, and yet to come - crochet. I especially like to make pouches and bags, oh, and not forgetting pin cushions ..... all very useful, aren’t they!
I love to join in with link parties and will also be linking to Jo of Serendipitous Stitching (a cross stitcher) for her Gifted Gorgeousness link Party.
I don’t have any cross stitching to show today, but I hope to have some ready next month.
Gifted Gorgeousness is a link party primarily where we show any cross stitch gifts we’ve given or received in the past month, but some of us do other crafts too! Hence, my latest WIP (Work in Progress) is actually quilting!
While I was stitching, last week, I got sidetracked ..... twice!
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| Stitched using 2 strands Anchor 76 |
First there was a friend’s birthday coming up, so I made a gift bag from a tutorial I found at “Charmed by Ashley”.
And, secondly, my Mum happened to mention she was losing stitches from the ends of her double pointed knitting needles, sooo I got looking for a solution. I found a great tutorial at Joanna Olson’s blog, “The Nome Knitter” HERE. The idea is that you pop your needles in the pouch (with the knitting on them) and by pressing the poppers shut you stop the stitches escaping!
Unfortunately I don't have any knitting in progress, so I have to leave that a little to your imagination, tee hee!
Oh, and I’ve just I’ve found a second idea I will test soon, from Tracy’s blog Mad Quilter.
But back to the gift bag .....
Such an easy pattern to put together .....
except, I decided to make an insert to keep the bag open, not that it really needs it, but I thought my friend might want to use it as a bag or possibly give it to someone else with a gift in.
Oh, and I couldn’t resist adding a popper, for closure!
Anyway, it is now fully finished and waiting to go to its new home!
And I'm already planning the next one!
And I'm already planning the next one!
So, you've seen a sample of the things I love to blog about ..... I hope you have enjoyed your visit and that you might like to return here again. To make that easy you can either subscribe to receive emails, become a "follower" or follow via Bloglovin' I don't have a link set up, but you can find me there as "The Flashing Scissors"
Right! I'm off to see what all my blogging friends, new and old, have been up to!!
Why not come along with me and visit them at:
Mariela's 7th Blog Anniversary Party
and
Jo's Gifted Gorgeousness
Hugs,
Barbara xxx
