I have made bit more progress in my chain stitch piece.. ..

I usually don't get to do much embroidery after work as it does require fine stitching, and night lighting is hard for my eyes (even with glasses). I mostly do these types of work during day light. So, it has got limited to the weekends.

Crochet

It looks like that my crochet hook does not seem to catch a break.. I thought after the last project I would take break from crocheting, but it was not to happen.  Here's beginning of something new...with all the odds and ends that I have accumulated  since I started to learn crochet; which was just over 2 years ago.

For the past two years I have been buying yarn from the thrift store; often they are either half used, almost used or on a lucky day full. There are also lots of colours which have not made into any projects and I am trying to use them all  too. I am surprised at my collection of left-overs from left-overs :)

Free maple leaf tutorial is from this blog;http://happyberrycrochet.blogspot.ca/2014/08/how-to-crochet-maple-leaf.html

HAPPY CANADA DAY !! to all  my fellow Canadians..

Thank you for taking time to have a peek,

till next time,
xxx,
Gaia

First day of summer .....

candy coloured summer flower branch......

The free flower tutorial is from this blog. The instructions are written well and, was easy to follow.  I initially thought of making a wreath but changed my mind, when I came across this branch,while taking a walk in my neighbourhood park.

I gathered flowers and a leaf and tied them in to a bunch and then tied again to the branch.

All four colours are of same variety of  yarn; yet another thrift store find :)

Thank you for stopping by to read this post,

till next time,

Crochet throw

for the sofa...

The motif pattern is from VOGUE Dictionary of crochet stitches..page 144.

All the yarn are from my thrift-ed collection. I tried my best keep in with the colour palette I had in mind, as well as to use yarn of the same variety. There are slight variations specially in yellow, as I did not have enough of the same. 

I am pleased with my effort, although there is lots of room for improvement. 

Thank you for stopping by today,

until next time,
xxx,
Gaia

Spring ....

saree quilt finally got completed.

I am happy the way it turned out.  The quilt has three layers of very soft cotton saree pieces. The applique flower pattern is a free foam design that I did using blanket stitch.

There was lovely sunshine this morning to take these pictures, by afternoon it started to pour.

Thank you for stopping by for a peek,

till next time,

Gaia

this and that...

Over the weekend I spent time completing the border for the Spring Saree quilt. I also thought of adding running stitches on the border with cotton craft yarn. There is still bit more work to be done on this project.

These are some of the pencil colour drawings I did over the weekend as well. This weekend had an extra day to relax as it was a holiday celebrating ' Victoria Day' here in Canada.

Thanks for stopping over to see my work,

till next time,

xxx,

Gaia

Mother's day...

Dear mother,

from your daughter....

you can see my last year's project here.

Thank you for taking time to stop by today,

till next time,

xxx,

Gaia

Crochet squares...

I patched the smaller squares and made eight larger ones.

Using the slip stitch,I joined the larger squares together..Now, I have to work on the rest of the pattern. I still do not what size I want this to be. I think, that all depend on the amount of yarn I have in the colour scheme I have chosen. So far, I manged with Bernat yarn (100% acrylic made in Canada) which I have gathered from thrift-stores. I still have few balls left.

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Yard Sale finds !!

My neighbourhood church recently had their annual yard sale. Here are few that I useful things I got.

Cost for the yarn lot was $4. The dish is stoneware from Japan, which is well made and has a nice design to it. I just chose a random over for it. They both were 0.25cent each.

The green and brown bag is from a Canadian designer (googled and found out) anatomyofaskirt.com

it was 0.50cent. and it is very new.

The flowered one has a Cath Kidston label. (which I know a designer from UK) It is bit discoloured on the side, and was also 0.50cent.

And, the new cotton rug was$1. 

 

That is all for today,

Thanks for stopping by for a peek,

till next time,
Gaia