denim look bag

I found a bag pattern...

yay!!

 

 

and then the material I'd been looking at for a while..

 



and then I too decided on a new machine...
so I had to have a play...

old jeans pockets I'd been saving...

two on the inside...

four on the outside...



 

finished bag sits on the shoulder and tucks under the arm...

will have to try it out now...

Messy Work Table.......Still.....

sewing for boys......new sewing machine.....

cutting, gluing.......making a guest book.......some images courtesy of the............graphics fairy.

 taking photos.......

making signs.......for one of these.......really busy.......so you can imagine what my house looks like today!!
have a great weekend..........thanks for visiting.
(raylee).

Messy Work Table........

 my messy work table this week.......i lie,..... it's been like this for weeks.
there isn't much space left to actually do anything anymore........i've been collaging, painting, stitching,  cutting paper shapes & doilies & fabric by the ???.....i have lost count.....
 had to move the sewing machine out......big mistake apparently.......sewing machine not happy......threads tangling......breaking........so no stitching, (am i allowed to swear on the blog?)
no sewing machine.......is like having a hand cut off to me.
so i returned to the messy table & redecorated this old blue cane basket with a bit of paint, wrapped a strip of cheesecloth around the handle, stuck some paper doilies on the inside, tied on a  hessian bow, three cardboard birds tied with string, & a* hand stitched* heart from cheesecloth, & three white buttons.

after half a day of trying to fix cantankerous sewing machine, (this is not the first time it has been a b***h), i give up........i'm going shopping for a new one!
(raylee).

Green Theme.......365 creative challenge 2013

now up to date with this challenge........day 223 , finished this painting.......

green paper collage to begin.......

 somewhere in the middle ........layers & layers later.......

 detail of the finished painting...... look closely & you will see some of the layers of paper, paint, moulding gel & crayon.

a bit of  creating in the kitchen..........anyone could make that , that's what you are thinking........aren't you?
well yes  it's very easy; a cold  cooked chicken roughly pulled apart, salad leaves, haloumi.....cooked, pre cooked pasta.
place all into a salad bowl.......then dissolve 2 teaspoons of sugar with 2 dessertspoons of boiling water, cool,   add 2 dessertspoons balsamic vinegar & about 4 dessertspoons of lime mayonnaise, stir & fold through other ingredients........a quick easy peasy salad. adjust the amounts to suit.
(raylee).

Left Hand Drawing, Mixed Media Collage - 365 creative challenge 2013

(raylee).

Collage x 7 - 365 creative challenge 2013

(raylee).

Knitted things

had the pleasure of receiving some lovely flowers recently...

just love the way the roses age...

forgot to get a photo of them as buds...

the reds have a lovely velvet look and feel to them...

 

 

during the recent past I also received a lovely book...

30 minute knits...

so while I was sitting I tried a few...

 

 

the hat and crowns came from the book...

the slippers and socks from another source...

the kids had a bit of fun with the crowns...

the slippers and socks still need work...

maybe they'll get done before the cold weather finishes...

Lace Doily Bunting.......

365 creative challenge 2013........collage- torn paper from a tourist magazine on old torn  watercolour stamped with corrugated cardboard with acrylic (magenta). the picture of the  face is a mask from chinese new year celebrations.

 a biro drawing on hand made note book paper, collaged onto sketch book paper that had been pressed into acrylic paint.
(an old lady walked by while i was waiting at the shopping centre, (last summer), reminded me of something my grandmothers would have worn years ago).

this collage is a photo i took on a cloudy day at the rubbish tip, i liked the colours & shapes of the metal containers & the way the bunting colours contrasted but also echoed the shapes. i drew on the photo with pitt pens, then cut it up & rearranged the pieces........ 

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...........& sewed some doily bunting, a bit more decoration for the spare bedroom makeover.

(raylee).

Noosa Winter Sunny Sunday.....

....... sunshine, blue skies, water!!........still happy!!

(raylee).

Tea Towels from aTablecloth.......

 ......following on from Simonne's tablecloth post.......made a couple of tea towels & a hand towel from an old hand painted tablecloth.

 a mixture of  cut & torn magazine paper collage & more texture exercises......using paint, moulding gel medium, aluminium foil, & painted papers.

the sun is shining today = happy!!
hope the sun is shining for you too!!
(raylee).