tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63892512024-03-05T21:16:14.260+08:00Aussieangel's Crafting BlogA place for me to record my craft activities and provide links to my scanned images.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-66656375727197000342017-01-07T22:56:00.001+08:002017-08-13T16:34:22.417+08:00Cardmaking
I recently sorted through my boxes of craft supplies and setup a space in the spare room to do some crafting.
I have a few cardmaking magazines that came with kits so decided to start making the cards.
The first cards made were Christmas Cards for some work colleagues.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-54470320027575678172016-03-27T14:11:00.000+08:002016-03-27T14:11:33.345+08:00Crochet for Baby!My latest crochet projects were a baby blanket and a giraffe lovey for my friend's first grandchild, a beautiful girl who was born in January 2016. As the family lived in Melbourne on the other side of Australia and I would not be seeing them until Easter I had a little more time to work on them.
The baby blanket was in three colours - pink, white and green with a white border/edging. It Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-52539668657841066042015-11-26T23:38:00.003+08:002015-11-26T23:42:37.766+08:00Sewing!
I have had a sewing machine for a long time but barely used it. The one I have now I bought about 7 years ago and it's been sitting behind the bar ever since we moved into this current house 6 years ago!
Last month I found a Horn Sewing cabinet for sale in a local op-shop. I've been wanting one for years but could never afford a new one. I couldn't pass this one up as it was aAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-2417999540680649732015-11-26T23:26:00.000+08:002015-11-26T23:43:06.234+08:00Crochet Duck Lovey
My latest crochet project was a Duck Lovey blankie made for one of the reception staff on my team at work. She is expecting a baby in December and I decided to make this as a gift for the baby.
The pattern was in a crochet magazine and gave me a little grief with the beak but overall I'm pretty happy with the result.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-32577345521164776102015-09-23T23:06:00.000+08:002015-09-23T23:06:09.228+08:00Learning to Knit!
I've started learning to Knit using The Art of Knitting and finding it easy to follow. I think I tried knitting when I was a child but couldn't get the hang of it - especially casting on and off so ended up giving it up and sticking to crochet.
I decided recently to give it another go and it seems to be easier. I've managed to finish the first three squares from the series Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-30599749123176496772015-09-13T19:35:00.001+08:002015-11-26T23:27:51.901+08:00Getting back into Crochet
It's been a while since I updated this blog but I've been busy with work and family the last few years and not really done much crafting at all. In 2014 alone I changed jobs twice (to avoid redundancy!), one daughter had a baby and another daughter got married!
I'm now getting back into my crafting - crochet, cross stitch and now learning knitting!
I have a few things Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-61631580588878314442008-07-06T19:54:00.008+08:002017-09-03T17:33:10.685+08:00Completed cross stitch kitsFinished some small items
I've been working on small cross stitch items recently and have finished three. All are free kits from magazines.
1. Primrose Stitcher's Notebook from World of Cross Stitching.
2. Butterfly Bookmark from Quick & Easy Cross Stitch
3. House Keyring from Cross Stitch Crazy
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-20583855096306815872007-12-23T22:27:00.002+09:002017-08-13T16:34:27.519+08:00Cross Stitch, charity crafts and friendsFinally got something to post here!
I haven't managed to do any stitching for the past 6-8 weeks due to an acute flare of the Arthritis. It caused itching and swelling in my hands and made it too painful to stitch or even hold the hoop. Due to this I did not finish the cd case for Lisa.
I have been busy making jewellery and other beading items for presents and to send to Crafters 4 Charity (a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-21090440112979257272007-10-24T21:33:00.000+08:002007-10-24T21:39:32.298+08:00Mp3 Bag finished!I completed the Mp3 bag last night. To make it into a bag I backed the aida band with iron-on interfacing to protect the stitching and then a piece of felt to provide some padding. I then added a length of ribbon to act as a neck-strap and hand-sewed the sides together. Now to start on the cd case! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-22052810062508389092007-10-23T12:54:00.001+08:002008-05-17T11:02:25.436+08:00Stitching is finished on Mp3 Bag!I finished the stitching and added the charm on the Mp3 bag today. Now I just need to get some cord to attach as a handle and sew it into shape. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-27104714342680844582007-10-18T15:19:00.000+08:002007-10-18T15:56:47.659+08:00Progress of Mp3 Bag!Here is my progress on the mp3 bag as of today, 18th October. I haven't stitched on it much in the past week as I've been not been feeling well but should get back to it in a couple of days. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-79912971872464385142007-10-18T15:09:00.001+08:002007-10-18T15:57:35.361+08:00New Cross Stitch Piece started!I started a new cross stitch piece last week. It's an MP3 holder and cd case for my friend's daughter for Christmas. They are from issue 188 of UK Cross Stitcher magazine.This is the cd case. The magazine has this as an ipod bag but I'm going to stitch it and attach to a cd holder.This is the mp3 holder. I'm stitching this on white aida band with a purple edging. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-84828719251069497792007-10-05T17:50:00.000+08:002007-10-18T14:16:21.759+08:00A UFO is finally finished!I finally finished my Birdhouses ufo yesterday. I started this in about 2002 but didn't work on it for about 3 years until earlier this year. After completing an anniversary project for my husband's parents in August I decided I wanted to get this one finished before starting anything new.Here's the picture from the packaging:And here is the completed stitching:I will Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389251.post-1075170437992946212004-01-27T10:24:00.000+08:002007-10-18T14:17:10.990+08:00Welcome to my crafting blog. I am planning to record here my thoughts and progress of my crafts. I will also provide links to view scans of my crafts, either works in progress or completed items.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242994625483279073noreply@blogger.com