More adventures with machine embroidery

Anyone who has been following my blog for a while will realise that when i try out something new i tend to become obsessed with it for a while.  Machine embroidery is no different...... Following on from my recent post i have been experimenting and made some lavender scented hanging cushions.  For anyone who hasn't tried freehand machine embroidery give it a go.  Its like doodling with a machine and is so easy. The best bit is it's not supposed to be neat so anyone can do it. 

Freehand Machine embroidery is the future!

Earlier this year I bought a freehand embroidery needle for my sewing machine but have had hardly any time to have a play with it. Yesterday Mr G took Miss G to Jodrell Bank (the big ear as she calls it!) to look at lots of space and science stuff. I grabbed my opportunity to have a play. I thought I would start with something simple and this is the result….

I made it into a lavender scented cushion for hanging.

After that I made a glasses case

Then I started a snowman which isn’t finished but I’ll post some pics when it is.

Finally I made a bib that my best friend has ordered from me. I now have the bug. I can see a whole load of freehand machine embroidery items making their way to my folksy shop soon!!

Anyone for cupcakes?

This weekend one of our best friends got married.  A while back they asked if i would make them 100 cupcakes as they didn't want a traditional cake.  It seemed like a nice thing to do for them so i said yes!!!!.  12 hours of baking,rolling,decorating later and that idea really didn't seem such a good one anymore.  Don't get me wrong i loved being able to do something useful for them but given i have only ever made cupcakes once or twice before 100 all in one go was stressful to say the least...  Anyway here's how they turned out.

 And here's a sneaky photo of me and Mr G at the reception.  My smile is one of relief that i managed to pull it off and even had a few compliments on how they looked at tasted.  Alls well that ends well!