The Red Wren

Forest Friends Quilt

A while ago I started a quilt that ‘had’ to be finished by mid-September. I missed that dead line by a long shot! Anyhoo, today I picked it back up again and made a lot of progress! All that’s left is the hand quilting. I designed the top myself and had originally planned to bind it, but then I saw this tutorial for a quilt in a day and thought that method would be easier and just as nice. I didn’t topstitch mine round the edges and are quilting it differently ...

Sewing and Craft

Bluebird jewellery

I had an engagement party to attend last night. Charcoal grey dress + cobalt blue shrug = no matching jewellery. So I quickly raided the stash and made some blue bird inspired pieces which matched the colour of the shrug perfectly. I didn’t really ‘make’ the necklace. Just ...

Sewing and Craft

Cutlery roll

The place I work for is cutting down on the amount of plastic plates and cutlery they provide (pardon the pun). It was recently on of my very good friend’s birthdays and because she just happens to also work at the afore mentioned workplace what better present that a cutlery roll so she ...

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On the twelth day of Christmas…

I started to pan-ic… Today I saw a post from Liesl from Hoppo Bumpo that among other things said “Christmas decorations should be … (c) taken down by Twelfth Night (5 January) to avoid bad luck” . I immediately thought ‘No – it’s the sixth of January to ...

Gardening

Pretty!

Why have traditional flowers in the home when you can have…. Parsley and Leeks!! We pulled out some leeks and parsley that had gone to seed. Seemed a shame to waste the pretty flowers.

Life and Outings

Friday Flickr Favourites

I really wish I could embroider happy, colourful things! A challenge for this year perhaps? 1. Peacock Cross Stitch, 2. Ghost Birds embroidery, 3. Embroidery, 4. 3 embroideries, 5. Wall Art Trio Small Flower, 6. Cross Stitch From Vintage Pattern

Update

Just a quick note to say that ‘The Red Wren’s Adventure’s in Craft Land’ is now just ‘The Red Wren’ and encompasses all things home related, not just craft, so don’t be confused when recipes appear! I got tired of maintaining two blogs. Have a lovely ...

Sewing and Craft

Cross Stitch

My Nanna was the person responsible for getting me started on cross stitching. The first ones I stitched were kits; some Christmas decorations which I still hang on the tree, a bookmark, a wall hanging, then she gave me lots of her supplies and I started to experiment with my own; mainly ...

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