Your Hobbies, Collections, and Obsessions

[poppy]

13 hours ago, Chrissy said:

 

Oh my! If you need me to toddle off to Heathrow and rescue the parcels, let me know!

 

That's so kind of you, Chrissy! But goodness know where that one has skipped off to by now.

I have four parcels coming from the UK at the moment, the original two that have gone walkabouts, one that replaces one of those and another one from a different supplier. None of them seem to be doing anything 😕 

[Madeleine]

Those coasters are gorgeous!

[lunababymoonchild]

5 hours ago, Madeleine said:

Those coasters are gorgeous!

Thank you, Madeleine

[lunababymoonchild]

My latest coaster

[Madeleine]

Another fab coaster, can I ask how you came across these?  I haven't knitted for years!

[lunababymoonchild]

48 minutes ago, Madeleine said:

Another fab coaster, can I ask how you came across these?  I haven't knitted for years!

These are from a British company called Toft which sells British wool and knitting/crocheting goods and patterns. Their summer catalogue was inspired by Italian tiles and Kerry Lord, whose company it is, inspired by said tiles designed these coasters. They are actually Bargello, which is a type of sewing. They are stitched with the wool that Toft sell.

Edited August 19, 2022 by lunababymoonchild

[Madeleine]

Thanks, will check them out!

[poppy]

On 8/20/2022 at 3:21 AM, lunababymoonchild said:

My latest coaster

 

That's so effective, especially from a distance you can really see an Italian tile.

[Madeleine]

i went to a mandala drawing workshop last night, it was a very basic intro to this, you could either draw your own mandala from scratch, or fill in a template provided. I went for the template, and apart from confirming that I don't have an artistic bone in my body, I quite enjoyed it and did find it relaxing, despite being in a room in a fairly noisy pub with music playing, a baby crying and a dog whining (a gorgeous beagle who I met on the way out). I think it's best to call my effort experimental, but I played around with a lot of different shapes and suffice to say some shapes worked better than others, so I will have another go, using the more successful shapes.

 

I've also sent off for a couple of Diamond Art kits, has anyone done any of these?  They look fun but fiddly.....

[lunababymoonchild]

3 hours ago, Madeleine said:

i went to a mandala drawing workshop last night, it was a very basic intro to this, you could either draw your own mandala from scratch, or fill in a template provided. I went for the template, and apart from confirming that I don't have an artistic bone in my body, I quite enjoyed it and did find it relaxing, despite being in a room in a fairly noisy pub with music playing, a baby crying and a dog whining (a gorgeous beagle who I met on the way out). I think it's best to call my effort experimental, but I played around with a lot of different shapes and suffice to say some shapes worked better than others, so I will have another go, using the more successful shapes.

 

I've also sent off for a couple of Diamond Art kits, has anyone done any of these?  They look fun but fiddly.....

You don't need to be good at it you just need to enjoy it.

 

I did pixelated pictures for a while which is similar to the diamond painting.

[poppy]

14 hours ago, Madeleine said:

i went to a mandala drawing workshop last night, it was a very basic intro to this, you could either draw your own mandala from scratch, or fill in a template provided. I went for the template, and apart from confirming that I don't have an artistic bone in my body, I quite enjoyed it and did find it relaxing, despite being in a room in a fairly noisy pub with music playing, a baby crying and a dog whining (a gorgeous beagle who I met on the way out). I think it's best to call my effort experimental, but I played around with a lot of different shapes and suffice to say some shapes worked better than others, so I will have another go, using the more successful shapes.

 

I've also sent off for a couple of Diamond Art kits, has anyone done any of these?  They look fun but fiddly.....

 

I haven't tried diamond art or mandala drawing but I went to a zentangle group a few years ago. Found them very relaxing and fun to draw.

[Madeleine]

Yes It was relaxing, hope to give it another go at home.

[lunababymoonchild]

Made this Christmas Card this week and its matching envelope.  Also, week before last I made Santa, just put finishing touches today

[Chrissy]

Wow! Stunning work @lunababymoonchild

In the best possible sense, you are very crafty! 

[Hayley]

That is such a beautiful card @lunababymoonchild!

 

And the Santa is so cute 🥰

[Kudz]

The reindeer card is beautiful, and that is one super cute Santa. That is some talent you have.

[lunababymoonchild]

Thanks everybody 😊

[Madeleine]

Love the cards, they're gorgeous.

[poppy]

Your card is gorgeous, Luna and love your Santa too. You're very talented x 🥰

[lunababymoonchild]

Thank you @Madeleine and @poppy ☺️

[lunababymoonchild]

Decided to make another card. This is definitely the last hand-made card this year

[France]

Those are incredible.

[lunababymoonchild]

16 hours ago, France said:

Those are incredible.

Thank you

[Madeleine]

I know there are some quilting fans here, I went to a lovely exhibition today of Kaffe Fassett's work, as well as the work of people who work for him, or have done in the past, and other quilters.  I'd forgotten how big quilting is in the US, but there were some stunning pieces there.  

[poppy]

On 3/9/2023 at 9:32 AM, Madeleine said:

I know there are some quilting fans here, I went to a lovely exhibition today of Kaffe Fassett's work, as well as the work of people who work for him, or have done in the past, and other quilters.  I'd forgotten how big quilting is in the US, but there were some stunning pieces there.  

 

I'm not a quilter but have a Kaffe Fassett knitting book somewhere. Gorgeous colours and patterns.