Mr Fox

Meet Mr Fox, made by the talented Rachel, who always has something in her house to inspire me! Mr Fox was made using 2 found gloves, fantastic recycling ...and so cute!

Recycled peg bag.

Today I made this peg bag for a friend, using some of my old textile designs. I have lots of old designs that are just sitting in my studio, so thought this would be a good way to recycle some of them! It was lovely to sit and actually sew something. Ive been doing most of my designs on the computer lately, so it made nice change.

kittys stitching!

After a wonderful evening spent with creative friends, I have been inspired to continue my recycled clothes theme....especially after seeing Rachels very cute handmade sock cat. She has lent me a lovely book called 'Making Stuff' by black dog publishing. Its full of ingenious ways to re-use, recyle and get creative. Ive made myself an ipod cosy, using an old scarf. I just washed it at 60 degrees in the machine and it felted nicely. I really want to do some toys now, a sock monkey or cat.

recycled peg bag

Today after finishing a design for sending off into cyberspace .... I decided to make Mum a peg bag. Shes seen the first kitty stitch peg bag.......say no more, of course she was desperate for her own one!!!! With Mothers day being on Sunday I had to get a move on. I found one of the girls old pinafore dresses, appliqued a big denim and gingham flower on it, then cut a hole for the pegs to go in. The hanger just goes where the shoulders should be. I think its quite a nice idea, you could do the same with boys dungarees.