Friday, April 30, 2010

Butterfly applique in felt

This is my applique of the Ulysses Butterfly, shortly available as a calico bag applique motif on my website www.christinelinton.com.au and as you can see, with an applique motif, it is easy to simplify a complex shape down to the basics. After all, you're not trying to applique a photo - that is a completely different technique.  Look at your favourite animal and see if you can simplify the lines so that you can make a felt applique.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Autumn Leaves

Now that autumn is here in Adelaide, I'm waiting for the wonderful colours of the dropped leaves along the roads.  This is a photo of some of the leaves I picked up last autumn, just for the sheer pleasure of looking at them.  I know, weird.  But anyone who loves arts and crafts will know what I mean.  I did intend to print the photo on inkjet fabric sheets to make a border for my Cootamundra Wattle embroidery, but never got round to it ...
Cootamundra Wattle embroidery next time.  Meanwhile, see my website for more embroidery information at www.christinelinton.com.au

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Knitted scarf - oh so cuddly!

I have taken up knitting again, now that the weather is cooling at last here in Adelaide, and I found several balls of one of those variable width wools in Lincraft, one of the big suppliers.I couldn't get more than half a dozen balls of it, and none in any other store, so I decided to knit a scarf rather than leave it in my Stash drawer.  It is basically stocking stitch with several rows of garter stitch at each end and, of course, a nice long fringe.  If you would like the pattern you can go to my web site at www.christinelinton.com.au and on the Extras page there is a link to the pattern.  You can print it straight off. I am working on how to do PDF documents - my son Brian has downloaded the program for me and it doesn't look too hard, so my intention is that my next free pattern will be a PDF.  Thanks Brian for all your help with the website - and for showing me how to edit it myself, which I very much wanted to know about.

All of the links on the website have been mended, so you can get to the full-size pix from the thumbnails.  The order form comes up too, and can be printed off, though I have posted a suggestion to email me if you cannot get to it.  I've put 2 new patterns on there as well, my crazy patchwork sewing machine cover, and my doll patterns.