Last of summer

Summer is, I'm pretty sure, over. So these pictures I took a week or so ago for a college project are the end of the summer. The beautiful cosmos are almost finished and the cold is setting in. Well, only 6 months till spring.

Fabric house

I did this with some of my Tilda fabrics and using the embroidery setting on my sewing machine. I really like the way it looks and am going to do more of this.

Tilda fabrics

These I some of my Tilda fabrics. They are so gorgeous and just the kind of thing I like. They have colour and plenty of pattern, but feel quite delicate. I don't yet know what I'm going to use them for, but it's nice to just have them!

My bag

 I made this bag in my first tern at college. It is inspired by Marimekko, the Finnish fashion company. It was fun to design and even more fun to make! I really enjoy this sort of thing and would like to do more of it. It was a good project and I enjoyed making it.

Salcombe

 What has happned to the weather? It is so miserable, and has been really most of the summer it seems. I thought I would put up some pictures of my holiday in Salcombe, Devon to cheer me up. We went the first week in July and other than the rather rainy picture opposite we had fantastic weather. It seems like such a long time ago now, and I go back to college in less than a week. It was a brilliant holiday and I love Salcombe!

Above is the view from East Portlemouth, looking across the esturary towards Salcombe. Below right is the view from Gara Rock headland.                                                                                                                     

This was the view from my bedroom window, and I actually took this picture at 4.30am! It is the best view, and looks gorgeous at anytime of day. 

The Fashion Fairy

 I made this as a Summer project before I started college last year. It took ages to make, but I have it up in my room and it one of my favourite things that I have made. It is where the inspiration for Ariella the fairy came from, as I enjoy detailed embroidery.

 There is quite alot going on, but hopefully it all works together! I find it helps to have lots of gorgeous fabrics, sequins etc to really get the creative juices flowing! But this sort of thing definatly needs patience and time to see it to the end. I think it is worth it though!

Flowers in the garden

 As well as looking beautiful, these Roses in the garden have a really gorgeous smell. The colours are beautiful, yellow with pale pink. I love flowers and use them alot as inspiration for my designs.

 The Sweet Peas are looking gorgeous this year, again I just love the colours. Despite having Willoughby the dog, the garden is looking really good this year and has lots of lovely flowers to photgraph.

Willoughby after a long day causing mischief, such as chasing the lawnmower, ripping up flowers, eating apples and digging up the lawn.