Makes!

Why is it that deciding on a Blog post title can be so difficult sometimes???
Anyway, I have made a bookmark using plastic canvas, Rhodes stitch and an idea from a craft show.

Rhodes stitch is very heavy on the thread, particularly on plastic canvas, as I needed to use 3 threads together to fill the holes. I stitched some fabric to the back, as it was a little untidy!!
I have also been trying a new craft, Tunisian crochet. The Tunisian hook is a cross between a knitting needle and a crochet hook. It has a hook on one end and a stopper, like a needle on the other end. And it (Tunisian crochet) can be done using a double ended long crochet hook too!

This liitle swatch is done with the Tunisian simple stitch and Tunisian Purl. It gives the piece a nice texture. No idea what I'll be making from using this new found craft yet, though the book that Jill (off the Popular Patchwork forum) let me have has a few patterns in it.

On Saturday, I went to a ButtonFest at Barrington Court and bought a few buttons,, just because,,,

They were very reasonably priced,,, the little packet of lilac buttons came from the quilt shop at the same place.
On the Popular Patchwork forum, I am in an ATC swap,, and have made

this for my swapee! The theme was freechoice,, and I normally have a hard time with that. But not with this one,, I just went to my 'stash' of bits,, pulled out a few buttons and the leaf, thought 'Yep, that looks good' and away I went. It is all hand stitched.
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