Cloth Doll Artistry Mini Challenge #1

I just finished a mini project for my Facebook doll group...Cloth Doll Artistry 

I decided to use the house template provided to make a needle case for my embroidery needles. I'm not sure where that idea came from but it seemed like a good one.

At first I drew a cottage onto my fabric and coloured it in. Hmm. Leonardo I am not. I was beginning to think that my idea wasn't so great after all.

So I took a look online to get some inspiration. I Googled "pictures of old cottages" and I found a free image of a cottage on The Old Design Shop . It gave me a whole new idea on how to do this challenge.

I printed the image onto Moda cotton using the freezer paper method.   I have never found freezer paper in my grocery store.  They must sell it locally somewhere but so far I haven't had any luck in finding some. I buy my supply from Doll Makers Journey. It comes in a package of fifty letter size sheets.

Sorry the pics aren't very good. I was raining when I took them. I'm not complaining. It's much better than getting tons of snow.

I made an attempt to embellish the image and then gave up. Less is best.

I had a scrap of fabric left over from another project which worked nicely with the colours in the image. Luckily I also had some wool felt in a nice shade of peachy pink that matched as well.

I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

Visit the Cloth Doll Artistry Blog to see what everyone made.......here. 

Take care:)

Grow Your Blog.......

Hello everyone:)

I'm participating in the Grow Your Blog 2014 event hosted by 2 Bags Full which starts today.

Click on the above picture to go to 2 Bags Full

Since some of you are obviously new visitors I thought I'd tell you a bit about myself. 

My name is Mary Ann. I'm married, have two sons, a wonderful daughter-in-law and a beautiful granddaughter.  I also have two cats....Deva and Smokey.

Deva

Smokey

What do I like to do?........lots of stuff. Actually I think that is one of my biggest problems....LOL

I like to sew, make cloth art dolls, make felt mice, embroider, cross stitch, do crazy quilting and I'm addicted to genealogy.  I also like to blog.....at last count I have 7 blogs...not all public of course. I have four that are dedicated to genealogical research and are for family only. 

This blog is mainly about what I create....my WIP's and my finishes. I have some page tabs across the top to show what I have made in the last few years. I like to add lots of pictures to make it as interesting as I can for my followers. I also like to add videos and links that I find as I go along that I think my followers might enjoy.

I have giveaways for my Blogoversary and special events such as this. I do this because over the years I have won a lot of giveaways and I like to give back in turn. 

This giveaway is open to everyone. I doesn't matter where you live or whether you're a follower or not......so if you're interested please leave me a comment indicating your preferred choice. Please remember if you win and are a "no reply" blogger I won't be able to contact you. So please leave me your email address in your comment. Thank you:) 

Here are my giveaway offerings.....one of the following gently used books from my library.  I need to down size my craft book collection and I hate to throw away perfectly good books.

If you click on the books below you can go to Amazon and see inside:) 

I'm going to leave this giveaway open until February 15th.  I want everyone to get a chance to leave a comment if they wish. Good luck!!!!

So there you go.....I hope you have enjoyed your visit.

Take care:)

Grow Your Blog Event.....

Here's some news for any of you out there that would like to grow your blog.

2 Bags Full is hosting an event this month. If you are interested in joining you can find the rules here..........GROW YOUR BLOG 2014.

It's very simple to join and sounds like a fun way to gather new followers and also find new blogs to follow in turn.

You must sign up by January 15th so go on over and take a look:)

I love to be nosy.....:)

On July 14th, Karen over at  My Desert Cottage will be hosting her annual event.......Where Bloggers Create.

I didn't manage to get to everyone's space last year but those I did visit were really wonderful. It's amazing how people manage to find places to create.

My blog won't be participating in the above blog event but that won't stop me from being nosy and taking a look:)