Competition Winner

And the winner is ... oddsox!!! Oddsox picked "reds & oranges like a sunshine" for the winning brooch colour. 

Here is a pile of materials I have gathered together for inspiration. 

Here are pictures of the finished brooch.

I hope oddsox likes the colours, I think it has turned out to be more of a sunset than sunshine, but it is a very cheerful looking brooch.

If you didn't win but would like a brooch have a look at my Folksy shop, if I don't have the colour you want send me a message and I can make one for you.

Brooch Competition!!!

How would you like to win one of my knitted brooches? I thought it was time I had a competition on my blog so here it is.

All you have to do is post a comment letting me know what your favourite colour is and one lucky winner will receive a brooch in their favourite colour. This competition is open until 8pm on Sunday 2nd August.

I will make a new brooch for the winner but here is an example of my brooches. If you want to see more have a look at my Folksy shop.

Purple is my favourite colour. I like all shades of purples and lilac, but particularly like a rich red/pink shade.

Latest Brooches

I have just listed some more brooches on Folksy. They are the last of my completed ones, I don't have anything else that I have even started for my shop so I need to get some new inspiration. I am very pleased with the brooches I have, though I should make some more to broaden the range of colours I have.

http://www.folksy.com/items/40274-Flower-Brooch-Corsage-in-Blue

http://www.folksy.com/items/40276-Flower-Brooch-Corsage-in-Red-Purple

I have started experimenting with making a knitted necklace by making small knitted beads, it is going well, but a long way off being finished. I am trying to find the best size for a necklace, but also a size that it isn't too hard to make, the knitting is fine, trying to get the suffing in is quite hard.

Denim Bag

I have made a denim bag out of some old clothes. I had the bottoms of a pair of jeans, the pocket from some pyjamas, a piece of ribbon, a scrap of fabric, a handful of buttons, and a shirt.

Here are some picture of the finished bag, each side is different. One side has a pocket that I have decorated with some red buttons. The other side has a piece of polka dot fabric and some pretty ribbon.

The bag is lined with stripy pink fabric from a shirt, the popper fastening from the shirt front has been used as the fastening for the bag. The strap is also made from the shirt, there are popper fastenings on each end so it can be attached/removed from the bag as wanted.

I made this brooch to compliement the bag, using two different coloured blue yarns to give the knitting a denim feel.

I made the strap far too long which left me with plenty to make a fabric bracelet like those in this months Sew Hip magainze. 

More brooches

I have just listed some more brooches in my Folksy shop, there are a couple more to list, but I need to take better photos so will do those tomorrow.

This brooch has an interesting combination of fabrics and a cute flower button, and it is purple which is always good.

I really like this combination, although it isn't colourful it looks great and would work well on a dark jacket or bag. Almost want to keep this one myself.

Another purple one!

First Folksy Sale!

I have had my first sale on Folksy! It was such a wonderful thing to wake up to on a Saturday morning. This is the brooch that has sold.

I have been making more of an effort this week in the Folksy forums, on my blog, I have even join twitter! I dont have much spare time each day but having made a sale it feels that it is worth the effort to promote my shop. 

Now I must go to the post office, shame it picked today to rain!

Leaf Brooches

I have the day off today, work is shut because of the snow. I spent the morning making soup, which was yummy, and some leaf brooches that are now for sale on Folksy.

http://www.folksy.com/shop/zoesharp

I dont have much green felt left but I should be able to make a couple more leaf shapes, when I can find some pictures of leaves as I am having trouble remembering what different leaves look like.

I am going to spend the afternoon tidying up my craft supplies, things have become a little messy. I hope that sorting my craft items will help to tidy the rest of the flat, that might be a little optimistic.