A Monthly Make - 2011 - May

I've been busy making things to make my "practical" house less, well, practical .... and here they are:

Crochet cushions ... well one to be precise, but there is another on the way!  I love this cushion and it was so quick to make!  You can't see it very well in the photo, but it's lined with bright pink cotton so that is matches better with my stripey cushions.

And a lovely, little, buttony curtain for my downstairs toilet ..... nothing too "practical" in this photo eh?  This curtain started off as a shower curtain, I loved the almost dandelion patterns on it ..... and the bargain price of £2.00 from a charity shop!

Please don't forget to have a look at  the Flickr group and see what everyone else is up to this month!

I finally gave in and .....

..... got me some Cath.  After having a good look through this book at work I finally decided to succumb and buy myself a copy:

I really want to start using up my stash of fabric and vintage lace and there is something a little odd (I think) in buying new books to show me how to do this ..... so normally I spend hours on the internet blog hopping to get ideas but nothing beats reading a "proper" book and this was only £7.50 from Amazon .....

I am feeling a little bit "thrifty" however after finally finishing off my crochet flowers and getting them sewn onto my cushions.  These flowers were made from a whole pile of crochet thread that I was given recently and, check out these cushions!  Made from a whole bolt of vintage fabric I "happened" upon a few years ago .....

And yes, I think they do need more flowers but I'd forgotten how very much crochet makes my hands hurt so they will have to wait a while longer .....

Last make of the weekend was a bit of colouring with my copics ..... I'm getting there, slowly ......

now ..... off to practising some more colouring in :-)