With Christmas comes gifts, and in my case, a lot of those are books. Below are all the books I acquired in the second half of 2019 – thank you! Sarah also received books this year – she’s been wanting to finish reading the Renegades trilogy for a while! Big and small Heartstoppers! She also received…… Continue reading New Year, New Books
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Crow & Cup
Without a cup.... ...with a cup.... ...and done! This quote and the crow & cup symbol is from the Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo (which I highly recommend!). I mounted it onto a square of cardboard, but I'm still debating what to do with it. I could sew it onto a jacket as a… Continue reading Crow & Cup
More Books
Continuing on with the book theme from my last post... Alice Oseman is an author I really like, plus the fact that her books have pretty covers equals I must make these in miniature. I haven't actually read Solitaire yet, but I would definitely recommend the other two. I love how all the covers have cohesive… Continue reading More Books
Book Haul
Usually I'd wait for more books or the end of the year before doing a book haul but in this case I'm too excited to wait. First, I've got to discuss Wayward Son! I've been anticipating the release of this since it was announced, and now I FINALLY have a copy in my own hands!!… Continue reading Book Haul
Two of Three
The second Princess Academy badge is done, one year after the first one! There's a fair bit of symbolism in this badge, all pulled directly from the book, but the main bit is the bunches of miri flowers on the sides. I want to incorporate these little pink flowers that the main character, Miri, was named… Continue reading Two of Three
Mid-Year Book Haul
I realised while photographing this post that I haven't done a book haul since January, so these are all the books I've added to my shelves in the last 6 months. My friend gave me this Doctor Who comic and Captain Marvel on DVD for my birthday, thank you again! These two duologies were books I… Continue reading Mid-Year Book Haul
Finished Hoop
My latest embroidery hoop is finished! I'm very pleased with it overall, but especially with the wave break, all those little knots give it great texture. I also really like this brain coral, the chain stitch worked really well. Here's the quote on the page... ...and the book the quote and story are in! It's… Continue reading Finished Hoop
Clockwork Angel
The final Infernal Devices badge is finished, and it's Tessa's clockwork angel. I would have liked to have added something above the angel, but I had the idea after it was glued to the paperboard backing. Don't they look great? You can see the background colour gradient I was going for, though I think the jump… Continue reading Clockwork Angel
Violin Strings
I finished the second of my Infernal Devices badges, this one is inspired by Jem Carstairs (who might just be my favourite of the two boys). I was reminded with this badge just how difficult embroidering on jersey is! I must find some more plain cottons, especially in grey. I think I would've preferred the jade pendant… Continue reading Violin Strings
Making Waves
I've been starting a new embroidery hoop recently, based on one of the stories from The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo. I don't have the patience to embroider those big sections of wave entirely, so I'm using pieces of felt to block in a base colour... ...then stitching on heaps of lines to convey the… Continue reading Making Waves
