My amazing day at Queenie and Teds!

Hi,

 

As I mentioned in my last post, today was the day I got to go and do some work experience with the cool clothing up-cyclers; Queenie and Ted. I had such an amazing time and learnt so much! :) They said I could bring something along and that they would teach me how to put some designs chosen by me onto my item.

 

I had a rummage in my wardrobe prior to today and found this velvet blazer I got a while ago, I did like it and had worn it before but I did think it could do with a bit of a jazz up: 

 

 

After today with the lovely ladies of Queenie and Ted (Kally and Linda :) my jacket has been totally transformed, look!:

 

The design I did on the back is inspired by the recent trips with my dad to the garden centres to buy flowers for our garden :)

 

The bunny fabric was so amazingly sweet- I knew I had to use it. Kally and Linda said they picked it up when they were in Japan showing their work over there :-)

 

Hehe, I don't think I need to explain why I put the scissors on there! :P

 

I am sooo happy with it, it looks so much better now, and as I said I learnt so much, so thank you Linda and Kally. Probably the best thing is that they said I can come and do another day (helping them with some of their stuff then, now that I have had some practice :).

 

Also.... they have a cabinet in their shop where they put accessories that other makers/artisans have made and they said that I could showcase some of my knitted brooches in there. I was extremely excited, having my work in a street shop, next to other makers work :D

 

Here are all the brooches that are now in their cabinet:

 

Fingers crossed some of them sell as that means; 1. someone liked my brooch enough to buy it and will wear it around, Yay! and 2. Some money for me and Kally and Linda :)

 

Can you tell I have had a good day...? Lol, I think you probably can :P

 

I hope all you people have had a good day as well- you are all so lovely so you definitely deserve it!

 

I better be off to bed now, so I am all ready to get up and do lots of making tomorrow now I have all new ideas after my day today. I also have lots more ideas for items I want to make for my shop too, including some more bracelets in the style of the 'Love' one I recently put up:

 

Keep an eye out here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/StitchedbyJordan

 

See you soon,

 

Bye XxXxXxX

 

Pop tab friendship bracelet - tutorial! :D

Hello everyone,

 

Today I bring you the new tutorial I made- Pop tab friendship bracelets:

 

 

A while ago my crisp packet coaster tutorial was mentioned on another blog and in the same post was a tutorial for a flower decoration made out of pop tabs- the ring pull bits of soda cans (links coming soon I just can't get them to work at the moment). I hadn't thought of using these for crafting before and it made me want to experiment with them. I collected up a few and after some playing around came up with the idea for the friendship bracelets above :-)

 

Here is how to make some if you would like to make some :P

 

You will need:

 

 

> DK yarn in any colours you want

> A 4mm crochet hook

> 9 pop tabs :)

 

How to make:

 

1. Join your first choice of yarn to your first pop tab and 4dc into the top of the pop tab.

 

2. Take the next pop tab, attach it by crocheting 4dc into the top, like for the first tab but turn the second tab the other way round as in the picture below. (This creates an interesting design in the final bracelet if you crochet one tab round one way then the next the other way :)

 

 

3. Continue along doing 4dc into each stitch until all 9 pop tabs are joined then slip stitch into the top of the last tab to fasten.

 

 

4. Turn and repeat down the other side with your second colour yarn.

 

 

5. Darn in all loose ends

 

6. Then cut two lengths of each colour yarn around 25cm long each.

 

 

7. Join one set to the end of the bracelet in the following way:

 

 

 

8. Then repeat for the other set at the other end of the bracelet (these are the ties so you can tie it round your wrist :) and Voila, you are all done! Make sure there are no sharp ends of the tabs poking through at all before you wear it though, just for safety!

 

 

You can have fun and make them in all different colours for all your BFFs, lol :D

 

I hope you like the tutorial! :)

 

See you all soon,

 

Byyyyeeeeee xxx

 

Mothers day bracelet

Hello,

For mothers day I wanted to get my Mum a special piece of jewellery :) I looked on lots of different websites at some very beautiful pieces of handmade jewellery but I didn't know that any of them would be able to arrive in time for Mothers day :( I was talking to my Dad and he said why not just make my mum a special bracelet or necklace? I had a think about it and had a look in all my craft boxes and found some bits and pieces that gave me an idea for a bracelet inspired by the one my dad bought me for Christmas:

After being slightly worried at first about how my jewellery would turn out (especially as it was going to be one of my Mums main gifts) but I am really happy with it :) I hope my Mum likes it!

I was also happy because I learnt a new skill, making felt beads :D I had lots of wool in the needle felting kit I got the Christmas before last so I had a large selection of colours, they are fairly simple to make and there is a great tutorial here! :-)

Now I have go to finish some of the little knitted chicks I am making for charity, like the ones I made last year! :)

See you all soon,

Byeeee xxx

*Happy Christmas!*

Hi guys!

I have had a wonderful day and I hope all of you have too :)

I had and amazing surprise when I came down this morning and my first prezzie was revealed to me... My very own Great white shark (they are my favourite animal) that swims in the air! I called him Bubbles:

 Heehee, he is coming for you! lol :0)

I also got lots of other great presents, look at these cute plushes my brother got me:

Soooo sweet :3

And here some of the other cool gifts my parents got me:

Some more clothes for my monster high doll Frankie

This very cool creepy crochet book that I saw in a shop and thought was great. I really want to make murdering mental Mary from inside the book, she looks very funny!

Some yummy chocolates and this little Berry man :P (well these were from Santa!)

I absolutely love this beautiful crafty themed handmade charm bracelet they got me, I'm never going to take it off!

And look who else came from underneath the wrapping paper... :)

 Hehehe, She fits right in with the gang! (I got the outfits for Christmas too :)

Me, my brother and my dad always watch spongebob as my parents bought me this spongebob hug t-shirt!

Not too many more pictures now, I am just so excited about all my presents!

So sweet :3

I have the hat to match this scarf and lemon chocolate is my favourite! :D

And finally I love these retro tins/boxes, I love everything in fact <3

Thank you to my very generous family and friends!

I am also very happy because everyone liked the gifts I got them too, here is my brothers finished big present, a nacho hamper, can you see Mr Chilli Pepper?

lol :0P

I'm off to bed now, I got up very early so I am quite tried and eating lots of yummy food makes you tired and I have done alot of that today too,

Thank you to my lovely generous family again and also thank you to all you wonderful readers and followers I hope you had a brilliant day as well!

See you all soon,

Lots of love Jordan XXXX <3