Wednesday's wants....

A little bit goes a long way...

I think i have finally exhausted my batch of logwood !!

I had managed to dye lots of yarn an array of colours last summer with one batch, then turned to the silk and cotton with another to see what colours would appear.

The purples, pinks and greens have been very popular so i've ordered some more logwood to carry on....

Here are some photo's of the final piece produced, a lightweight cotton scarf in a pretty rose pink....

Silky Goodness

new silk hankies to be sold in sets of three for £9.50 .... listing in our Esty & Folksy shops this week !!

Wednesday's Wants...

Wednesday's Wants...

Mellow Yellow & Lushious Lemon

Weekend Results

Last week i received a delivery of some new fabric and couldn't wait for the weekend to arrive so I could get out the dyeing pans!!

This year I made a promise that I would be more experimental in my dyeing again, and new fabrics is one of them. The fabric I bought was a very fine cotton, lightweight and perfect for spring into summer time wears.

My first dye batch was with Logwood which has produced a lovely dusky pink - perfect colours for the coming seasons ! All the edges are to be left raw and unfinished, and all that needs adding is signature label - never have I had so little to do with a piece.....

There's another length in the pot now simmering away and I will probably let it cool over night.

Let me know what you think, and hopefully they'll start popping up in my Folksy and Etsy shops in the next week or so.

Wednesday's wants....

Multi task sunday

Don't weekends always seem to go so fast?!....infact faster than the other five days in the week I would say!

Ours has been busy.

On Saturday we drove over to Durham in the hope that Ste could speak to a jeweller about a possible job. He met and spoke briefly and was asked to ring and arrange to go back during the week as the poor guy was full of clients and customers waiting to be seen. So seen as this was not a straight no, we are a little hopeful about it.

On to Sunday. A day at home. I should have made a list as I know I haven't done half the things that were floating about in my head, but here's a few of the more interesting bits....

decided to gather some dyed silk and leave it to soak with the addition of some lovely rusted nails. I will seek the result next weekend so it can dwell all week in the shed.....

fought with the printer and forced it to print on silk as I have ran out of labels ....

cut some dyed silk ready for sewing over the coming nights (hopefully!)....

I also baked some cakes and cooked a hearty stew for tea, as well as all the other household chores that need to be kept in order !!

Below are a couple of new items, one of each as been added to my Folksy and Etsy shops.... and each shall be added to the other during the week....

And back to the 9-5 tomorrow ! Hope you all had a lovely weekend x

Wednesday's wants....

Project Brooch

Finally I have had some daylight hour free today to take some photos of the little brooches I created before christmas! Where do the weeks go?!

There are some round brooches and some rectangular ones too.

Here are a few detailed shots to tempt....

Look out for them in Lissi's online shops soon!

If you like one you see and it isn't yet in a shop please get in touch.

Wednesday's Wants

January Sale

If you haven't already seen all the links and listings, Lissi's Januray sale is now on!!

You can save up to 20% on selected items (most of the items listed by the way!) throughout January. Sale will end on the 31st January when full prices will be resumed.

So if you fancy a wee treat and a new year bargain, click on one of the images below to take you straight to a Lissi shop....


Happy shopping! x

Waste not want not....

I hord every piece of scrap fabric, no matter how big or small!
I have finally got around to putting all these scrap pieces to good use, other than the odd pieces on greetings cards, and decided to try my hand at brooch pins.....

Three peachy patchwork designs have been added to my Folksy Shop with many more to follow....hopefully this weekend....

Here's the first three.....

Finished with little button clusters and measuring approximately 6.5cm in diameter, perfect little treat or stocking filler perhaps?

Available now on Folksy.

Keep an eye out for more designs......

Update...

I don't know where time has gone over the past few weeks since we moved but we have now been here for nearly a month! Can you believe it.

The house itself is still very much upside down, things are moving a lot slower since I went back to work (boo) but I have a couple of long weekends over the next couple of weeks (yay!) so hopefully be able to give the decorating a good push forward and empty more boxes. We did finally find the camera battery charger - it's just my other half now has it on him when I finally get chance to sit down here at the comp! I have a few pics to share about the joys of decorating and will show you all soon.

Although I am pretty busy I am desperately missing dyeing and experimenting! I have also booked a stall at a local country show in the craft tent in August so really need to start preparing for it now. It will be my first stall and I'm very excited. I would have loved to have committed to a few more over the next few months but I decided I am best not committing to too many at once and especially when I've just moved and got a house to straighten up and furnish! But it will be a good taster at stall life and hopefully be successful with interest too.

I've been editing a few photo's here and there too, below are the latest which will hopefully be listed in a shop over the next couple of days.....