Once again, I took part in the
Urban Home Goods Swap (hosted on
flickr). As the name suggests, it is a blind swap involving any hand made goodies for the home.
For round one I was fortunate enough to receive some gorgeous place mats made by
Isa of Denmark. Would you believe, for round 2 I received even more goodies from Isa! This time she created some super sweet pot holders made from a mix of linen and blues, as well as a large quilted tea cosy. Isa sews so beautifully, and her choice in fabrics is spot on. Thanks Isa!
I had a tough time trying to work out what to make for my secret partner. In the end, I went with a Space Invaders cross stitch hoop.
I googled Space Invaders to find some images, and found plenty of screen shots to use as a guide. I drew up the different game components on some graph paper, and got stuck into the cross stitching!
I spent way more time on it than I expected, but I love the results!
I also threw in a crochet heart garland (so hard to photograph a garland or bunting, don't you think?). Hopefully my partner likes it all!
It has now been embellished and is ready to post. See the last 2 pics for embellishments.
The star is for Tacha of Busy Bees. I used a free pattern found online for this one.
As promised, Jen's embellishments. Some cute little buttons;
and some colourful and sparkly ric rac.
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