It’s so amazing. I’ve only had a little play so far, but very exciting potential. I just need to figure out how to get my designs onto it, not just the preloaded designs.
There’s a program called Inkscape with an embroidery design extension called stitchscape. It’s a free open source vector graphics design editor. I have experience using photoshop, coral painter and most recently, procreate but this has been a steep learning curve. Many tutorial videos will be watched!
My son wanted me to help him this evening to fix a drawing he’d done on a wood cookie at forest school. And of course my 2yo daughter wanted to try too…well since everyone was doing it I wanted to play too!
Decorated wood cookie
So we got out our acrylic paint markers we’ve used for painting on pebbles and did some awesome art on our wood cookies!
My son did his name and some cool designs in purple (his favourite colour), my daughter made an incredible, multicoloured surreal extravaganza. And I did some cherries 🍒 Ceirios is my daughters name, it’s Cymraeg 🏴 for Cherry.
Art by Ceirios – All the Colours
At forest school they make awesome things from wood cookies, as well as name “badges/lanyards”. They’re awesome so I made one for Ceirios too.
Can’t believe I started my EPP quilt four years ago, right at the start of the first Covid lockdown down. seems like an actual lifetime ago!
Since then I’ve:
Finished my degree (with a 1st) *smug*
Got a job
Had a baby 😱
Continued my EPP whenever I’ve got a spare hour or so…
Little anniversaries make you reflect on what you’ve achieved (or not) in the time that’s past.
Wonder what we’ll be doing in four years time? 🤔
I wonder how far I’ll have got with my EPP! Will I ever finish it?!
Honestly, I don’t actually mind. I know this is a long term project, it doesn’t matter how long it takes. It’s more about the process than the finished product.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how perfectly my hexis fit in this storage box 😍
It’s a 0.75L “really useful box”. I bought a pack of 8 from Amazon. Dimensions 19.5L x 13.5W x 5.5H cm
I’m ridiculously pleased with this! I’ve been looking for something to to store my hexis in for ages and everything was just a tiny bit too small or much too big. These are literally perfect!
If you’ve not heard of Inktober, it’s a month long drawing challenge. You’re given the daily prompts and just enjoy, use your imagination at post your drawings on instagram, tagging inktober ❤️ They might share your drawing!
I’ve started it for the last few years, but never finished. But this year I actually have!!!
I’ve also been taking part in Inktober 52 this year. With a new prompt each week of the year, it’s a nice weekly challenge and not so intense as coming up with a new drawing everyday! We’re up to week 44.
Inktober 52 prompt list ❤️ I’ll share my drawings in a few weeks!
I’ve actually finished inktober for a change! There’s a few I’m not fussed with but just glad I finished it all! And tried to do a drawing within a drawing 🎃
Day one was on a separate page as part of Inktober 52 and then the rest of the 30 days fitted nicely onto an a4 spread in my Scribbles That Matter journal.
I decided to do it all on one page this year, partly because I wanted to keep it more manageable, I wanted to do it in my bullet journal and as I was laying it out, I had the idea to try to do the drawing within the drawing. Which definitely kept my interest, and encouraged me to finish it! It also made each individual drawing more challenging, trying to make them part of the bigger drawing.
Day 1 – Dream. Separate because it’s also part of inktober 52 (and I hadn’t quite decided what I was doing yet with the rest of the prompts) Day 2 – Day 31
I’ve noticed my baby girl has loved little yellow chicks for ages now and I’ve been wanting to make her one. I finally found a pattern I liked and got around to making it!
Chickedy Chick
The pattern is from Etsy by TheresasCrochetShop. Super recommended the pattern, really easy to follow and clear instructions. I’ll most definitely make a few more for Easter next year!
Made using just scraps of leftover yarn I’ve had free with magazines over the years. DK acrylic and using a 4mm crochet hook.
Maker of Things 
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