I then made the most of the sunshine and sat in the garden stitching the hexies and making a start on some more friendship bracelets.
Twin Two is happy with her replacement, and the others are now nagging for more; oh what have I started?!
I also managed to get the Liberty panel finished...
...now onto purse assembly; if I can remember how my sewing machine works!
I still can't get over how tiny those hexi's are! Don't worry about the sewing machine, it's just like riding a bike!
ReplyDeleteI used to know how to make such bracelets, looking at your lovely one I'm tempted to try and remember how to do it.
ReplyDeleteI love the tiny hexies, too.
Those hexies are minuscule, how on earth did you sew them? Hope you enjoy the last of the hols!
ReplyDeleteI think bracelet making is a skill I need to learn. Sounds like you had a fun day!
ReplyDeleteI remember years of making those as a kid with a safety pin attached to the knee of my jeans :oD Glad your customer was happy!
ReplyDeleteNow I have that song in my head! A cute bracelet I so remember making those...then the scoobies came out...
ReplyDeleteSuch awesome tiny hexies, sewing machines are like riding bikes...=D
That looks like serious sewing to me.
ReplyDeletePretty bracelet and lovely hexies!
ReplyDeleteHexies are looking fab! And well done on the bracelet too! Jxo
ReplyDeleteOooh, lovely hexies, I want to start some tinies too!
ReplyDeleteFriendship bracelets:
get the girls to measure 8 m of spare wool/yarn/thread (one metre is their arms outstretched)
Fold in half and tie a knot. (fold in half again if you don't have 4m to workin)
Slip knot over a door knob, and start twisting the thread
Twist for ages, then twist some more, to test, put the two ends together and see if it twists tightly around itself
Once you've twisted enough, hold the middle, but ends together, drop middle, help it to twist neatly
Tie two ends together, slip looped end over door knob, twist again (NB, now twisting opposite direction)
Twist for ages again (enforcing its own twist)
Hold two ends together and let it twist again, needs to be tight
Knot loose ends together
Put around wrist, slip knot through loop
Knot at appropriate length, allow ends to unravel.
Ta da : removable friendship bracelet they can make themselves
To encourage teamwork, have sibling twist other end rather than use door knob, try not to drop!!
(Isaac moved west, we should be ok!)
oooh teeeny teeeeeny hexies! Lovely :-) Glad you all had fun at the swimming. x
ReplyDeleteOur lives are lived in parallel. My daughter has turned our playroom into a friendship bracelet sweatshop and is now integrating beads for 'more bling'. AND, I also basted 50 1/2" Liberty hexies while on vacation this summer. I haven't figured out what to do with them yet, but I figure it'll be handy having them on file one day!
ReplyDeleteSewing machine been found yet? Do you remember how to plug it in and turn it on? Hope you have a productive Bank Holiday Monday.
ReplyDeleteFriendship bracelets...there's a blast from the past. How's the sewing machine getting along? Or did she/it take today as a holiday too?
ReplyDeleteHow can you stop at one friendship bracelet?
ReplyDeleteyour girls are old enough to do simple ones.
Long strings of floss held down at one end by someone (or a rock). Twist until just right and then let it double back on itself. tie off.
It's a full moon these last days before school.
If they wear their bracelets when they go back to school you're going to be inundated with 'Mammy please will you make a bracelet for X?' for weeks! Love the teeny tiny Liberty hexies!
ReplyDeleteCute bracelets. I remember when my kids were into making the friendship bracelets. Fun times.
ReplyDeleteI'm anxious to see the purse you will create with your hexies of Liberty!
i love those bracelets! i have a friend that used the same knotting technique and covered her head phone wires. it looked super!
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