anlabyhouse

Here is my completed block for Anne in the DYB6 swap. Apart from the cat, I did a bouquet of flowers in the centre using silk ribbon, Krein...

Here is the completed block for Catherine's DYB6 swap. Because Catherine included lots of 3D ruched and gathered fabrics in her blocks, ...

Catherine sent her six blocks for her DBY swap with 3 dimensional gathered, pleated and ruched patches included among the flat ones. This pi...

We called our house "Anlaby" because my husband originally comes from Hull in Yorkshire, England and spent his childhood in a hous...

This is another page from my Visual Journal where I have drawn different flowers all using Blanket or Buttonhole stitch. I've taken car...

This a new page from my Visual Journal where I have drawn various sized motifs all using Bullion stitch Roses along with other simple stitch...

Sometimes it pays to be cheeky!! A local antique shop had some gorgeous beaded fringing about 3 metres long decorating one of the cabinets. ...

This is the very centre of my underwater coral reef picture showing the embroidered coral surrounded by lighter sea green fabrics at the top...

This fan started off as a simple gold charm which I glued in place using Gem Bond. When it was dry, I stitched a row of purple glass Bugle b...

Yesterday was hot, really hot, a scorcher in fact. The official temperature was 42 degrees celsius which is approximately 107 degrees farenh...

While I have been waiting for Linda's DYB6 blocks to arrive this week I have been having a play with copper coloured threads, buttons an...

Today I sketched a few ideas for using Bugle beads as part of seam embellishments in Crazy Quilting. I have heaps of bugle beads in a tin, a...

ginny050604extra 008 Originally uploaded by Crazydolldresser . Ginny is only about 7 inches tall so the embroidery on this collar i...

Crazy Patchwork 002 Originally uploaded by Crazydolldresser . These are the first Christmas Ornies I have made using crazy quilting...

I made this dark red taffeta outfit to fit a Barbie doll just so I could add the embroidery and beading. The complete outfit consisted of a ...

SAVE0009 Originally uploaded by Crazydolldresser . This is another page from my Visual Journal where I have drawn original ideas for sti...

SAVE0010 Originally uploaded by Crazydolldresser . This is a page from my Visual diary featuring sketches of various stitch combinations...