To Florida and Back!!

Well I've been jet setting of to Florida so I haven't updated in a while! Lots happening in my little world including plans to open a bricks and mortar store in Invergordon, so it's all very exciting. Myself and hubby have just gotten back from a fabulous holiday in Florida, and I'm shocked at how brave I was!! I went on everything apart from Summit Plummet!!! So Pretty proud of myself. :) 

There was this water ride called Breakway falls!! and basically you stand in a capsule/torpedo tube and it drops you vertically! It's terrifying!! The worst part is the capsule closes with you in it and the heartbeating in the back ground. Plus you watch other people drop and then suddenly the floor opens below you and you feel like your falling to your death! Robby (My big strong 6ft 4 man chickened out :P but then he did do summit plummet, which there was no way on earth I had the nerve to push myself of what felt like a vertical drop. which do you think is scarier?

Breakway Falls!

Summit Plummet

I even went on this, it's called Sheikra and is at Busch Gardens, fair to say it was actually amazing. Still I screamed like no other!!  

We visited Clear Water beach was lovely :) Myself & Rob are getting pretty good at this Selfy thing!

I thoroughly enjoyed the food in America but who doesn't!!! Dare say I'm sure I put on a pound or two and poor Rob put on a stone! Back to the manual day job will sort him out in no time I'm sure.

. Disney Epcot was lovely, the gardens really are pretty! I even sneaked a cheeky kiss with Flower!! 

Hey ho! that was Florida and now it's back to work at Patchwork Paradise headquarters. Lots of love, Jenny xxx

Fabric Scrap Wreath Tutorial - No Sewing Required

This is one of the easiest tutorials and items to make, and yet that doesn't take away from the awesomeness & prettiness of the item. So here's how it's done. 

Step 1: First gather your ingredients.

You will need. 

A nice pile of fabric scraps.

Pink Shears or Scissors 

A Coat Hanger Wire

Pliers

(Embellishments are optional, the hearts you see can be sewn on at the end)

Step 2: Using your pliers hold the coat hangar steady and start twisting your metal into a hoop, it doesn't have to be perfect because it's all going to be covered with fabric.

Step 3: Pull out each scrap strips of fabric your going to use, and you can choose to pink the edges with your scissors before you tie them on your coat hangar, it prevents your fabric from fraying and also makes it look really cute when your finished.

  

Step 4: Once you have done this start individually knotting your strips of fabric onto your wired coat hanger, try to tie each one with fabric facing towards you, it may need a bit of tweaking and pulling about but you can adjust as much as needed.

Step 5: Keep going, all the way round, bunching your fabric pieces together to create a gathering effect do this the entire way around until there is no more visible coat hanger. It will look something like this as you progress around the outside! When your finished you can choose to tie on some larger accents of fabric like I did using Michael Miller Strawberry Blossoms and I made 4 larger bows to stand out at each corner. The final part is very simple.

Step 5: Basically with the coat hangar head you want to twist all the way round to make a loop, this is closes of your coat hanger head. You then wrap your choice of fabric around the head to make it match in with your decor. This gives you a nice hanging loop. with no visible wire. You can see what it looks like in the picture below, this is without the fabric coiled round it.

Step 6: Final touches is to space all your ribbons fabric scrap out how you'd like them, you can embellish with all sorts of lovelies. I've added 4 larger Strawberry blossom bows and a welcome sign. Giving it a real Scrap book feel. Such an easy way to use your scrap up and the kids can do it to. :)

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial. Plenty more to come. If you've made this item following my tutorial would love to see your pictures. Post them in the comments below. :)

Thank you and happy stitching, love Jenny xx