Everyinchiemonday - Sofa

So this Monday's challenge word is Sofa and my dilemma was how to portray a sofa in sewing medium! After all a sofa is 3 dimensional and so it should be in my inchie! So I decided to stitch two pieces of fabric together so that I could stuff the areas to make it look like a plush sofa! I then folded the spare material in and stitched it down making a tiny sofa which I attached to a "room"! Anyway it got me sewing again and I really do enjoy it plus the challenge of "how to" and "what to". To view the other sofa inchies please visit everyinchiemonday. Thanks for visiting.

Everyinchiemonday - Sun

This Monday the subject for the everyinchiemonday challenge is Sun. I am a bit late but nevertheless I managed to finish my inchie however I should have done the sewing under a magnifying glass because now I can see all the mistakes! At real viewing it looks ok but blown up ... Well!!! Say no more! But you get the gist - a little bit of fun with a double meaning! Please follow the link to view more clever inchies.

every Inchie Monday - Galaxy

Having not partaken of the everyinchiemonday Challenge for over two years I decided I'd like to try once again!  This Monday's challenge word is Galaxy and it is on a piece of black leather.  I had intended to embroider some sparkly glass beads but they were too big so I ended up using glitter and metallic pens.  Please click on the link to view other people's wonderful talented inchies.

Every Inchie Monday - Jacket

Rather than not partake in this week's challenge word which is "jacket" I have decided to publish an unfinished Inchie!! Unfortunately I didn't have time to finish it before leaving today for a week's work  away from home so rather than miss it I have taken a picture of my Inchie as is.  What you have to do is imagine a nice blanket stitched surround and a line of stitching for the centre front of the jacket  plus maybe a couple of tiny French knots for buttons! To see what other brilliant jacket inchies there are please click on this link everyinchiemonday and thanks for visiting - I will put a picture of the finished jacket Inchie on next Mondays blog.

Every Inchie Monday - Rope

Monday again!  Don't they come round quickly!? Only 4 Monday's to go till Christmas!!  And today we were putting the lights up outside as it was such a lovely day - bright sunshine and still - no wind at all.  You bet your life if we leave it till nearer December it will be blowing a hooley, cascading water from the skies or freezing cold and covered in white stuff!!  So we have our lights up but not switched on yet I hasten to add!! So Rope .... I had real problems with this one - could only think of a boat with a rope holding it fast - or an anchor rope but so difficult to portray on an inch square in embroidery!!  Course I could have done a hangman's noose but I thought that was a bit morbid!!  But then half way through the day - when I was at the top of the ladder putting on the lights - goodness knows where it came from but I thought of "skipping rope"!  And so here below is my mini skipping rope on a one inch square!  Hope you like it and please check out all the other inchies on Every Inchie Monday by clicking the link.  Thanks for visiting.

Every Inchie Monday - Old

Hello you Monday people.  Today's challenge word is "old" and I think that's quite a difficult concept to put in a picture on a one inch square!  Especially in fabric and embroidery which is my favoured medium only because when I started I thought it would be a way of experimenting with different techniques!!  So now I'm committed and somehow a grandfather clock didn't suit my medium!!  So I was thinking and I came up with the oldest conundrum I know "Which came first - the chicken or the egg?!"  So I have tried to portray that - I had some material with small chickens on and tried to make a 3D egg!!  It's not exactly what I had thought it would look like but I had problems with the egg after I'd stitched it and pricked my finger and stared askance at a bloody egg!!! After a lot of sucking (the material I meant not the finger!!) I managed to get it to a colour that was egg like and I'm afraid I've gone with what I've got rather than start again!  However the idea I thought was good - maybe not such a good production of it!!  Oh well - you can't win them all!!  Have a happy Monday and don't forget to click this link at everyinchiemonday to see what other inchie makers have done!

Every Inchie Monday - Mouth

On Every Inchie Monday this week the challenge word is Mouth!  My husband said I could have done the Rolling Stones mouth!!  The one with the big tongue! However I thought more outside the box this week and remembered Zippy in Rainbow!  My kids used to love that show. Of course I couldn't sew a whole zippy onto a one inch square but I was in my attic room trying to work something out with a zip and I found this old one from an old sofa cushion.  I'd kept the zip as thought it might be useful!  I was going to leave the zip tag on but there just wasn't room in the one inch!!  So I just made the open zip hopefully look like a mouth!!!  Well I think it does anyway and a zip does have teeth!!!  Thanks for looking and please click on the link to view all the other inchies this week.