Sunday 30 April 2017

Owls in embroidery hoops


From my last post owls hanging nursery mobile I decided to make some more simple gifts using the same owl characters. I sewed the pieces onto some pale grey needlecord (left over from my dungaree dress which I made - blog post to come when I get around to photographing it!) I stuffed some wadding into each owl too to make it a bit 3D, then I framed them in a painted embroidery hoop and hanged with a matching ribbon.

Please do get in touch if you would like me to make you anything similar :)
 Owl in embroidery hoop by Welaughindoors

Owl in embroidery hoop by Welaughindoors

Owl in embroidery hoop by Welaughindoors

Owl in embroidery hoop by Welaughindoors

Owl in embroidery hoop by Welaughindoors

Owls hanging nursery mobile

Recently I created this set of cute owls to make into a mobile to decorate the nursery of a friend, which has a woodland theme.

I used lots of scrap fabrics but with a similar colour scheme, sewing 4 stuffed owl characters and 4 different kinds of leaf. I tried to add some detail to the back of each owl too, using buttons, felt and different patterns of stitching to stimulate the small person whilst they look at it!

I'm really pleased with how the owl characters turned out and maybe I can make some more of these little characters soon! Please do get in touch if you would like any similar things created for you.


 Owls hanging nursery mobile by welaughindoors

Owls hanging nursery mobile by welaughindoors

Owls hanging nursery mobile by welaughindoors

Owls hanging nursery mobile by welaughindoors

Sewn owl character by welaughindoors

Sewn owl character by welaughindoors

Sewn owl character by welaughindoors


Sewn owl character by welaughindoors

Sewn owl characters by welaughindoors


Sunday 12 March 2017

Spring Photo Favourites

Just thought I'd share a few of my favourite photos that I've taken over the last couple of weeks, at National Trust properties Lacock Abbey and Kingston Lacy gardens.

A couple of bee photos to start, lovely to see the sunshine bringing out them out to find nectar.

Honeybee on Aconite Flower by We Laugh Indoors

Bumblebee in Camellia Flower by We Laugh Indoors

I love the textures in this photo of moss on the very impressive Wisteria tree trunk at NT Kingston Lacy.

Wisteria tree trunk by We Laugh Indoors

Some lovely spring flower pics

Sea of Daffodils by We Laugh Indoors
Narcissus by We Laugh Indoors

Crocusses by We Laugh Indoors

And finally some gorgeous Camellia Flowers from the impressive collection at NT Kingston Lacy, They look just great at this time of year.

Varigated Camella by We Laugh Indoors

Pink Camella by We Laugh Indoors

Fluffy Camella by We Laugh Indoors