My creative space.

Last week at craft night you should have seen the look of horror on Peta's face when I admitted to her that I'd never done any machine felting.

Needless to say, in this week's creative space I am experimenting with some machine felted (that didn't really felt) woolen blanket.

First I cut out the shape of a dress and then I crocheted some trim and pinned it around the neckline.

Now I'm experimenting with gathers.

And layering the gathers.

Hopefully I'll have something more to show you in the next few days.

Check out today's list of creative spaces over at Kirsty's.

Swap stuff!

Whew, I have 2 more emails to send out and then the final swap tally will be 119 pin cushion swappers.

Apart from the 2 swappers without blogs, all the participating blogs with their links have been added to my sidebar.

The wonderful Kate from One Flew Over has set us up a flickr page, so don't forget to take some pics of your pin cushion before you send it and post them here.

Cath from Chunky Chooky wants some heart topped pins. Does anybody know where she can get some?

Miss Jane wants to know what the best stuffing for pin cushions is. Can anybody give her some advice please.

And of course, the gorgeous pin cushion in this post, as well as the binding and hairclips were made by Julie in a little private swap we've got going on. Thanks Julie. I LOVE it all.