My passion for zakka and hand sewing

I like to share my passion for hand sewing on my blog, it is the best relaxation for me. My son, athi is into sharks, after reading him bed time stories about this creature nights after nights, I have this design in my head so I transferred  to the fabric. The outer is linen and the blue stripe is cotton, I put a blue zipper to make a purse and stitched and embroidered.  I hand sewn seam with backstitch to make it strong, 
Athi names him Gilbert and he asked me to make him a cushion for his playroom, that is my next task!!

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Gilbert is 10 cm x 10 cm, he is friendly and always smiles. With the help of Gilbert, my coins are safe.

Look inside his mouth !!!

Crochet- Baby shoes

I like to knit, sew, crochet baby shoes, I crocheted this pair using ROWAN 4 ply cotton mixed milk protein. The result is lovely. I made two pieces for a sole and stitched them together so the sole was shape nicely. I think the wooden bear button goes with the creamy color of yarn quite well. These shoes stay on baby feet perfectly.
Cotton is good for summer, I am going to crochet two more pairs using 4 ply wool mixed cashmere for my friends ' grandchildren in winter.  I love to work with 4 ply yarn for baby shoes, they are cute and the creamy color can go for boy and girl

my knitted flower

  This is my first photo of my work to show you,  I hope you like it.
I knitted the flower first, then the stem and sewed them together to a bookmark.

Knitted Brooch

I managed to knit a flower using the same ROWAN 4 ply wool - cashmere yarn, I prefer wool to cotton yarn when I knit flower.  I started knitting using garter stitches from the first petal, and left them on the needle till I finished 5 of them, then threaded the yarn to the embroidery needle and sewn the petals together and this is the result.

I stitched loops in the middle with ROWAN 4 ply baby pink cotton yarn,  

I use an orange bead stitched in the middle of the flower, I think I will make a brooch .