We Are Still Alive! But barely so...

For those of you who thought that we have disappeared from blogosphere altogether, sorry to disappoint you.  We at HSH, are still alive but barely so. Life (or rather, work) has a nasty way of sweeping one along, and sweeping aside dreams.  Sigh...

Anyhoo, we still try to cling to what we have started and whenever we can, we try to make something, if nothing else, but to keep our sanity in this crazy, crazy world.  Here's a quick flash of what we made - some for orders, others for friends and most importantly, mostly for ourselves :) 

Cute monochrome owl bag for my dear sister.

 Colourful owl pillow case for same sister (front & back).

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Patchwork bag for myself which was one year in the making.

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Knitted bag for Tinkerbelle which also took one year to complete.

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Amy Butler bag for a London order (UK lei, international order, don't play, play).

 Flower bag (Jap Muji style) for an order.

 But we're not always about bags (although we sure love them!).  Tinkerbelle made a Laura-Ashley-like placemat and coaster set for an order.

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And the cushion set?  Tinkerbelle made the red one for me!

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Don't you love the vintage cowboy print?

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I made a red lap quilt to go with the red cushion.  

So, guess what we are up to now?  We've decided to give our sewing machines a rest (actually, they need to be sent for servicing.  Mine is making alarmingly loud cranky noises).  Instead, we have jumped onto the ripple wagon.

The what?  Ripples, colourful ripples in crochet.  Let me show you a work-in-progress. 

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Don't you think they are just so cheerful?  This one is being made into a cushion cover.  I plan to make a bigger piece into a vintage tube dress.  Here's the full set of colours (the yarn are made of Egyptian cotton and costs $8.20 each).

Tinkerbelle and I are also going to crochet a big ripple blankie (probably will be a 10-year project for me, so don't expect to me hearing from me very soon).  Anyway, here are the colours for me.  I'll just revel in the lovelies in the meantime.  These yarm are 80% made of bamboo and costs $7.90 each - how's that for being eco-friendly too?

Well, that's all folks.  I can't promise as to when we'll be back.  But you can bet that we will not give up our craft and will keep those fingers flying!