What’s in your loft?
1
Mar
I’ve got an event coming up in a couple of weeks and am starting to get my head in gear for what I might need to make for it. So, I went up into our loft to have a root … Read More »
Author Archives: Mary
Time for tea
26
Feb
Is there a time when the offer of tea is refused? Rarely in this house which is not what I thought would happen to begin with. When Tobi and I first got together he didn’t really drink tea however it … Read More »
New baby, new soft book!
17
Feb
I have been keen to make more soft baby books and some lovely friends of ours recently celebrated the arrival of a beautiful baby girl, so I took this opportunity to get started on another book. Except…I discovered I didn’t … Read More »
Ikea fabrics for children
15
Feb
I’ve not been to Ikea for ages, our nearest store is approx 70 miles away so not somewhere we would just pop into. However I do like to keep an eye on their website especially the textiles section and today … Read More »
Girls and their hair accessories…
14
Feb
With two girls in our house and one with particularly long hair we have a number of hair accessories. If you have girls too you probably also suffer from never being able to find clips or bands when you need … Read More »
Celebrating the girl!
12
Feb
It’s not often that I write about anything that’s not sewing but I need to make an exception, it’s not sewing but it is creative! We have an annual festival here called Animated Exeter and a couple of weeks ago … Read More »
Celebrate the Boy
11
Feb
Last year I happened upon a month long celebration of all things boy hosted by Rae and Dana on their respective blogs – it was fantastic! After having had two wonderful girls we were then blessed with a gorgeous little … Read More »
Freestyle sewing
8
Feb
My sewing machine is back from it’s service but I’d not even got it out to see how it’s running because I was having such a great time with the Singer! I was having a bit of an issue because … Read More »
Superhero Capes
30
Jan
As promised I’ve some photo’s of the superhero cape i finished in the week. I realised late on Thursday evening that I’d not photographed the one I made this week so on Friday morning we persuaded L to model in … Read More »
My ‘new’ sewing machine
27
Jan
Wow, I’ve had a chance this morning to play with my ‘new’ old machine. It is hand powered so there is great control on speed which I sometimes find hard with my electric, so I thought I would have a … Read More »