- Part 83

My first event…

19 Jun

Well, here I am back from holiday and the school fete. We managed to pack up the car and leave by 8:30 (helped by children waking at 6:00) straight to school by 10:30! My wonderful friend and neighbour Jenny was...
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On holiday and still sewing

15 Jun

It’s the week of our family holiday, we’re staying in a beach chalet in Gwithian a few miles up the coast from St Ives in Cornwall, UK. The school fete is on Saturday morning so i brought my sewing machine...
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School painting tabard/apron

9 Jun

Leah often wears a homemade applique t-shirt on the school run and is not atall shy about saying ‘look at my dinosaur/shark/butterfly t-shirt’ and Bethan adds ‘my mummy made it’. So I was asked to jazz up the class adult...
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Birthday cakes

7 Jun

Leah is just about to reach her 3rd birthday, we celebrated it with friends and family on Saturday in the garden. I have vague memories of birthday cakes as a child and am now amazed at the fantastic creations you...
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Featured Item: Play canopy/tent

5 Jun

For a while I had been thinking about making a tent/playhouse or something for the children to use, last October when Mathias was but a few weeks old I bought this pattern with the intention of making it for the...
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Too busy sewing…

4 Jun

I’ve been too busy sewing to blog! I’ve agreed to have a stall at the school fete in a couple of weeks so have been trying to produce enough ‘stuff’ for it. The crazy thing is that it is on...
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UK Handmade – summer issue out now

3 Jun

A design led online magazine, always an interesting and inspiring read includes a great looking recipe for Spinach, Mozzerella and Tomato slice! Read it here...
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Sewing Advice…

26 May

I came across this today here which made me smile… how times have changed or advice has anyway! I would never get any sewing done if chores didn’t get neglected! Fortunately my husband does not expect me to look neatly...
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Featured Item: Bags for Boys (and girls)

20 May

I have two girls and really enjoying making things for them. Last October Mathias was born and gradually I became obsessed with finding fabric for boys that wasn’t a nursery print, ‘twee’ or babyish. I’ve also had ideas in my...
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Featured Item: Completed soft books

16 May

From this to this I’d forgotten quite how fiddly these can be, cutting all the pieces and then appliquéing them on, so despite Mathias being grumpy today I persevered and got them finished, here he is sat on my knee...
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