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Category Archives: birthdays

I don’t love vinyl

30 Apr

A lovely friend of mine celebrated her birthday last week and I decided I wanted to make her something. I remember a while ago she commented on my wallet and how she would like one so I thought now would … Read More »

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X marks the spot

19 Nov

There is a small boy in our house who for a while now has had a keen interest in pirates and treasure. It’s mostly the treasure that interests him to be honest, so much so that we even visited a … Read More »

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Double Figures

13 Nov

Last weekend my eldest daughter turned 10.  She had a few requests for birthday gifts; in addition to those I decided to make her a pouch for her inhaler and spacer instead of using the plastic wallet that school put … Read More »

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birthdays, Girls, Scraps, thrifting, Upcycled 9 Comments

WIP Wednesday

1 Oct

I’m making an attempt to share more in progress projects rather than just finished items. This week I have 2 things on my sewing table (ok that’s not true there is a lot of stuff on there at the moment … Read More »

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Small (but perfectly formed)

15 Jul

Last month Storey Publishing sent me this book to review: Little One Yard Wonders available from Amazon and lots of other book shops I’m sure. For some reason I was surprised at the amount of projects in it; however the clue … Read More »

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Gifts for boys

13 Jul

My 9 yr old has had a number of boys birthday party’s to attend recently and I’ve taken it upon myself to make gifts.  With plenty of fabric in the cupboard it seems wrong not to! I mentioned back here about … Read More »

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Personalised Paper Pieced Pillow

24 Jun

(How fast can you say that?  Actually it’s a cushion but for the purposes of the title…) It appears as if it’s birthday party season again, invites keep arriving; mostly for the children!  At the end of last week I … Read More »

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A birthday bag

2 Jun

My wonderful husband celebrated a big birthday in May. On his birthday last year he was diagnosed with Coeliacs disease so I wanted to make sure that this year was a lot better! I love to give handmade gifts if … Read More »

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Bags, birthdays, charity shopping, Upcycled 14 Comments

Birthday girl

8 Nov

Nine years ago today this gorgeous girl was born; I wanted to give her something handmade for her birthday, but funnily enough she has quite a lot of handmade things and I was struggling to come up with a plan. … Read More »

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A Lovely Year of Finishes – September

28 Sep

At the beginning of the month I showed you these 2 blocks which I made 15 months ago at FQ Retreat (if you want to know how to make them I believe you can find the instructions in Lucie Summers … Read More »

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