Soft book for Daisy
15
Jan
At the beginning of December one of Tobits sisters commissioned me to make a soft book for a friend of hers who had just had a baby. I was happy to take it on but made it quite clear there … Read More »
Category Archives: Applique
That raglan tee… (Sewing for Boys sew along)
9
Jan
The raglan t-shirt that I made for Mathias last week has now been embellished… First though thanks to Karen (one of the book authors) for her helpful comments on Flickr, I now know that when using old knits you should … Read More »
More Christmas presents revealed
6
Jan
Both of Tobits’ sisters had babies last year and I planned to make both of the babies soft books for Christmas. Knowing that I was going to be busy in the run up to Christmas I was incredibly organised and … Read More »
I can now reveal…
28
Dec
I hope you had a healthy and happy Christmas, ours could have been much healthier, we are still suffering from a ‘bug’ but had a lovely quiet time at home. Now that some gift giving has been done I can … Read More »
Teacher gifts – from teachers to teachers
21
Dec
We have friends who are teachers. Just 2 weeks ago one of our lovely teacher friends sent me a message saying that she’d been browsing Etsy looking for a little something she could give to the members of her department … Read More »
Feeling a bit sick
9
Dec
I started and finished a soft book last week in record time, I posted it off as soon as it was ready. So what’s the problem? It’s not been received by my customer. I sent it using the Royal Mail … Read More »
More completed soft books
29
Nov
I’m not sure where this week has gone, I think there was a whirlwind or something and it’s not even December yet! I’ve been busy making books for my number one customer! I posted two off to her yesterday and … Read More »
Aisling – soft book
3
Nov
(If you’ve not entered my giveaway go here now and see what you can win – it’s easy to enter!) As mentioned last week I completed another soft book. Yesterday I had a lovely email from her confirming receipt and … Read More »
Soup in the post?
7
Jul
Today I had a real need to sew, I’ve had a little idea swirling around in my head this week but I’ve been busy with other things so it had to wait. It centred around applique but not the usual … Read More »
The Contemporary Craft Fair
15
Jun
Last Friday I spent the afternoon at the Contemporary Craft Fair as a volunteer, I spent 4 hours at the entrance selling tickets. It was good fun, very busy, time flew by and it rained but we were undercover in … Read More »