My first adult sized dress!

I made this dress over the weekend, I used a pattern from the book Sew Serendipity which was really good, very clear instructions! Excuse the rubbish photo, I think there may be small finger prints on the lens so it is a bit blurry and I have no idea why I took it at the odd angle!! My only concern...

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A link to the past

I took my Granny home after church today and, once we had the obligatory cup of tea, she asked me if I would do some wee sewing projects for her. I am home with 2 skirts to take in and up and when I was there I sewed on a button for her (she is basically blind now). She produced a fantastic sewing box...

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My Baby is 5!

My Baby (Big E) turned 5 on Thursday, am I really old enough to have a 5 year old?!!! Five years ago he was a teeny tiny bundle:  Bruises on his wee face were caused by the forceps! and now he is a very big 5 year old!: He spent most of Thursday dressed as a astronaut (we gave...

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Reducing my fabric mountain!

In an attempt to diminish my rather large stash of material (more than 100 different pieces of material and a suitcase full of clothes to repurpose....Hubby is worrying about the weight in the loft!!) I am using this calender image from amazon.co.uk and trying to make at least one of everything I...

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Fabric Headbands

Big E's 5th birthday is fast approaching and I am making headbands for the girls party bags. Here is how I have done it (to fit age 3-6 yrs approx):  Cut out 2 strips of fabric, I have used scrap jersey material so they have a bit of stretch: Headband strip is 35cm x 9cm  Smaller strip,...

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New toy!

A new toy arrived on Wednesday... Which resulted in some of this I got to play properly for the first time last night and was super impressed.  Now I have extra motivation to use some of the huge fabric stash I have in the loft, almost 100 pieces of fabric and a suitcase under the bed of clothes...

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Weddings Invitations

I am doing the stationary for a wedding in August and the time has come to do some invitation samples! I have done the save the date card already I was really pleased with them , the bride wants simple elegance with a hint of pink and I think this fits the bill. Here are pics of the invitation samples...

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The First Post

Well, this is it, a blog for all my crafty things, now to take some photos of things I have done! A photo to go with the weather today!...

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