Saturday, 28 February 2015

February in Review

Is it just me or has February just disappeared? I am almost certain time is moving a little faster at the moment! To be honest this has not been a great month but I did achieve a few things... Finished Objects: 1 Parisian Top 1 pair of PJ's. 1 Darling Ranges Dress - still...

Sunday, 22 February 2015

8/52

Does anyone else find when the kids are off school time just disappears? I don't think we have had that busy a week yet I have no photos of anything and resorted to photos at tea time! Big E: Nose in a book. little e: Actually finished tea with no arguments!! ...

Sunday, 15 February 2015

7/52 - A weekend away

We spent the weekend visiting my best friend in Cheshire. We stopped at the Trafford Centre on the way down and visited the Legoland Discovery Centre. It was a bit of a disappointment, a bit too young for my two and far too many poorly supervised young children spoiling the few attractions suitable...

Friday, 13 February 2015

Parisian Top

I have had my eye on this pattern for a while but last week I decided it was time to buy it. I thought it would be the perfect thing to use up some of my jersey stash, unfortunately, my stash is not as large as I thought and the only fabric I had enough of was slightly odd cream bandage type jersey....

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

New PJ's

Before we moved to our new house we lived in a housing estate where we were not allowed poultry, my dream was to live somewhere we could have hens, that dream even influenced my fabric purchases! This is my one of my favourite fabrics and it has been sitting in my cupboard for about 4 years, it has...

Sunday, 8 February 2015

6/52 - a day at the Kelpies

   We had a lovely day out today to the Kelpies in Falkirk. A Kelpie is what Scots used to call shape-shifting water spirits. They are absolutely amazing and the Helix park they are beside is great for the kids. There is a large pond where the swans and seagulls were ice skating. little...

Saturday, 7 February 2015

One Pattern, Two New Skirts

Last Saturday I went to Glasgow for a sewing day with 9 other sewing bloggers. We met at The Stitchery and had 4 hours of sewing, chatting and eating, it was a great day! I didn't take a single photo but  Franca took some great ones and you can see them here. The only problem was I had no idea...

Sunday, 1 February 2015