Monday, 9 September 2013




I feel like I'm being watched!
I've been using the old water after cleaning out my fish, to water the house plants for a while now and I think this Orchid plant likes it! I've never seen so many flowers on one plant before! As you can see, one sneaky stem came out from under a leaf and it was too late to guide it upwards, but I don't think the plant minds. Full of nitrogens (and other things I can't think of off the top of my head) the old aquarium water was a great top tip from the owner of the Bonsai shop in town.





Thought I'd add a couple of pictures of the cushion covers I made recently for my sister. I had made a small square cushion cover in the same vintage kimono fabric for her a while back, then she asked me to make a couple of bolster style covers to match. After a lots of zipper errors and one major fabric size mistake ( for something so simple it had me going for weeks!) I think they were pretty successful.

I don't have a lot of time for sewing lately, so little half hour snippets here and there and I eventually got them finished. I plan on spending less time in front of the television over the next few months and more time in front of a sewing machine, because the results are so much more satisfying.

Thursday, 23 August 2012

Some extras

A cushion I made, a suitcase I lined and some flowers I picked...




Now for some flora and fauna

Well some flowers, bean plant, tomatos and a spider from my garden. After ALL THAT cutting out I needed a break.





Sewing again




I'm going to get busy and start sewing dresses again.
I've got some lovely wool blend fabric just sitting around waiting to be used. So have got the ball rolling with this fab hound dog pattern, lets see how long it takes me to get finished items up here!

Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Foh oh onts!

                                             
                                                http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Impact-Label

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

First craft fair!




Getting ready for my first craft fair as a seller this weekend.

A bit of info here:
http://www.ukcraftfairs.com/fair_finder_more.asp?id=8810&t=barford-crafts

Items for sale include these pretty little children's bags.