my creative space

i’m checking there are labels and tags on all my fancywork for the Birkenhead Artisan Market on saturday. i’ve just realised i’ve sold more smelly girl puppies than i thought since the last market and there is only two left, uh oh.  also, most of these bad habit rabbits seem to have the same bad habit (you [...]

my creative space

going on holiday tomorrow to stay with sisters and aunties, so i’m whipping up some coasters as gifts for my hosts.  they have old and new fabric on the front and good old blanket on the back (with cotton batting in the middle) . they probably won’t make up for nearlyMabel waking up at 4am with sore teethygums, [...]

it’s done

So, i finished my first nappy bag-slash-wallet-slash-changing mat (last weeks creative space).  You can tell its my initial go at it because i was so anxious to get the idea out of my head and into fabric that it’s wonky.  My idea was to eliminate the nappy, plastic bag of wipes and bum-cream floating about in my handbag.  [...]

my creative space

plotting the worlds littleist nappy bag-slash-wallet-slash-changing mat for when i just pop out and don’t want a huge-mungous nappy bag……my jeans pockets just don’t quite do the trick (yes, i’m such a sad case i tried once)

more creative spaces (thanks kootoyoo)

biscuits and sewing

today we farmed out the kidlets and had a sew-and-talk-trash day (yeeeee-ah!). 
it took a while but we settled on variations on the pleated purse theme.  you know, the no pattern just cut it and make it up as you go sort. 
in between the standing as close to the heater as possible, biscuits, coffee, soup & homemade bread (that [...]

purse wallet purse

i left my purse outside at the beach for, um, several weeks and it went all rusty which gave me the perfect excuse to use the pattern & tutorial i found for this awesome quilted wallet from that*darn*kat. 

It didn’t come out as perfect as hers (straight lines are not my strong point) but i love [...]