Crafty Catch-up

Gee it's been ages since my last post...I have no excuses either as I've had the last couple of weeks off work for Easter and my birthday, so I've definitely had the time… tsk tsk! Now that I’ve told myself off lets begin…

- delicious birthday muffins from The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook

Just after Easter I went to stay with some relatives in London. It was Luca's first trip to the big city and overall I think he liked it - his poor Dad and Uncle though were left with the challenge of carrying the pushchair up and down a gazillion steps to and from the tube - if nothing else they came back a lot fitter than when they went!

Luca at the V&A Museum* 

Whilst we were there I managed to drag everyone to my favourite fabric shop – Fabrics Galore. I didn’t go too mad with fabric buys…ahem...

I bought some lovely blue linen for a bag from this book. I thought it would be perfect for the summer - light weight and big enough to pack the suncream, a good book and even a small crafty project.

The only alteration I made was to add a small zip pocket inside, just so I don't have to keep rooting to the bottom for my lipbalm!

I also bought some beautiful bird fabric. It's medium weight cotton, perfect for making an apron. I'm really proud of how this turned out as I didn't follow a pattern, and usually when I don't follow a pattern things go slightly awry! After, I had just enough fabric left over to make a simple bag, which I lined with raspberry cotton.

Finally I'll leave you with pictures of a project I finally got around to starting. I've had a stack of Folksy Flannel on my sewing room side for a while now with the intention of making a simple blanket after seeing this one at Frontier Dreams.

Well I finally bit the bullet and cut it up!!

All that's left to do is sew a white border around each 9-patch, which I'll do using a brushed cotton sheet from ebay - bargain!

*If your heading to the V&A Museum before July 4th they have a Quilt exhibition which is well worth a visit.

Scenes from the Weekend

This weekend was spent at my sister's house. I finally got around to borrowing her camera to snap my latest crafty achievements...and as you can see my Nephew decided to help!

And when it all got a bit too much...nap time!!

Anyway, back to the crafty bits.

Here's the hot water bottle cover I was telling you about. The inside is made from a plain cream fleece, but the outside is made from some beautiful Folksy Flannel fabric, which makes it super snugly to hug! The top part is a little on the snug side, so next time I must remember to leave a little more room.

   

Finally, the laptop sleeve I made using fabric from the same flannel collection. The main fabric is forest hills moonlight which was my favourite from the bundle I bought, so I was really apprehensive about cutting it - just in case I went wrong! Luckily, it turned out pretty well. The other outer fabric I used was diamond mine dusk, and a white fleece for the inside.

      

  

Hope you had a lovely weekend!