And finally...

I finally finished Luca's gift this weekend, and not a moment too soon!! His birthday was on Monday, but luckily his party wasn't until today, so I had an extra 6 hours to get it finished! Phew!

I had the idea to make a blanket showing his first year, around Christmas time and since then I've been getting a little bit made here and there. Although it's not perfect, I'm chuffed with the finished blanket, and I'm pretty sure my sister liked it...oh and Luca too!

It's made up of patterned and plain squares; embroidered pieces and photographs, which I transferred onto fabric using Inkjet Iron On Transfers Paper, which I bought here. It was really easy to use, although I did have to rope Karl into the photoshop bit (cropping, reversing and printing the photographs!) - thanks honey!

-this is the back

- and as it is Luca's day, and I'm a smitten Auntie, here are some cute birthday boy pictures...

Iggle Piggle - sweet and sugary

Luca drooling over his birthday cake!

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Scenes from the Weekend

This is what job hunting looks like...messy! Notice the umpteen cups - tea to get me through the day!

A little night time reading - the newest addition is this book, which I have whole heartedly fallen in love with!

Progress - 8 days to go!

And finally...

I finally got around to snapping my crafty Christmas gift from Karl - only 3 months after the event! Isn't it wonderful! It was completely stuffed to bursting point with shredded wrapping paper which went everywhere! Inside is a real treasure trove of craft goodies - from a scrap bag of fabric, fancy wool, and sparkly thread, to a collection of beads and buttons. All I need now it time to play with it all!

Hope you all had a fun weekend x

Scenes from the Weekend

A glorious morning surprise...snow...again!

My neighbours dog Alfie...enjoying the snow.

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!