back to work

after our lovely trip up to Sheffield to visit friends, i've found it a little hard to settle back into a routine, big G is back at school & i have no idea where we are with little O's day time naps, so my sewing time has been sporadic to say the least!

this photo was taken whilst we were away, on a walk we did up in the peaks,i've have been busy making things for the Christmas fair, but no photos yet, one thing i did manage to do was get back to the charity shop which had the wonderful tin full of buttons & found some time for a good rummage through & came home with a quite a few of the loveliest buttons i could find. ( all for only £1)i also received a lovely package of the fabric kind from here
i do have some plans for this but keep changing my mind - but for now it makes me happy just to look at it.

and the winner is.....

we're back & after lots of sorting/unpacking/washing loads etc i found some time to pick the winner of the give-away, big G took his job of selecting the give-away winner very seriously, he managed to defend an incoming attack from his little sister - who also wanted in on the action & did a runner with the bowl of names!luckily he'd already picked out the name - which iscongratulations go to surfer rosa, if you pass on your address i'll pop your winnings in the post to you asap!

back soon x

100th post 'giveaway'

well here i am - can't quite believe i made it to 100 posts & i still want to keep going, so i'm offering up a little 'giveaway' to celebrate.

here we have a 'kitfix hobby' embroidery kit, i've tried looking into when this was made but can find very little information on it, the kit is complete (i can't tell you how many times i've been tempted to do this myself but could never bring myself to) i also have a ladybird 'learning to sew book' from the early 70's which is in new condition,i will also throw in a few extra goodies for the winner too,

this giveaway is open to all, & if you mention it on your blog you'll get an extra chance of winning as well,

we're off on a family road trip for a few days so i'll keep it open till the 1st November & be back then to announce the winner!

just playing

last night i took a break from the knitting & sewing (well just a short one) & played around at making some Christmas decorations

i think they're quite sweet

they just need their tags putting on so they can be hung up
next post will be my 100th!! so be sure to check back for my give-away

girls quilt

finished the girls quilt, i'm very happy with how this one turned out & starting to feel i'll be quite happy if little O gets to keep it, but then if it does sell i'll just have some money to fund my fabric buying habit & make her another one!
remember to check back next week for a 'stitchy' related give-away

boys quilt

another project started, cot bed quilt for a boy,
i figured i'd take two quilts to the Christmas fair, one for a boy, one for a girl, then if they don't sell, i can always give them to my little munchkins for Christmas, big G already has his eye on this one! the girls one is all finished, it's just way too dreary here today to get a good photo, but the sun should (hopefully) be shining tomorrow.

sweet bags

another project that's been keeping me busy & diverting my attention from all the things i should be getting on with for the Christmas fair,

a couple of sweet bags for two sweet girls
just hope they like them!