12 Kittens of Christmas

Some cute kittens I found round the web

Happy Holidays!!!!

xoxoxoxoxo

No Sewing and a Review of my Work

Hello Friends,

This house move is taking so long! We are in temporary accommodation number 2 now and if it all goes well we are getting the keys for our new apartment next weekend. "I can't wait" would be an understatement.

Living as a transient out of a suitcase with the bare minimum has not been an issue- I realised years ago that most of the things I surround myself with are probably unnecessary. A slow edit has been taking place since 2010, giving away to charity and enriching the local library with over 1000 books- yes I could not believe I had that many books either! My previous move involved an articulated lorry and a crew of professionals. This time all of our current possessions, packaged and carried by us, filled a transit van and are waiting in a storage locker for now.

What I have really missed is sewing. The creative hours spent starring at fabric and dreaming of what to make with it. The precise cutting of the rotary cutter producing perfect lines. Admiring the colours of the thread spools which always end up jumbled up no matter how often I tidy them in my biscuit tin. And of course the rhythmic movement of the needle with its magical powers- fabric goes in one way and beautiful things happen- dependable and steady. I have missed going to bed and dreaming of patterns, waking up early and drawing foxes and bunnies to applique on my fabric baskets. 

This sewing abstinence is getting to 4 weeks now and I have been feeling so nostalgic I decided to run through the last few months of my blog and pick my favourite makes.

Fox Notebook

Fox Mini Pillow

Floral Coaster

Fox with Tulips Linen Zipper Pouch

Birds and Cherries Make up Pouches

Felt Fox Brooch

Bunny Caddy Basket

Sage Green Bunny Caddy

Lavender Kitty Caddy

Lamb Pencil Case

Mouse Pocket Friend

Fox and Tulips Fabric Basket

Red Fox Diaper Caddy

Jumping Fox Caddy

Cat Mouse and Bunny Pillows

Bunny Bib and Burp Cloth Set

Christmas Fabric Gift Bag

Modern Patchwork Doll's Quilt and Pillow

Have a lovely weekend

xoxoxox

Cute Animal Bib and Burp Cloth Set and the Pitfalls of Bad Photography

These cute bibs have me hooked.

 I now made the kitties in red

and the teddy in blue

My camera was having a meltdown as the sun kept coming out and then hiding behind clouds. It is hard to believe this is the same items on the photo above and below.

The pink was hard to photograph too- I think it may be the polka dots, they are confusing the camera's focus.

Will try again tomorrow for better shots.

Have a nice afternoon.

xo xo

Sweet Animal Faces Pillows for Nursery

Animal Pillows

I have wanted to make these for such a long time!

A Cat, a Mouse and a Bunny Rabbit. They have felt eyes and noses and whiskers.

 They match the diaper caddies.

Aren't they cute?

Happy Sunday.

Spots, Kittens and Flowers

Hello friends,

A busy week with the occasion of my birthday, where does the time go?

My gift to myself was a whole day of sewing!

I have some new additions to my stash, but in my haste to make things with them I did not take any photos of the fabric before.

Here are the after pictures

Retro Red Spots

 This is my favourite fabric basket design, in a scrumptious linen look cotton red.

 This red is so warm, it has a bit of cherry in it and really brightens up my day.

I interfaced the fabric and it has a great luxury feel to it.

Kitten Basket in Neutral

Back to the soft pastels, linen look cotton in beige check on vanilla. I am still troubled by cutting check and keeping it straight, but at least I managed with the top edge of the basket.

My favourite is of course the kitty, made with fleece and a little bit of soft vintage rose to accent the ears.

My boyfriend said the ears were floppy and I left the room and did not talk to him for an hour, but I can now see he was right. (Have not told him yet).

I wanted them to be "playable", but I may try to applique them on the basket next time.

I also added a divider here and a few pockets at the back to make it more practical.

Cobalt Blue Party!

This lovely blue floral is from the Sew Caroline Collection called Gleeful. It was sent to me by Thevillagehaberdashery.co.uk to make a tutorial for another project- which I hope to be able to show you soon.

This is what I made with some the left-over bits.

It is a lovely collection with 12 designs in bright red, pink and yellow, transporting me to warmer and sunnier climates. I love the clamshells!

Happy Sunday and hope you have a great week.

Thank you for visiting.

Eva