After about 6months of trying I have finally finished my first ever quilt. Ok so that is a slight lie. This is the first one that I started, although I managed to finish a simple 4 square quilt for my grandad’s 90th birthday present. This is the first one I really class as a proper quilt. The top didn’t take… Read more »
Ok so I might be a little behind the times with a new years resolution. Although it is still January (just!)… I am here to say that I have failed a little bit on keeping updating this blog regularly. But I am resolving to keep it going this year. One of my resolutions is to post in here more regularly…. Read more »
Today i have had a present happy day and have finally managed to make some headway towards getting everyones presents sorted. I made my first ever batch of picalilli. Then late this evening I created a batch of gingerbread. I wont say wipped up as it took MUCH longer than i thought it would. There was one point where I… Read more »
I have been away for a little while with work and other commitments but I am back now for the festive season. Even if I am a little late on this front… This week the whole of the country is taking a little bit of a battering with strong winds occurring almost everywhere. Last night was our turn for the… Read more »
Heading out last night for a glamourous social with dancing people I ealised that I dont actually have many posh tops, so I have decided that this is my next task, to make myself some posher tops. So here is some inspiration I have taken from pinterest. Source: etsy.com via Manda on Pinterest Source: jcpenney.com via Wendy on Pinterest Source:… Read more »
This week has been one of my craziest recently. Sunday I trained for a couple of hours in the evening then caught up with one of my friends from back when I started Uni (over 5 years ago!) who is back in town (and more importantly not working every waking moment of the day!). Monday I trained and helped out… Read more »
Recently I have been struggling with motivation a little bit. There is so much inspiration out there That some times I feel swamped by it all and dot know what to do for myself. We all want to make amazing new things but I am finding that searching blogs and pinterest has lead to me thinking that everything interesting has… Read more »
I spend a lot of time on Pintrest at the moment. Everyone said how addictive it was from the beginning but I hadn’t realised just how addictive it really was! That is until now. But I have started making some of the things that I have pinned: Source: psimadethis.com via Pippa on Pinterest I attempted this using an old orange… Read more »
Today is Nikki’s 21st Birthday. It is surprising how fast everything is going. I remember celebrating her 18th here in Southampton before she had even started Uni, as it happens we are going to the same pub this evening because it has turned out to be one of her favourites! I will post more here later about what she got… Read more »
