Under piles of lycra
Some thing happened the other day that I have never experienced before, I had to buy enough lycra to end up buying the shop out of the colour that I was trying to get!! I’m still having to wait for another 3m when they get it in from the supplier! Why all this lycra you ask? Well I have offered to make the skirts… Read more »
Quilt – finally finished.
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 »
New Years Resolution
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 »
Gingerbread bears
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 »
Windy…
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 »
Sneak Peak
Clothing inspiration…
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 »
What a crazy week…
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 »
Motivation
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 »