proof of progress

I'm currently stitching my way through a large wholesale order for brooches...this is my work try on Saturday ::

and this morning it looked like this ::

definitely some progress being made!

On another subject...I have awful trouble replying to the lovely comments that are made on my blog so from today I am going to try responding in the comments section, so before I post I will answer any comments/questions etc which are made on the previous post.

Hopefully that'll work much better!

a giveaway

My sister has just launched a new range of necklaces and to celebrate she's having a giveaway on her blog...

aren't they a lovely start to a Monday morning?

stitches

On Friday I finished a lot of goodies that have been in the making for quite a while and today I photographed and listed them on my website

lots of birdie brooches ::

tortoise embellishments ::

and more!

I'm working on a big wholesale order at the moment so expect lots more photos soon!

a birthday day

yesterday was John's birthday....we both had a day off from the day job and started the day with a leisurely breakfast at a great cafe overlooking the sea.....we did a little work in the afternoon & paid a visit to the Post Office....then spent the evening at our local pub with friends and neighbours...it was a good day and the birthday boy enjoyed it all :-)

what I was doing today

picking, counting and measuring orders before work ::

wrapping and writing thank you cards after work ...

...and then going to the Post Office before they shut ::

on the tray today

today I am making flower brooches ::

I love choosing the colours and laying them all out, ready to sew ::

yesterday I spent a good few hours on the computer and have re-jigged my etsy shop

... I also listed all my new felt colour groups on my website ::

AND I listed a GIANT felt rainbow too ... 24" square, 45 different colours....a felt fans idea of heaven!

shameless advertising

My favourite fabric shop, Fabric Rehab, started stocking my Make-Your-Own kits a little while ago and SewHip have done a feature on them!

I knew it was due so went to WhSmiths and very calmly stood in the queue & bought it but the minute I was outside I was flicking through the pages desperate to see it! I wanted to skip down the road telling everyone but I managed to keep myself quiet until I got home!

So if you fancy a little fabric shopping you can now add a little bit of felt craft to your basket at the same time :-)

back to work with a bump

I'm back to the normal routine of the day job...always a blah feeling after spending so many lovely days full of paper-and-string things...I've been trying for days to take a photo of the curtain I made for the workshop and it seems that taking photos of curtains is REALLY hard! so I decided to show the best photos I have ....

it's held up with a net curtain rod which was £2.49 from Wilkinson's and the fabric is from the stash....the drop of the curtain is the width of the fabric so it was a super quick curtain to make-less than an hour from start to finish!

winners announced

The freebie draw is now closed and I used the random number generator to pick 2 winners.

comments 78 & 69 were picked...

78 :: jazzalblue said...
I love the egg cosies and thanks for the tutorial. Happy Easter, Joy

69 :: Cyndy said...
OMGosh these are sooooo cute. Lots of work in them too!! Thank you for having a giveaway. Hugs, Cyndy***mingb***hems@ronan.net

I shall be emailing both the winners shortly.

Thanks again to everyone who took part....I hope you all had a great Easter break :-)

bank holiday fun

John and I are enjoying a very relaxing Bank Holiday...John spent a few hours in the garage whilst I did a spot of Spring Cleaning, closely followed by a lovely lunch and a few chapters of my book....

I've just added these fabric flowers to the website....they were all ready to be listed yesterday but the re-vamp took longer than expected!

ironing IS fun!

I managed to tick two big things off my to-do list today...the first was finishing the packaging & photographing my new iron-on appliques ::

Inspiration struck last night for the packaging and I have to admit I really enjoyed packing these up.

I've designed GIANT & standard size letters & numbers and you get to pick which of the 7 fabrics you'd like them made from! I bought the fabric for these back in January and I've been moving them on and off the to-do list ever since!

putting them on the website took f.o.r.e.v.e.r. but I think it was worth the hard work :-)

whilst I was stumbling through the inside workings of my website (always a dangerous thing...something always goes wonky when I do that!) I also listed my drawing pins (again, that's been on the to-do list for ages!)

I made a display of them on my pin board....

...which has found a new home near my stock unit.

All in all a very satisfying day...

a photo day

my monthly freebie can be found here
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I spent a lot of time today taking photos...

..of felt rainbows...

...of lots of felt piled high...

...of bundles of ribbons...

...and lots of new colour groups of felt...

I think my new photo table has helped a great deal!

april freebie 2010

this months freebie is so close to Easter (and a nice long weekend with plenty of time for sewing!) that I thought I'd combine a freebie prize draw with a free tutorial for everyone....

I have made 2 sets of Egg Cosies...Ribbon Eggs and....

....plain eggs.

There's a pattern below (right click the picture, save it to your computer and then print it out)


plain eggs are probably easier for beginners...you can use straight stitch, blanket stitch or whip stitch...which ever you prefer!

ribbon eggs are a bit more fiddly and would be better suited to sewers with a little more experience (cutting the egg outline is the hardest bit!)

I hope you would like to make your own egg cosies, it's great fun!

Now for the freebie part...

There are 2 prizes...one set of ribbon egg cosies ::

and one set of plain egg cosies ::

If you'd like to be entered into the freebie draw simply leave a comment on this blog post and I will draw 2 winners next Wednesday (7th April)

Rules & Things

1. only one comment per person please

2. I must be able to contact you via your comment

3. I will post worldwide

GOOD LUCK & HAPPY SEWING!

time well spent

making 9" rainbows ::

and tying them up with ribbons ::

*finally* unpacking my threads ::

making a start on my Photograph Table ::

Soon there will be a curtain over the window instead of the two pin boards and I'm hoping this little area will be good for taking my product photos...time will tell.

my haircut went well (thanks for the good wishes!) but it dried fluffy rather than curly so it needs to be washed again before I let anyone see it...

*advance warning*

tomorrow is Freebie day and there will be a tutorial/freebie pattern for which you will need :: felt, ribbon & a button or two