...and sewed 10 boxes! I do the hand sewing part at home in the evenings and then machine sew them at the workshop, the hand sewing takes a long time so it's so satisfying to see them finished and piled up beside the machine.
I hope everyone had a Happy Easter? Ours was very relaxing and included some nice wine, a huge roast dinner, a GIANT kinder egg for me (including giant toy!!) not to mention a handful of old films on the TV!
I've been busy cutting out A LOT of flowers which are ready to be packed up and sent with orders tomorrow.
These are my *new* Sew-Your-Own felt flower packs...each cute little pack contains everything you need to make 6 felt flower embellishments...and you can choose between 4 different colours: Pastel, Bright, Citrus or Pink/Purple
Each pack contains :: 6 hand cut felt flowers (approx 5-6cm across) :: 6 hand cut flower centres :: 6 pretty buttons and they are priced at £3.50 each
So what's the freebie? well, there are TWO freebies....Number ONE:: ...from NOW until Tuesday morning (10th April) every single £15+ order placed through my website will receive a free pack of sew your own flowers! The website is all set up and all you need to do is shop & then, when you checkout you'll be asked to decide which colour flower pack you would like me to send you, here's a screen shot of the checkout ::
there are no limits to the amount of packs I will send, so every order that qualifies will receive one....it really is that easy! FREEBIE NUMBER 2 :: .... leave a comment on this blog post answering the question below and 4 winners will be picked at random!!
Which Sew Your Own felt flower pack will you pick?
please note, due to Easter holidays I will next be posting orders on Tuesday 10th April, in a first come first posted system...it may take a day or two to work through all the orders, but I'll be as quick as I can !!
FREEBIE CLOSED AT COMMENT # 86
This coming 4 day weekend is officially dedicated to sewing...I'm going to chop and cut and pin lots of little piles of pieces and happily look forward to a relaxing time sewing them all together.
John and I popped up to Oxford Street to take a peek at my butterflies in situ and John snapped a few pics so I could show you.
We saw my kits on the shelves, on the table under the display AND then, round the corner opposite the tills we found my Egg Cosies kit, one kit had been sewn up by someone at John Lewis .... I wondered if someone had taken a shine to the tortoise example, because he was nowhere to be found!
I'm super-chuffed to be the first ever display at a new Habby department...Last year I didn't get the chance to see the other display I made (hedgehogs/foxes etc) so it felt good to take the time to see this one, it was so strange to travel up the escalators looking at all the items for sale, knowing that soon I would be seeing my things for sale on the shop floor...I had a beaming smile on my face once I had seen them!
John decided that today was the day to re-use this old window box & planter that had been on the roof since I got here (we assume it was left by the previous occupiers, the only plants within were weeds) We kept one original grass/weed because the flowers are pretty and we chose some little flowering plants from the local green grocer to provide some colour, once the flowers all come out.
it's nice to have some greenery to look at and look after ... the nosey seagulls made me laugh...they came to have a little look, but there's nothing for them to eat so they soon got bored!!
paper-and-string now sells fabric! I've ordered bolts of gloriously bright fabrics, in all sorts of colours and patterns, all the kinds of fabrics that I love to use myself
I got a little behind in sewing for the new John Lewis Displays (remember I did a display of Woodland Friends late last year?) and at the start of the weekend I still had 24 butterflies to sew and all the bunting to construct AAAAHHHH!
I finally stitched the last butterfly about 7pm yesterday and then the bunting construction began...measuring and checking and then sewing all the felt creatures onto wide ribbon....eight times over!!
Despite nearly running out of time and having a slight panic along the way it was fun to make so many of them...and this time round they will be displayed in two John Lewis shops, twice the work but oh so worth it~!!
Polka Dot buttons now come in extra small too, all 5 sizes come in the same range of colours as all my other polka dot buttons and as usual they are all available individually.
I've added a range of Bumper Bags of Buttons...each bag has a huge 250g of buttons in it AND there are 7 colour mixes to choose from..all for just £6.50 a bag!!
on the checkout page just add
I am on the case and WILL have a website asap...but I don't know which one!!!
this week has flown by...I've so many projects on the go, plus working on orders and general business things that time is really scooting by too quickly!
Today I finished off these boxes and this morning, whilst still in pyjamas, I finished off these cupcakes!
This weekend I'm working on the website...I'll be so excited when I get it finished...it's nearly there & I'm pencilling in next Wednesday* as launch day!
Stationery to fold & cut
Ribbons and ric rac to cut to size (for kit making)
and the finishing touches put to 12 bumble bees, which are the first part of a new display destined for John Lewis, with lots more parts still to sew!!
Lots of new items are lining up & patiently waiting in turn to have their photographs taken and vital statistics added to the website...all the existing stock is on the new website and I am now in the midst of adding everything new....it's so exciting!!
