happy st patrick’s day

……. from me and my wee leprechaun 🙂

Caught this little fella riffling through my button collection! Says his name is Michael Finnigan and he’ll grant me 3 wishes if I let him go.    Mmmm …. what shall I wish for?

…..as this wee character is my own design, I was thinking that I might offer the pattern for sale as a PDF download, if enough people like him!  (Michael Finnigan said he would allow me to do this as one of my three wishes – cheeky monkey!)

Happy Stitching folks!

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mother’s day gifts

I have been wondering what to make with my stack of Suffolk Puffs. 

And, with Mother’s Day just around the corner, I really wanted to use them in a pretty way to make a gift for my Mum.  I had already purchased some delightful novelty pins from Teeny Tiny Vintage (trust me, her pins are even more gorgeous in real life!), but I wanted to give my Mum something else that I had made with my own two hands.

So ……  I began my usual ritual of ransacking my sewing room, trying to find inspiration from my stash of pretty fabrics, buttons, ribbons, lace and the like.

For a while, I drew a blank, but then ‘it’ happened.  You know that moment when you get a picture in your head of ‘it’ – the thing you want to make – and suddenly you become even more frantic in your search for that ‘perfect piece of fabric’.  “I’ll know it when I see it” says the voice in your head and, sure enough, the exact fabric you need turns up… eventually.

Amidst the mess that was once my tidy sewing room, I have managed to sew a cute wee zipper pouch and two lavender scented sachets.  All in all, I’m really happy with my efforts. All that’s left for me to do is to package it all up in a pretty ribbon, ready for Mother’s Day (after I’ve put my sewing room back together that is :))

Happy Mother’s Day everyone! x

born to sew but forced to work!

Woke up this morning to a very wintry scene! The perfect day to snuggle up under a patchwork quilt and do some hand stitching.

But, alas, I will have to leave my cozy sewing room and get myself to work!

This is my new mug rug for work – says it all really!

pillow pattern

Living with two men (one hubby, one son) means I don’t really get a chance to chat through ideas about sewing projects, so it was lovely yesterday when a work colleague visited with her sister, who is learning to sew and wanted some tips on how to finish a bag she is working on. Five glorious fabric-filled hours passed in the blink of an eye!

I did have some time left though, to write up the pattern for the little pillow, as promised in my first post. You can now download the free PDF pattern for it and the template for the wording on the front can be found here.

I’d love to hear how you get on with it. Happy stitching!