Needle case kit

A week back I made up my gorgeous little kit from Fiona.  It made up very quickly and I love it.  Might make another couple for the birthday stash box next month.  I love the beads on the ends of the ribbon.  I found it a little fiddly but so worth it.

4 blankets for the fluffies.

Over the last few days I have cut up a pure wool blanket and backed and bound it to make four cot sized blankets for our fluffies.  Best thing is the whole exercise only cost me time to do it lol.  So that's another 4 finishes for my OPAM 2013 list for the month!  Its been a more productive later half to January than the start of it was lol.

The idea for these lovely blankets came from the doogie book and they are backed and bound with polycotton fabrics that my Mum has decided are no longer useful after sitting in her cupboard for about 20 odd years lol.  There are also a pile of toys cut out ie bones and balls but I might try and source some squeaky thingies for them first so they are a little more interesting to Tess.

As you can see from the pics they have lovely mitred corners and if I can kick the cat off I might be able to get the last two washed lol.  Merlin takes great delight in wool blankets and is still rolling around on them lol.

Well off to hem a school dress and sew up those bones.

Initial Heart Swap

I had a lovely surprise in the mailbox this morning.  Of course I was too excited to wait to take a pic of it all wrapped up but it was the gorgeous blue parcel from Shez.  Thank you so much for such lovely gifts!  I might just have to fight Grace off when she sees that cute little frog tape measure lol.  I think that might be one we will share.   I love my new tea towel and matching hand towel.   Lindor is also my favourite chocolate too.  Which is going to be morning tea with the latest copy of Inspirations magazine that was also in the post.  How nice it is to have 'happy mail' in the mail box.

Merlin was helping to organise where everything should go for the photo.  This is a cat planning to steal my chocolates.  Don't know what it is about them but the smell of them is intoxicating to him even though he has never eaten one.  He'd just better be a good boy today after putting a very fat gecko in my sneaker this morning.  Finding something in your shoe at 5.30am is not very pleasant.  I actually thought it was a mouse!

FNSI

I managed to spend most of the day making suffolk puffs or cutting them out lol. They are a great thing to sew while watching Downton Abbey on DVD.   Previously I had managed to sew about 90 and Friday I sewed exactly 63!  So now I have 153 ...  maybe it wont take me so long after all.  My helper has reneged because they are a little fiddly for her to manage without sticking the needle in fingers etc.

Now I am off to do some blog hopping before attempting the ironing.  Or maybe I might just sew more puffs and watch a DVD.  Not really worth pulling the iron out for 5 tops now is it lol.

FNSI

Tonight is the first FNSI of the year.  Mine is officially starting in about 30 mins lol as I plan to sew all day.  Too hot for anything else here.  Hope you are all going to sign up and join in too.  I'm thinking more suffolk puffs and perhaps working on my Farmer's wife blocks too.  Back tomorrow with some results.

Suffolk Puff Quilt

This is the beginning of a lot of suffolk puffs lol.  Grace and I will be doing this quilt together and it should be a lot of fun too.  The background will probably be a nice cream self print but will wait until we get a pile of puffs done before we make a decision.  I have only cut out a few in each colour but I think we will be looking for more fabrics in these shades once this lot are all made up.  It is to fit a double bed but I will have some nice deep scalloped borders on it too and bind it in mauves.

Initial Heart Swap

This is what was wrapped up in the purple wrap plus some chocolate too.  A big thank you to both Michelle for sharing one of her designs and also to Cheryll for hosting a wonderful swap.  I enjoyed making my item to send to Claire and she has now received her gift from me so I can share with you now.