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Happily Ever After SAL – Around the World in 80 Days

I didn’t expect to finish this one so soon, especially as I started the month behind, but here it is… April’s block – Around the World in 80 Days! This was a nice quick and easy little stitch. I love the rainbow coloured hot air balloon! The great thing about being finished so early is…… Continue reading Happily Ever After SAL – Around the World in 80 Days

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Easter Ruffle Bib

Easter is just a few days away now and it seemed only right that I made Mabel an Easter themed ruffle bib like I did at Christmas which you can see here. As soon as I saw the new Bunnies and Cream Fabric range from Penny Rose fabrics I knew instantly they would be the…… Continue reading Easter Ruffle Bib

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Pretty Dresden Purse

It’s been such a long time since I completed a project! I think it was Christmas!! I actually finished this little Dresden about a year ago! It was the first bit of sewing I was able to do after having Mabel. I mentioned here before that I had terrible carpal tunnel syndrome during the last…… Continue reading Pretty Dresden Purse

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Life lately…

Just like that we hurtling towards mid march! How did that happen? I had lots of things planned for the blog in February including a couple of Valentines themed posts and a Pancake day post. Unfortunately life and responsibilities have a habit of getting in the way! I’ve not had a lot of time to much…… Continue reading Life lately…

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Happily Ever After – The Owl and the Pussycat

I feel like January lasted a lifetime, since my last post everyone in the house has been poorly and it has been very miserable.  I have however really enjoyed stitching the latest sew along by The Frosted Pumpkins! I think it is my favourite pattern yet! You can’t really see in this picture (and I…… Continue reading Happily Ever After – The Owl and the Pussycat

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Happy Flower Quilts Book

I love a Japanese craft book, but obviously they are always written in Japanese and unfortunately my Japanese is well it’s non-exsistant, so imagine how thrilled I was when I saw on Instagram that this beautiful book had been translated into English! There was some confusion at first as there are 2 different English versions,…… Continue reading Happy Flower Quilts Book

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Lets go on an adventure

With just a few days to spare until the next Frosted Pumpkin sew along starts I have managed to complete last year’s sew along “A Pumpkin Passport”. I have really enjoyed stitching this. Once upon a time as I’ve talked about on here before I used to work for an airline travelling the world so…… Continue reading Lets go on an adventure

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Sweetly Stitched Handmades – Frilly Christmas Bib

I purchased Amy’s book a while back when it first came out and loved every project in it. It’s taken me till now to get around something from it! One of the projects I had bookmarked to make was a frilly bib, so pretty and girly I thought it would be nice to make Mabel…… Continue reading Sweetly Stitched Handmades – Frilly Christmas Bib

Crafts · Sewing

Festive Makes

I had a few projects on the go over the Christmas period, two I will share with you in another time. I was really pleased they all were finished in time, although I did have more projects in mind that didn’t even get started! First of all was a lovely little festive sew along by…… Continue reading Festive Makes

Chatter · Inspiration

Friday Favourites

It has been a while since I last did a Friday Favourites feature, I’m hoping to make them more of a regular thing this year. Here is what has caught my eye and love this week. A super cute Custard Cream Crochet pattern. Which you can see here. I love Vanessa from Coco Rose Diaries photography,…… Continue reading Friday Favourites