I’ve put together a couple of birthday gifts this week, for the children to take to birthday parties. I have thoroughly enjoyed putting them together. Taking time to think about the recipients, coupled with the creative input from my own children, have made these gifts so much fun to make. […]
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FNSI- Stretch and stitch
I have been sewing for all my life. Okay, maybe not the first few year, but, even now, I come across early examples of my dressmaking on the children’s dolls, from when I was their age. I have added to my own and the children’s wardrobes ever since my first […]
Read moreWeekend makings and playings
Creative plans morphed and adapted this weekend. Ingredients missing and the sun shining meant my weekend plan turned into guidelines. I love how this happens! Instead of croissants (Kate, I will let you know how they turn out eventually) and a cabbage dish, we made welsh cakes and lemonade. My […]
Read moreTwo completed projects and a mystery
First of the completed projects are my two patchwork cushions. Despite being pictured in this chair, the cushions are now gracing two of the kitchen chairs. Bright and breezy, which the kitchen needs since the end of the Paralympics meant that the red, white and blue bunting has come […]
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