New logo

I have a new logo! :)

 Apparently I'm quite indecisive so check out how I eventually got to this logo with this gif

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Union Jack purse

Cross stitch is back in a new way to the classic picture your mum has hanging on her wall!

Taken from Cath Kidston's Stitch book, this wasn't a very quick "make", it took me weeks but well worth the effort! 

Made with tapestry wool rather than thread makes it pretty sturdy. I used a spotty cotton to line the purse and floral backing.. The tricky task of getting a zip in a small space always takes me a few attempts and every time I say I must practice zip inserting!!

Flower Girl Dress Part 2

Ta-dah!!

So the wedding is over, the cake has been eaten and the happy couple are off on their honeymoon. As for the long awaited flower girl dress, it was created, worn and stained by the end of the day... it was a perfect!

My gorgeous niece Evie did us all proud skipping down the aisle all by herself and even managed to pose for a few photos.

If you didn't see my first post about this check it out here

I loved making this dress, it was small, neat and so much easier than meters and meters of fabric on adult dresses. The pattern was from Marina Brumpton I literally googled and her etsy shop came up, it was perfect and so easy to follow check her out here

Working for a bridal designer you find a few scraps of silk going here and there so I was fortunate enough to get some end of roll dupion silk so that was the bodice sorted. The Blue sash and bow matches the older bridesmaids dresses exactly. I decided to use layers and layers of organza and tulle to give the skirt that fluffy soft look.

Here is the dress in action...

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Bread

Introducing... The eight strand plaited loaf!! 

Many a Saturday afternoon is spent in our little kitchen with husband Tom whipping up another ciabatta loaf. (I say 'whipping up' he spends most of the afternoon waiting around for it to rise!) In an attempt to better his bread baking skills I tried out the eight strand plaited loaf... Not only does it look good it tasted delish! And I think I impressed him! I'm not gonna lie I did get Tom to read out the instructions as I passed strand over strand... Just need to learn to plait my hair like this now! 

This with a can of Heinz tomato soup and I'm a happy girl! 

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Knitting Toys

You can get so much joy from knitting toys and this is one of the best!

Knitting is in my family genes, I have a Grandma that can knock up anything in wool in a matter of minutes, and Mother with speedy little fingers steam comes off her needles once she gets going!

Meet Cinders and Cinderella...  take a look at the gif. What little girl wouldn't want one of these!!

 And there is more... this isn't two toys... this is two toys in one!!! It is knitted toy BOGOF :)
What a treat to discover lifting up her skirt you would find another toy under there. I just love this!

I would love to say I knitted this but this one was done by my Mum, she spent a while on and off making this for my little nieces to play with when they come over to her house.

Let me know what you think in the comments box below! :)

Cross stitch meets iPhone

Hoorah! I have finally finished my cross stitch iPhone cover (see post) I would love to tell you this only took me a few evenings to do but sadly this wasn't the case (no pun intended!)

I am loving my new, unique and very bright iPhone cover. You can make one too, buy this as a kit online.

Go on give it a go!

 

 

Elephant knitting

Here is another knitted animal I made for a little boy called William... This is another great pattern from Knitted Wild Animals by Sarah Keen. I just wish I could knit faster!!