Recent happenings

I know I've been MIA a bit lately. It has been a busy month and I felt like I didn't have much to blog about. Until now!

I made this elephant softie for my sister for Christmas. I'm very pleased with how it turned out, considering it was my first softie. And I apologise for the poor picture quality. I think I need a new camera or some photography lessons. Or both!


I also made some cushion covers with some of the fabric I bought at the Stitches and Craft Show from Ink & Spindle. Such lovely fabric.


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I hope everyone has a happy and safe New Year!

Finders Keepers Markets

I went to the Finders Keepers markets on Saturday, after only finding out about them that morning! I was so glad that they were open till 8! I got there around 3pm with a friend and stayed there spending money and looking at some amazing wares!

It was well worth the trek! Here are my spoils from the day:

I bought some beautiful fabric from Saffron Craig, Umbrella Prints and Kristen Doran. I'm seriously considering buying Kristen Doran's Matryoshka panel, but can't decide what colour. Hmm, maybe I'll decide on payday, but let me know your favourite colourway! Plus I love her advent calender kit, but I think I might have to wait till I get a place of my own.

I bought this lovely dish from Kim Wallace. She had such beautiful ceramic dishes, plates etc that I could've spent a lot more, however I'm prone to break these sorts of things (accidently of course) and I have limited room to disply it at the moment, but I highly reccomend her designs. Absolutely beautiful.

And finally, I bought these fantastic prints from Bespoke. These where an impulse buy after I had spent what I had originally said I was going to spend at the markets. But they were such a good price and I love them so it was hard to resist. Hmm, I'm never going to be able to save money if I keep going to these sorts of markets!

I can't wait to use the fabric! I'm thinking I will use it to make a quilt, but I think I'm going to do a practice quilt first. But I will keep you updated!

Have a great week :)

Shopping Spoils

Well here are my spoils after my fabric shopping expedition today.



I got the first two from the Patchwork Heart.



I bought some linen/cotton to back some cushion covers I'm going to make with some lovely hand printed fabric. I think I like this print for the elephant I'm going to make for my sister for Christmas. It definitely falls into the not too girlie category whilst still being suitable for an elephant I think.



These are the lovely prints I bought from Fred the Needle. I also like the ladybug print for the elephant but can't decide! Help me by telling me which one you lie better.

Also managed to squeeze in a bit of Christmas shopping too. Feels good to finally start now that all the birthday presents for the year have been bought, wrapped and hidden.

Happy Crafting

Fabric shopping tomorrow!

I'm going fabric shopping tomorrow for the first time in a while. Very excited. U'm looking for some suitable fabric to make an elephant softie for my not-quite-goth sister. SO the fabric needs to be suitably dark but cute at the same time.

I'm using the pattern that is is the "More Softies" book that I bought last week. I will post pictures of the progress. I hope all this cold and gloomy weather isn't getting everyone down!