3 weeks! I'm sorry!

So, it has been 3 weeks since my last post. I do apologise, Uni has gotten a bit hectic and all 5 members of the crazy house have been ill at some point in the last 3 weeks. Anyhow, lots of orders been made, as usual, and also, i have some exciting news!

I'm booked in for my first ever ever craft fair.

28th November at the local rugby club. So excited. I went full hog last week and made lots of christmas decorations. I have also acquired a silver twig tree to display them on!

Here it is!!

I am also working on some other bits to take with me and will be handmaking all the tags e.t.c. 

Sorry for the short post but i have lots to do. Hoping to do a tutorial for you guys next week so any suggestions? 

Mouse Stashes!

Just a quick update as i haven't been here much. I'm back in uni at the moment as you all know, and with all the work from there as well as Sew Cuddlie work, I don't have much time on my hands. But after Halloween, something important happens.

Movember!

Yes, Movember is the new November. There is a website here - MOVEMBER which explains the process and reasons for Movember but I'll break it down quickly.

1. On 31st October, men rid themselves of all facial hair

2. From 1st November, they grow a moustache for a month. It can be in any style, large or small.

3. People sponsor them to do so. They can sponsor as little or as much as they want.

4. At the end of the month, totals are totted up and money is sent to Movember.

It raises money for research into prostate cancer as well as awareness about the condition. It also hopefully influences men to do a self check exam down there. Normally, my hubby takes part and last year he raised £120 for the cause. Hopefully he will be taking part this year too, but I wanted to go the extra mile. So, i wondered... What can i make? How can i help?

And it came to me in a flash of light and a flurry of hair!

A moustache keyring

Yep, a keyring, with a moustache on. I have made 3 designs so far. 

#1.A standard gentleman's 'tache.

#2. A Lemmy inspired 'tache

#3. A Poirot inspired 'tache

They are going to be £1 plus postage costs and ALL money raised (except P+P) will go to Movember!

So what do you think?

I've got mine!

A 'proper' bag please

So, post holiday and everything has settled back into some resemblance of normal. I'm back at university (boo - less sewing time) and the children are back at school and nursery. First week back, we had a letter home regarding P.E days and what kit would be needed. So, packed Talea off to school with P.E kit in her backpack and she came back saying that as much as she loved her backpack (it IS Doctor Who!), some of the other kids had 'proper' P.E. bags (you know, the drawstring ones)...

I googled P.E kit tutorials and after trawling through piles of poorly written ones (and one that sounded realy good but had no pictures - i like to know i am on the right track) I stumbled across a gem on Kitchen Table Sewing and had the confidence to proceed. Appealing to my eldest geekchild's girly side, i ordered a lovely piece of princess material with Rapunzel on (so rare to find her on things that i snap it up quickly when i do). 

I followed the tutorial through using my princess material and a plain pale yellow cotton for the lining. I added a panel with her name (just in case any other child had one like it - you never know) with buttons for letter holes and kept it as simple as that.

And here is the finished article. 

Really hard to photograph because of how the cord puckers the material when pulled but i did my best.

Hanging with Full P.E kit (trainers, shorts and t-shirt) inside

It is large enough to fit everything she needs inside, is cool and suits her style. And most importantly, it is hers and unique.

Close up of the name panel - with added buttons!

I can't wait to see her face when she catches sight of it. I have ordered some more boy-suitable material and will be making another for my son, they are really easy to do and counting the time i actually spent working on it, i would say 3 hours (a bit longer with the name panel as i hand cut my letters). 

Thanks to Kitchen Table Sewing, my daughter now has a P.E. bag she will adore!