Meet Polly

Remember I mentioned that I was going off to Isra’s this morning for our Chatty Crafters morning and was hoping for some sew-jo. Well, I went , I conquered but best of all I have got my sew-jo back!She’s a bit boss eyed(as my mum would say) but otherwise I really do like her! It’s the first time I’ve ever made anything like a stuffed doll and I think I just may be hooked. Sharon (Isra’s big sis) showed us what to do and she is a fantastic teacher especially if you listen to what she is telling you to do ( I didn’t). Sharon makes fantastic dolls from felt, you can see one that she had made previously on Isra's header.

I decided whilst I was there that I was going to go off to Boarders to get a copy of the book that the pattern came out of. But unfortunately for me Boarders closes between one and seven during Ramadan boo hoo! So of I went to get my shopping and decided that I would go back tonight and get it.

Whilst doing my shopping, Isra sent me a message which said: ‘there is a treat for you in your bag XOXO’’, so I raced round and got the rest of my shopping and pilled it in the car.

I opened my bag and found thisThe book I wanted!

So I am feeling a tad bit morose today and so I blubbed in the car park of city centre, I am a woman with hormones and proud of it! Note to self - must get back on the evening primrose oil.

So a big thank you to Sharon for showing us how it’s done and to Isra for opening up her house to us and for being such a great friend. (Do i get my Grammy now?)

XX

P.S. We took a group photo, I'll link as soon as the girls have blogged.

Edited to add that the hostess with the mostess has blogged about our fun morning

Chatty Crafters!

I’m off to a chatty Crafters morning tomorrow and boy do I need it! I have lost my sewjo and need a little project like the one we will be working on to get me going.

I’m so excited…. and I just can’t hide it…

Check back tomorrow for pics!

Busy Busy Busy!

I've been a bit indisposed. First my brother shows up and insists on having BBQ's, when I declined he and my sister ganged up on me and started calling me a mummy and referring to me as boring! In my opinion the only wanted someone to set up, make the salads and clear up at the end of the night. I have to say apart from the cleaning up duties, I did enjoy myself. On both nights I didn't get to bed till two a.m.

I've also been trying to get some parts of the house packed up, we're having double glazing installed. We had to take all the curtains down, pack stuff away, tape up the cupboards (against the dust), put things in boxes, pack up our stuff for going to my mums, oh and I quickly organised the cupboards before I shoved everything else in (why???). I'm sure mt cupboard obsession harks back to my childhood, on Thursdays we would have to clean out our rooms including the cupboards. These had to be emptied vacuumed and then wiped down with a cloth!!! So Mama, that's another thing i can blame you for ;-) We're also going to be painting, getting the sofa's recovered, moving people around into different rooms etc..... Nothing like a bit of change to brighten things up a bit! YAY

I went to our Chatty Crafters morning, where we are making an Amy Butler Bag. I had a laugh with the ladies at all the silly little mistakes we had made following (or not) the instructions. The bag requires a lot of interfacing hence all I managed to do was iron all the interfacing on to the cut fabric, I worked at it for three solid hours!!!!!! It will be along time before I try making this bag again, It will probably be along time before I get the blooming thing finished. Alia has posted pictures of our morning here.

We have moved in to my mum's. I am looking forward to our next couple of weeks here. I'm going to have some friends round, throw the kids in the pool and pray that the cabin fever dissipates!