WOYWW....

 Hello all.  I hope you're all keeping warm, well and enjoying creative fun.  I love Wednesdays [guess I just love being nosey and seeing what you're all up to each week].

This week I have...

Been painting little peg dolls for next Christmas...it was a special request :-)

They have now got tiny ring hooks in the tops and have ribbon hangers.

I've made three more lovely Memory bears in memory of a special Dad/Grandad...all the more special to make because I knew the man they were made in memory of.

I have another one coming Friday :-)

I've also cut out and started to make some little mice...I like to have something to do while I'm sitting in front of the telly [to keep me awake in the evenings :-) ].

I will be dressing them and making them into Christmas mice probably.

That's all from me for this week.  I hope you have enjoyed your visit.  If you leave me a little message I will do my best to pop over to yours to see what youve been up to this week.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 397

 I've had another week filled with smiles but I havent got pics to share with you apart from the lovely ones I shared on Wednesday of my new little pupil, Izzy.  She certainly gave me lots to smile about...please take a look to find out more.

The only other things I have to share with you is lots of funnies...there seems lots that have made me chuckle this week...

I hope you find something here to make you smile too...if you read my Wednesday post you will see why I chuckled about the needle in a haystack funny....I'm still looking!!!

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 Here we are at another Wednesday when we link up over at Sarah's to see what our friends are busy with each week....Please feel welcome to join in the fun.

So?  What is on my desk this week?

I made myself a new needle case because my old one has gone missing [holding all the special needles I use for my bear making!!].  I really hate to lose anything especially things I rely on so much...I've turned my sewing room upside down to look for it and it's nowhere to be found...my sewing room has had a good sort out though :-)

This is the first Memory bear made for 2025.  I made it for the school Shell teaches at as a gift and so far I have had two orders because of it :-)

The other thing I am able to share with you is my new little pupil, Izzy.  She had a new sewing machine for Christmas and her mummy asked if I would give her a few lessons with it.  She came for her first lesson on Monday and is really keen and eager to learn....I think she will go far.  During her hour with me she made herself a glasses case and learnt lots of new techniques [especially to slow down a little when she's sewing!!].

She then went home and made herself the little mouse from instructions on Utube and popped back in the afternoon to show me...I was speachless because she had done a really lovely job of making it....I'm so proud of her.

That's all from me for this week.  I will do my best to pop round to visit you as soon as I am able.  Have a great week all.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles.....week 396

 I was missing in action last week but hope you all had a wonderful Christmas...we did.  It was rather different/hectic this year but many happy memories were made...

I cooked Christmas dinner on Christmas eve so Theo and Louie could enjoy their Christmas with their daddy who is now living with us.  Shell, Brent and the twins joined us for Christmas Eve tea and it was really lovely to see the grandchildren enjoying fun time together.  Peggy had a Christmas jumper but it didn't stay on for long :-)   Bottom middle is a photo taken when my darling hubby stepped up to dress up as Santa for the school Shell teaches at when their usual man rang in sick at the last minute....He did a wonderful job [rather emotional to watch] and gave out pressies to about 80 children.  I have a feeling he will be asked back next year too.

Christmas day my dinner was cooked for me by the men in my life...Beef Wellington...and it was really yummy.  Why does food always taste better when you don't have to cook it?  :-)

Now that just leaves me to add a few funnies for you all and to wish you a very happy and healthy 2025.

Here's to many more shared smiles.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Firstly I'd like to say I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas...it was a little hectic/different here this year but many happy memories were made.  Also I would like to wish you all a very happy New Year....lets hope it's a healthy one for us all and is filled with everything you wish for yourselves.

I thought this was appropriate for us all :-)

I can now share something I made before Christmas.  It's a Luna Lapin rabbit but this time I had to dress it as a paramedic with a navy blue shirt, green trousers and a zip up green fleece jacket.  I really enjoyed the challenge to get it all right and the customer I made it for really loved it.

That's all from me for today.  I hope you all have a fun filled day.  I am closed until Monday 6th but already have one memory bear waiting to be made and more arriving soon .....happy days. :-)

This week's smiles....week 395

 I will be missing next week so the next Friday smiles will be in 2 weeks.  There is so much going on here at the moment that I need a bit of a rest....hope you don't mind.

This week has been another lovely hectic week filled with Christmas preparations...sewing/ cooking etc.

I have a lovely collage of the boys to share with you from last weekend....

We enjoy crafty/ creative time with them.  Here they are painting gingerbread men and having lots of fun....they are growing up far too fast.

I just have lots of funnies to share with you now before I wish you all a very happy Christmas and a wonderful 2025.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW.....

 As we inch ever closer to Christmas day I've been keeping busy.  I've been feeling like Santa's little helper with all I have been making [some of which I can't share with you....yet].  For now I can share these...

I made the boys some marble mazes...they have one of these and love it so I've made them a few more each.

I made 10 little magnetic fish and a fishing rod for them to play with.

I made them a large noughts and crosses game to play together with.

I then made 12 bean bags and a floor target.

I'm determined to make lots of memories for them that avoid the need for gadgets.

I then made 7 fabric bags to keep all their games in...to encourage them to tidy away before getting the next game out [well I can stay hopeful can't I?].

I think I've used nearly all my fat quarters now so I can see a shopping trip coming up soon :-)

I hope you have enjoyed your visit today.  My plan is to shut up shop this Friday to enjoy a couple of weeks chill [who am I kidding?].....baking and Christmas prep to be done yet.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 394

 It's been another lovely week filled with smiles here at Sewing by Annie's.  Our Grandchildren give us reasons to smile every week.  We went to watch Lexi perform in her Christmas dance show and she was amazing...she dances with an older group of girls now and is the smallest but she really keeps up with her performance and even won the team player award for her attitude with other dancers...

Here she is with her dance teacher recieving her award....so very proud of her.

We enjoy our time with Theo and Louie each week and I couldn't resist snapping them playing so nicely together.

We have put our Christmas decorations up and each year these go on our tree....my Mum knitted them all from the same pattern, yet they are all quite different.  They always make me smile.

We saw this postbox topper when we were out the other night and I couldn't resist snapping it from different angles...isn't is fab?

That just leaves me to add a few funnies to make you smile.  I hope these do the job and you will leave me a little message before linking up to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x