It's been another week filled with smiles here at Sewing by Annie's.
It was Theo's 8th birthday on the 7th and here are a couple of photos from his birthday celebrations....it appears the big boy enjoyed it as much as the little boys :-)
Here's the twins proudly showing me their latest certificates....Lexi for her dancing and Sam for his singing. The give us so much to smile about...so very proud of them.
They will become teenagers on 20th of this month...where has that time gone?
I have found lots of funnies this week....this poem seems to have so many things right. :-)
There seems a funny to suit everyone this week.. I hope I've left you smiling and you will now link up to your own smiles below.
It never fails to amaze me how different my weeks are....from one week when I work non stop to a week, like last week, when I didn't have one customer all week. If only I knew in advance I could spread my sewing jobs out but I have to keep on top of what comes through my door just in case the next day/week is as busy.
I've had a steady flow of customers this week and I have met some really lovely people. My customer from South Wales came up to collect her 4 bears and she loved them so much she asked me to make her another one. The 4 bears were for her 4 children in memory of their older brother who was only 39 when he died of cancer.
This extra bear is for the mum and I really hope it gives her a lot of comfort and he's now on his way to his new home in South Wales.
The next Memory Bear I made is this gorgeous little bear made from tiny babygros...in fact the one was so tiny I had to make a seam to join the head on the body to get the 8"x15" panel out of it.
This was made for a really lovely lady who, when she saw it, hugged me and burst into tears....I really love my job.
I've also taken the collar off a top, overlocked the edge and top stitched in into place....even I was impressed with the finished result [and so was my customer].
My next job was to shorten two long dresses for another new customer....no two days are the same.
Last week was soooooo busy here at Sewing by Annie's but, in contrast to that, I haven't had one customer this week so far. If only I'd known I could have spaced my sewing out but I always like keep on top of it in case I get the same amount of customers each week.
I have used my time well and made myself a super fully lined denim bag. It has a zipped pocket on the outside and another zipped one and two open pockets on the inside so was quite challenging to make....I didn't have a pattern :-) I added a photo on my Wednesday post, below, if you'd like to see it.
On Sunday there was a Race for Life with 6000 motor bikes that raised lots of money for the local Air Ambulance. We watched the race from a bridge over the A5....our son-in-law, Brent, took Sam on the back of his old Triumph Bonneville bike and I managed to snap a photo as they went below us...
Our new shed was erected on Tuesday...it was supposed to be done last week but when it arrived they noticed they had made the two ends round the wrong way so they had to remake them for us.
It looks really fab and by hubby is now enjoying fitting it out with shelving to organise it's contents onto.
Just after the new shed was completed we had a visit from a huge heron on the roof of the house behind us....I think he was checking if the new shed would be a good place to build his nest :-)
Our Morning Glory has new blooms every day,,,,sometimes 2/3, sometimes 5/6. It makes me smile each morning to see how many will open up. They are such a lovely blue.
Of course it wouldn't be Friday without a few funnies....I hope you find something here to make you smile. Please leave me a little message and, if you can, then link up to your own smiles below.
I noticed when I put the two bears on last week that I had forgot to show you the first 4 I made for this customer....
These were made for a Dad/Grandad who died far too young and were made from his favourite clothes.....each item holding special memories.
The clothing for these 4 arrived Tuesday afternoon from South Wales....aren't they bright and cheery?
They are made in memory of my customer's son to give to his siblings and she is coming up from South Wales to collect them at the end of the week when she visits family members.
I think I was very missed while I was away on my holidays because since I started back on Tuesday morning I have.....
Made 2 memory bears with personalised labels
Removed belt straps from a dress.
Shortened a pair of trousers
Shortened 2 skirts
Rehemmed 3 pair of trousers
Replaced a concealed zip in a skirt
Shortened 2 Nurses dresses
Made the 4 memory bears [above]
Repaired the underarm seams on a waterproof jacket
Shortened 2 pair of nurse's trousers
Shortened a pair of jeans
Repaired a seam on an evening dress and
Shortened a pair of jeans
This was all done last week and that also included a day sewing with the twins on Wednesday.....the customers kept coming but the jobs were put in a queue to do Thursday and Friday :-)
This week has started very differently as I have had no sewing to do for my customers as yet [I know I have some coming] so I have made the best of my break and....
I planned and cut out all these pieces.....I bought a new bag while I was away on holiday and fancied making another one from denim.
Hey presto....one new denim zipped bag with a zipped pocket on the front and it's fully lined with two open pockets and another zipped pocket inside too......I'm really pleased with it and it has been made totally with fabrics/ zips/ webbing etc that I had in stock.....and that pleased me all the more.
That's all from me for this week. I hope you have enjoyed your visit and will leave me a little message so I know you've called in and I will do my best to pay you a return visit as soon as I'm able.
