This week's smiles....week 417

 What a week it's been here at Sewing by Annies.  It's been the school's half term holiday and I have been flooded with prom dresses.  It was Bank holiday on Monday so I wasn't working but my customers more than made up for it on Tuesday and Wednesday..3-4 prom dresses arrived each day plus other sewing jobs.

I dont work Thursdays normally because we have the boys here but this week they have been on holiday with their Mummy so yesterday I tackled a really tricky dress that I had to do [yes my choice and I have to say it was a job and a half]. 

 It took me 7 hours to just do the top layers!!  I still have 3 more layers to shorten yet.

I thought it was a good idea to do it while I had no customers to disturb me because I have 2 more prom dresses coming today.

This photo really made me smile from last weekend....I love it when the boys sit together like this.

Our garden continues to make us smile...these are just some of this weeks blooms.

Of course I have to finish off with a few funnies....I hope something here makes you smile and you will leave me a little comment before linking up to your smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 416

 Here we are at another catch up of the smiles from the previous week...and there's been many for me.

I've been very busy with sewing with lots of posh frocks to work on  and I've still got lots more to come yet...it's prom season and I have lots of wedding/bridesmaids dresses too on top of yet more Memory bears :-)

We had a weekend with the boys last weekend...

They went to the open day for the Midlands Air Ambulance on Sunday and had a wonderful time, as you can see.

Lexi auditioned and has been given a place on the Disney Team 2026 to dance at Disneyland Paris....so very proud of her.  She's very excited as you can imagine.

Our garden continues to make us smile...the plants are bursting into bloom in every corner and I love it.

Lastly I have rather a lot of funnies to share with you this week...I'm sure something here will make you smile and hopefully nothing will offend.

Please leave me a little comment and then link up to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 How lovely was it to celebrate last week and to also see several on the video link on Saturday.  The friendships we have made since WOYWW was started 16 years ago are very special.

This week has seen me making 4 more special Memory bears...

These were made for someone who has recieved bears made by me before and loved hers so much that she wanted more making....how special eh?

This is one of the posh frocks I've worked on this week...this is one of two prom dresses I've done plus I altered a dress to be worn as a Best Woman's dress [a new idea for me but it was very pretty]. and several other long dresses too.

It's been a busy week with sewing but, as you know, I love being kept busy.  :-)

That's all from me for this week.  I will do my best to pay a visit to as many as I can but I have another busy day with a Bridesmaid's dress today.  :-)

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles.....week 415

 It's been a wonderful week filled with smiles.  Around a lovely weekend away in our caravan I was busy with sewing....wedding dresses, prom dresses and much much more.

We had our first adventure for 2025 in our caravan.  We had 3 nights on our favourite campsite near Llanidloes....it's like home from home, they make us feel so welcome.  It was Peggy's first time away in the caravan and she took to it like a duck to water.  We were allocated the best pitch on the site parked next to pond [the size of a tennis court] that is now filled with koi carp fish...and some of them are HUGE. 

On the bottom left is a photo of another pond on the site where I sat listening to the birds while Peggy was enjoying a run in the enclosed dog run.

I use an app on my phone that recognises birds and while I was sitting there it heard...

• White wagtail
• Willow warbler
• Mallard
• Swift
• Pheasant
• Reed Bunting
• Chaffinch
• Redstart
• Siskin
• Blackcap
• Swallow
• Dunnock
• Greater Whitethroat
• Blackbird
• Goldfinch
• Robin
• Chiffchaff
• Greenfinch and 
• Wren

It was bliss....I really love my birds

I thought you'd like to see a close up my son took of the baby robins in the bird house in our back garden.

They had flown the nest by the time we got home from our weekend away....not a bad thing because if they had landed on the floor I have a feeling Peggy would have killed them if she'd caught them.....aren't they cute?

This is our granddaughter Lexi's latest outfit she is to wear when she performs a Lady Gaga inspired piece at the O2 arena in London...she's such a beautiful girl inside and out and we are so very proud of her.

Of course it wouldn't be a Friday without a few funnies.  I hope you find something here to make you smile and will then leave me a comment before linking to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Happy 16th WOYWW Anniversary to you all.  What a wonderful thing Julia started all those years ago and Sarah has taken over the running of for the last year....I thank them both.  I love my Wednesdays and know that I'm not the only one to have made some very special friendships because of our weekly link ups.

As suggested I am now sharing the photos of the ATCs I have made to celebrate plus a back to print off for them if anyone would like to help themselves to one.  I wont be posting one as Sarah suggested because the postage is now so expensive...I hope you like them.

The only other thing I have to show you this week is a delicate job I was asked to sew on one of my Brides veils.  She lost her Nan recently and decided to have this made to go on the side of her veil....she wanted to feel her Nan was with her at her wedding in Cyprus [but hasn't told her Dad who's Mum it was so I have a feeling it's going to cause some emotions when he sees it].  I had to hand sew it on and then trim away the surplus net it had been embroidered on.

That's all from me for today so that just leaves me to say a big thank you for your continued friendships...long may they last.

Huge hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 414

 Here we are at another Friday catch up of the smiles from the previous week...and as always I can find several to share with you...

Our Wisteria on our pergola outside our kitchen door is looking really gorgeous this year.

We had the boys for the weekend and on the Sunday their Daddy took them to Chester Zoo and had a lovely day.

We were bought this hanging bird house a couple of years ago and this year we have Robins nesting in there and can watch them popping in and out feeding their babies....we bought them some live meal worms to help them out and the boys have really loved watching them and learning all about them.

Our garden continues to make us smile with new plants blooming each week...I thought you'd like to share them.

We are going away for the weekend in our caravan today so please forgive me if I am unable to leave any comments this week. ...it will depend on the wifi on the campsite. 

Of course I have also found a few funnies to share with you...I hope some of them make you smile.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Hello all.  I've had another week of being kept busy.  I have made my ATCs ready for the WOYWW 16th swap and managed to shorten the two bridesmaids dresses I had last week and made these three Memory Bears...

They were made in memory of a special Grandad.  The blue one in the middle was made for his wife and was made from a shirt he bought while they were out in India...he carries very special memories of a wonderful holiday together many years ago.

Since then I have shortened many more trousers and yesterday I patched and darned a jacket for a man I went to junior school with [one or two years ago].  I do love catching up with old friends and doing their sewing.

That's all from me for this week.  I have a Wedding dress coming today so will be kept busy with that I'm sure.  If you leave me a little message I will do my best to pop over to yours to see what you've been up to this week.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles.....week 413

 Here we are at another catch up of the things in the week that has made us smile....and, as always, I've found quite a few.

This collage was from last weekend.  I knitted a little Louie with his red Spiderman jumper on and a little Theo with a stripey jumper on with a big T on the front and as you can see the boys really loved them....it made all the cramp and pain worth while [see Wednesday's post].

Sam has had a new outfit for his kickboxing....one minute he's singing/acting and dancing and the next minute he's kickboxing....dont you just love him?

We have a long weekend with the boys this weekend and as you can see from a couple of photos taken from last night the fun has already started...Theo built a wonderful car with the Knex and Louie fitted the triominoes together to make hexagons....he learns something new every day.

That just leaves me a few funnies to make you smile...I hope they work.

Please leave me a little message before linking up to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x