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 Here we are at another Wednesday's catch up with our creative friends all around the world by linking up over at Sarah's Craft Shed.....we're a friendly group so why not join in the fun?

I have been updating my Memory Bear folder that holds a photo of every one I've made...and the latest ones have brought the numbers up to 882.

I love looking back through my folder and looking at all the special ones I've made.

On my desk today is a, fast filling, basket full of little Easter bunnies [each one contains little chocolate eggs].  These will go to raise funds for the Harry Johnson Trust.

That's all from me for this week folk.  If you leave me a little message so I know you've called in I will do my best to pop over to yours to see what you've been up to this week.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

Hello all.  Here we are at our weekly catch up with our creative friends from all round the world again.  Time sure does fly when you're having fun doesn't it?

Firstly as promised here's a quick snap of the little Flop eared bunnies I was making when you called in last week....

I cut a full bunny out in each of the 6 fabrics I was using and then mixed and matched them to make up the bunnies.....I rather like how they have all turned out don't you?

We have a little craft shop close by that has now been taken over by a really lovely lady so I popped in to say hello this week.  She is happy to send customers to me if they ask about alterations and is planning to stock lots of lovely fabrics so I have a feeling I may need to call in often.  These were 6 fat quarters that just jumped into my hand while I was there too....well you just have to don't you?

As you know there are never two days the same here at Sewing by Annie's and this week has been no exception.  I thought you might like to see what I've been busy doing.....

One of my customers brought me two 5 foot x 6 foot fabric panels to make wall hangings out of....they wouldn't fit in my home but she says she has high ceilings and fell in love with them.  I had to hem all 4 sides and make tubes of fabric at the top so they will hang on poles.

The other thing I thought you might like to see is my new banner I've made this week.  I will be using it at the craft fayre I have a table at this Sunday so if you're popping in you will know what to look for 😀

I had a lot of fun appliqueing the letters etc on and am really pleased how it turned out.

There you go.  That's all from me for this week.  Please leave me a little comment and I will get over to yours as soon as.....  Have a great week.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW.....

Here we are again at the weekly show and tell of many Creative folk from all around the world....check out details over at The Stamping Ground if you want to know more.  It's a very friendly group and all are welcome to join in the fun.

So? What's on my desk today?....

Firstly I'm going to share a link to a song that's been going round in my head all week...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_2lGkEU4Xs

And here's why?......

I ordered 15 matchboxes flat packed off eBay and they arrived on Saturday morning so I sat making the little boxes with that song going round in my head.  I cut 15 1.5"x2.5" pieces of felt to stick in the bottoms of each box.  I then cut 30 1.5"x2" pieces of matching felt to make 15 little pillows and 15 little machine edged blankets.....yes I know I'm quite mad!!

 I have used half of the above little beds for tiny dolls I was very kindly sent from some special blogging friends [you know who you are....thanks girls xxxx] and in the other half I have put tiny felt teddies I make.  These are my Matchbox buddies that I will be taking to the Spring Fayre I have a table at on April 2nd in Baschurch....do call in to say hello if you're in the area.

 This is what my desk looks like this morning.  Yesterday I cut out 6 bodies, 12 ears, 12 arms, 12 little legs and 6 little heart pockets using the fat quarter fabrics I picked up from Aldis a few weeks back.  I've already stitched the arms, ears, legs and pockets together, snipped around all the curves, turned them right sides out and pressed them all.  I am now deciding which fabrics look best with which before sewing them all together to make some Easter Bunnies.

So there you go....you can see what I will be doing today.  I will do my best to remember to snap a pic of the finished bunnies to share with you next week.

Please leave me a little comment to let me know you've called in and I will pop over to yours to see what you're up to this week.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

Hello all.  It's been an exciting week for me here at Sewing by Annie.  I know many of you will have seen me posting about my little Memory bears on my Sewing by Annie facebook page and this week they have gone viral locally....one of the big local schools has shared them on their school page and there has been lots of interest....so much so that I have now offered any local school willing to share my bears £1/school bear sold for one of their pupils to go for their school fund.....I'm buzzing here as you can imagine.

So on my desk this week are the little Easter projects I've been working on in case I get very busy with my bears.....and if I do I will be training up the grandchildren to help me keep up with demand.

My little bunnies in their carrot sleeping bags.  It looks like they are having a sleep over and as my daughter Amy commented....She thought they would be bed hopping in the night!  :-) :-)

My Easter chicks....each has a little pocket on the front that chocolates/money could be popped into.

The other thing I'm sharing today is some fabric I've bought this week.  They are fat quarters on offer at Aldis this week [what you maybe can't see is there is 2 fat quarters in each pile!].  They just jumped into my trolley at the weekend....as it does!

It was just too good value to leave it sitting there.

There you go.  It's short and sweet this week just how Julia likes it.  I hope you like my little makes this week and will leave me a little comment so I know you've called by.  I will do my best to call by at yours as soon as I can.  Hope you all are well and happy and have a really creative week ahead of you.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW.....

It's a quick post from me for today cos the demand for little Easter bunny bags has been much better than imagined.  Last week I made 9 to see if there was any interest and in the first afternoon I sold 11!!!  I therefore had to get cracking to keep up with demand and the bunnies have been multiplying ever since :-)

 I've made them by the batch....some more pink ones...

....then some yellow, green and peach coloured ones.

I even strung some up across my sewing room cupboards at one stage and made some bunny bunting with them....but the suggestions for what I could call them from that big sister of mine got a little cheeky so I snipped them up and filled a basket of completed bunnies ready for the up and coming craft fair.

That's my lot for today.  Please leave me a little hello message and I will pop over to see what you've been up to as soon as I am able.

have a great week.

Hugs,

Annie x