WOYWW...

Actually what isn't on my desks today might be a shorter list :-)

Firstly I would like to show you this...

This was the elastic I had ordered last week.  I had many trying to guess how much I'd ordered to win themselves a couple of my masks.

When it arrived there was actually 480 metres [needless to say a lot of it has already gone] so with a guess at 400 metres the lucky winner was Helen....I will contact you on messenger Helen so you can choose your prize.

I've had a really busy week making masks and am struggling to keep up with the demand for them but in between times I've also done some special sewing...

Meet Bun bun.  He belongs to a special little girl who has Autism and her mummy asked me to make school uniform for him because he goes to school with the little girl every day.  I really enjoyed this challenge.  Bun bun didn't come with a pattern so I had to adjust the patterns I had to make his clothes fit.

I've been told that the little girl was thrilled to bits with him so that makes the challenge well worth the effort.

My next challenge was to make a cushion using fabrics from a wedding dress.  The bridesmaids were pale pink and I was asked to use a little to embellish it.

Rather pretty eh?

My darling hubby has been turning his hand to more baking...this time it was two coconut cakes and a batch of apple cakes....yummy too.

Mid sewing face masks in top gear my sewing machine started groaning and on closer inspection I decided it just might be because of all this grot that I had to clean out of it!!

Yes I am rather ashamed to show you that it had got this full of fluff.

I have shown you my boxes filled with fat quarters  before and it might surprise you to know they are very nearly all gone now on mask making so I had to order more materials....this is the first batch and I have more on it's way  :-)

I love new fabrics.  :-)

Now I've shared all that with you I'm going to show you what is actually on my desk this morning....yes it's a batch of 7 Memory bears.  I cut them out first thing yesterday morning but had lots of orders for face masks so I am planning on shutting myself away in my sewing room today to make these bears.

...if I don't get over to yours til later in the week  hope you will understand...but I will do my best.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

Another week of lockdown has passed and it's been a very busy one for me.  So many of my customers are wanting masks because they are thinking as lockdown ends we are going to be asked to wear them and our Government is struggling to provide sufficient for the NHS so we may be asked to make our own...watch this space as they say.

So my sewing room is a chaos of fabrics and masks in every process of making them.  I've really enjoyed pulling out batches of my fat quarters, pressing them [see pic below!!] and them combining matching/contrasting fabrics to make up the masks.

Yes I have pressed some of my fabrics but the rest have been done by my trusted assistant...we make such a great team.

Im my spare time I was asked for some headbands for one of my customers who is a nurse in our local hospital so of course I ran her 6 up so she has some to share with her friends.

I also made another head band for another of my customers when she dropped her uniform dress in for me to shorten...she had been issued a new dress but it was 12" too long so I shortened it for her...as you do :-)

Whilst making all the masks my reel of elastic was under great demand so I searched the net for some suitable elastic to replace it [it's like looking for hen's teeth!!].  As you can see it's now run out but thankfully I managed to get some more eventually.  I'm sure many of you saw Jan had put a competition on to guess how much thread she had ordered so I thought some of you might like to guess how much elastic I managed to buy...and win yourselves a couple of masks of your choice....please leave your guess in the comments and I will let you know next Wednesday who's was the closest guess. [I can only post to UK addresses sorry].

My last share for this week is the Luna Lapin rabbit I made for our daughter Amy.  It was her 36th birthday on Sunday and I was able to let her have it when she dropped off some shopping for us.

She really loves it so I'm thrilled that I have been able to spread a little more love in our family.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit today and will leave me a little comment to get your name in the draw for the masks...good luck and remember I like to think big ;-)

Hugs,

Annie x