WOYWW...

 Wow it's been a busy week....yes, another one :-)

We enjoyed birthday celebrations for Theo at the weekend.....can you believe he's 10 already?

It was really lovely to enjoy some family time...we make the best of every moment.

I had been waiting for months for these 7 to arrive and my customer eventually came on Friday, telling me he needed them ASAP.....so apart from family times I spent all weekend sewing them for him.  He came and collected them on Monday :-)...that's what you call service :-)

In my spare time [yes there was a little lol] I have finished the latest army of frogs...I love them when the are all layed out like this....They will be off to fight the battle against cancer soon.

On my desk today is another 5 Memory bears being made...they arrived Tuesday.  I must try to get them finished today because I am having the day off tomorrow to spend the day with Jan and Jo...I'm sure there will be lots of chat and giggles .  Can't wait to catch up with them both.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 What a lovely week it was last week celebrating 900 weeks of joining up with old friends and the usual ones.  Long may the friendships last.

This week I've altered two bridesmaids dresses, Shortened a few trousers and managed to sew the body parts of an army of 10 more little frogs...

These all need snipping, turning through and stuffing before putting them together...lots of fiddly frogs legs!

I've treated myself to a new little crafting iron...it's so handy when you work with fiddly jobs like I do...I love it.

It's been an exciting back to school week for our Grandchildren....Sam seems to have grown lots during the summer holidays and, as you can see is now a good bit taller than Lexi.

Our youngest, Louie has just started school [he looks such a little tot in his uniform] and Theo has just had his 10th birthday...Don't they look smart together?

The other thing I have to show you this week is these yummy cheese and courgette scones....such a great way to use up the glut of courgettes at this time of year....If you want the recipe please shout.

We have had another death in the family sadly and this week I have had health problems that have required lots of tests so it's been a challenging week.

As they say 'Live every day' !!

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW.....

 Phew.... it's getting hot in here...and I can't take off all my clothes cos it puts off my customers :-)

I hope you are managing to keep cool and hydrated.

I've had a steady flow of customers even though it's been a hot one.

I managed to finish the bear you saw I was going to make last week and the lady who brought those clothes loved the bear so much that she asked me to make another one with the left overs [for her other daughter].....

...this time adding a green jumper her daughter wore as a deputy head girl.

She's shared these two with her friends who also have children moving up to big school this time so maybe I will get more orders :-)

The pile of cut out frogs has grown and I've even started sewing some of them but it's been too hot to do much more.

That's all from me for today.  I will pop over to see what you've been up to as and when I can.

Stay cool and drink plenty folks.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 Hi all.  It's been a bit of a butterfly week for me.  I've gone from one job to another.  I've had a steady flow of customers and as soon as I've done their sewing they have come and collected it so there has been lots of coming and going.

I added twiddlers inside and out of my latest twiddle mitt and finished it off....I think my 3 will go with Jo's up to the hospital's dementia unit at some point.

In between sewing jobs I have started cutting out another batch of frogs for the charity...it's been a while since I made some.

These are the latest pair of Memory bears I've made this week...this means I just need to make 5 more to reach my 1000. :-)

Finally the last thing I'm sharing today is this lovely Bridesmaid dress that arrived yesterday afternoon...I will be shortening this today so will be visiting all those that call on me in between jobs.

I hope you all have a great week.  I will be thinking of Jan tomorrow when she goes in to have her cataracts done...really hope all goes well Jan.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Another week has passed and the sewing keeps coming...thankfully.   I've still had spare time so have been frog making this week. 

 I'm going to start this week with a smile.....

My Amaryllis has continued to make me smile when the third stalk opened up with yet another 4 blooms...so 12 in total.  Not bad for something I felt sorry for at Aldis...it's repaid me in full.

I decided to try out a couple of different patterns to make the frogs for the charity this time and made 3 like this which I rather like and....

....two like this [so far]....I like this pattern most because it's more like the frog Harry drew before he died.  There will be more made like this one.

That's all from me for this week.  I will pop over to see what you've been up to so please leave me a message if you call by.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Another Wednesday of catching up with our friends and their creative desks...and I love it.  

I have only had a few customers this week so it has allowed for more crafty fun...

The latest army of frogs is now completed and will be hopping off to the Harry Johnson Trust soon....I love all their different colours.

I have also been busy making pompoms to be used as Christmas tree decorations...these are sprouts, Christmas puddings and robins and all need decorating to finish them.

I bought some new googly eyes and searched for the little holly leaves I knew I had....of  course I had put them somewhere safe!!  Whilst looking for them I found some more little googly eyes and some little silver bells I'd forgot I had.  Of course the little holly leaves were in the last place I looked :-)

That's all from me for today. I hope Neet continues to improve and Julia and hubby are moving on with their plans with the business.

 I will do my best to call by at as many of you as I can.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 Hello all.  I've had another busy week here at Sewing by Annie's but its not been all work :-)  It's my birthday tomorrow so there's been a few early birthday treats too...

Saturday we went to Birmingham to see John Bishop at the NIA....he was brilliant [we laughed until our faces ached].  We then stayed the night in a hotel and had breakfast the next morning before we went back home.

Monday night we went to Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury to see Russell Watson [a birthday treat for my big sister]....he was amazing and a good night was had by all.

I have had a few customers needing sewing and in between I have...

....made the 7 cushion pads and put books in each of the front pockets.

I have also been sewing some of the little frogs.

I had a very sad looking little Ted arrive through my door this week.  He is 76 years old and was falling apart sadly.  I sat chatting to his owner who was a lovely gentleman and had been given Ted for his first Christmas.  We discussed what he wanted me to do.  He needed a new arm and ear making, two new eyes, a good wash and restuffing.  Some of his panels were falling apart and needed replacing too.

Here is Ted after  I'd finished with him....he certainly looks better than he did.  I couldn't match the fur perfectly and even had to dye what I managed to get with coffee.

That's all from me for today.  I hope you will leave me a little message so I know you've called in and I will do my best to pay you a visit ASAP.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Here we are at another Wednesday catchup with our creative friends all around the world....I love Wednesdays.

I've had a steady flow of customers  this week so my time for sewing fun has been limited but....

I have managed to finish 36 hair scrunchies and with a little help have put their paper tags on them...I think this makes them look more proffesional and they certainly sell well.

I've been working on the army of frogs... I've sewn white felt tummies on all of them and I'm now doing the sewing one frog at a time.

I enjoy being able to pick up a frog or two between my sewing jobs.

That's all I have to share with you today. Please leave me a little message when you call in and, as soon as I can, I will do my best to pop over to yours to see what you've been up to this week.....hope it's been a good one for you.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 Here we are at another Wednesday catch up with our creative friends around the world to see what they have been up to in the previous week....but first I must send lots of love to Julia for the dreadful time she's been having this last week following the fire at her hubby's workshop.  My heart goes out to them both.

I managed to finish the activity quilt I was making by wadding, quilting and backing it....I'm sure you young lady it's made for will love all the bright colours.

I then printed of the latest page of Memory Bears...this brings my number made up to 962

My next job was to get my stock of green fabric out....can you guess what I'm making next?

Did you guess?  Here is my next army of little frogs all cut out to make for the charity I  support.  Now they are cut out I can make them between sewing jobs :-)

That just leaves me to add a little funny....quite an appropriate one because I now need to buy some more small print green fabrics ready for the next army of frogs, when needed...I like to get some in ready :-)

I will do my best to call by on as many as I can so please leave me a little message to let me know you've called by.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Hello all.  I'm sorry I was out of action last Wednesday with Flu/cold.  Both hubby and I have been really rough on and off for a month or more and last week we were as bad as it had been....coughing lots and running really high temps.  We tested negating for Covid but it felt pretty much the same.  It's been an awful bug and I'm hoping it's on it's way out now.  There have been so many folk around here suffering the same and it leaves you good for nothing so we had to listen to our bodies and sleep it off.  If you read my Friday post you will also see I had a health scare too but thankfully the results came back normal and no further appointments/tests were needed....phew!!

On my desk today are the latest army of frogs, now finished and handed over to the Harry Johnson Charity, to give out the the children newly diagnosed with cancer....I've now made 58 and it makes me rather sad to think that there are so many children needing them but it's good to do my bit.

The only other thing I have to share with you this week are these little mice I've been making....they have been something nice to do a little of...when I've been awake lol.

That's all from me for today....hopefully I will have more to share by next week.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 I had so many lovely messages last week wishing me well and thankfully it's worked.  I have managed to shake the bugs off so I can face the next challenges life is throwing at me.....more of which I will share some other time.

I had a special request this week from one of my customers....

She sent me a link to this and asked if I could make one for her little girl.  I followed the link and after much juggling I managed to print off the patterns.

It took me well over an hour to make the tiny chick [it's only about 4 cm tall!!] with her little 'sleeping bag' egg so I felt it was impossible to charge a sensible price....and wont be making more lol.

I asked for a donation for Harry Johnson Charity and she gave me £5 so it was a win win situation...and I did enjoy making it even if it was very fiddly.

The other thing on my desk today is the next army of frogs in the making...these go to each newly diagnosed child with cancer in the area to introduce them to The Harry Johnson Trust that funds many things for the children affected.

That's all from me for today.  I hope you're all well and happy.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

This is what we woke up to yesterday morning so what better place to be on a day like that than cosy in my sewing room....and I have been busy there too.

I have made another army of frogs for The Harry Johnson trust to give out to the children newly diagnosed with cancer...this brings the number I've made up to 46....and I really hate to think that there are that many children diagnosed.

I was asked to make this gorgeous little bear from a Fairisle Jumper and when my customer saw the finished results she asked me to make another with what was left so....

....here's number two.  I changed the ribbon colour so they were slightly different.  They are now on their way to their new homes in Bognor Regis....that's another new area of the country to have a bit of Annie's love. :-)

This was the next little bear I was asked to make...made from a special little dress that was bought for a little girl by her Godmother who sadly died.

That's all from me for this week.  I hope you're all keeping well and warm.  I will do my best to pop over to see what you've been up to as soon as I can.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Another week and another lovely catch up with our creative friends around the world....we link up each week over at Sarah's Craft Shed.  Please follow the link and join us....it's a lovely group and everyone is welcome.

I've had a busy week here at Sewing by Annie's.  I have...

• Shortened 3 layers on one bridesmaid dress and took it up on the shoulders
• Shortened 1 layer on another bridesmaid dress
• Corrected an awful job done on the shoulders of another bridesmaid dress [by another local sewing lady!]
• Shortened and tapered the sleeves on a gent's jacket ready for his wedding in 2 weeks time
• Tapered the legs and shortened the legs on 2 pair of trousers
• Shortened a pair of jeans
• Replaced the zip in a pair of shorts and
• Patched and darned another pair of shorts

On top of that I have also...

Made a special frog for Sally [Harry's mum from the charity].  She really loved the last one I made so I made her one of her own and made this one his own cape like the one Harry drew.   She's picking it up tonight [and doesn't know about it as yet]....I hope she likes it.

Sally works so hard for the charity and I felt she deserved something special.

I've made 10 denim coasters for the HJT and tied them in pairs with ribbon.

I then cut out 9 more little frogs to go to the newly diagnosed children with cancer.

I hope this army of frogs, now I have finished them, will help in the fight against childhood cancer....I've made 36 in total.

Each child gets a frog to introduce them to the charity and it's benefits.

That's all from me for this week.  If you leave me a message so I know you've called in I will do my best to pop over to yours to say Hi.  Have a great week.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 I was missing last week.  We had gone of the first adventure in our caravan of 2024...there are details/pics in my Friday post if you'd like to see more.

On my desk this week are the, now finished, army of frogs for the H J Trust...

I hope they all do well in fighting the battle against cancer in children.

I've had my first order for a school leavers Memory bear for this school year....and have another one coming this week....I wonder how many I will get this year?

In between all the jobs I've done for my customers I have also made this lovely Alphabet wall hanging....I will be selling this to raise funds for the charity.

I'm sure it will look lovely hanging on the wall in a baby's nursery.

I hope you will leave me a little message so I know you've called in and I will pop over to your blog to see what you've been up to this week.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Here we are at another catch up with our creative friends all around the world to see what they have on their desks and a little of what's been going on with them over the last week....I love my Wednesdays.

On my desk today is a box full of 10 little frogs waiting for their eyes [buttons].  A group of frogs is called an army and I feel this is most appropriate as these will be going to children newly diagnosed with cancer and I really hope they will help them in their fight.

Those 10 little frogs used up most of my green fabrics so I contacted Denise from Cabin Crafts and told her what I wanted the fabric for.  She then searched through all the fabrics she had and sent me pics of all she thought were suitable.  These gorgeous fabrics are not only lovely quality and are reasonably priced but they arrived at my door within a couple of days.....brilliant service Denise, thank you so much.

I thought some of you might like to see all the dresses that were hanging up in my sewing room, needing steaming, last week.  Lexi put them all to really good use last weekend....and I can proudly say I was thrilled to be able to watch her dance.

Lexi is now one of the youngest in the group she dances with, as she is now 12, and was thrilled to bits to come away with a third place....she loves her dancing.

I hope your week has been as lovely as mine.

Hugs,

Annie x