WOYWW.....

Hi all.  I hope it's rather warmer and drier where you are today......brrrrrr and they call this summer!!

I think most of my customers have gone on holiday at the mo so my desk today is a quiet one and not worth sharing but I do have a few snaps of what I've been doing on it this week...

Last week I was in the process of planning / making a tissue box cover for my new sewing room so I've snapped a couple of pics of it now it's finished....

Every side has a handy pocket on it for all the bits and bobs I use in my sewing room and the one side even has a pin cushion.....hope you like it as much as me :-)

The other finished item I'm sharing with you today is a card I made using one of the little dumflings I've made.  I've mounted it on a toning pretty piece of fabric and edged it with machine embroidery....rather pretty isn't it? :-)

That's all I've got to share with you today.  I hope you've enjoyed your visit and will leave me a little message to let me know you've called by so I can pay you a return visit.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW......

Happy Wednesday to one and all....hope you like my new header picture.  It's a quick snap of one of the poppies that's sprung up in our back garden.....they could have been pulled out as weeds but my motto this year is leave anything other than recognised weeds in to see what grows and aren't I thrilled these have survived?

On my desk today is a little project I'm working on......

I went into our local fabric shop, Watson and Thornton's in Shrewsbury  [you know the one Sam and Jan ;-)]  looking for some stiff cotton fabric for a few projects I have in mind and as you would expect Brian, [the man who can put his hand on anything], found me some Permastiff Cotton......has anyone ever used it before?  If so what did you think?

I carefully made a paper pattern using some brown paper and pinned it onto the Permastiff. [I've only pinned it at the edges as the Permastiff does seem to mark with the pin holes ].

I cut out the fabric carefully so as to not cut into my newly made ironing board cover :-)

As you can see I'm using a push back method with my machines today....I've got no other room at the mo!!

I've clipped into the corners as you might be able to see.

I don't often pin but I've pinned the basic shape together to see if it fits....can you tell what it is yet?

Ta da.  It fits a treat and I think it will do the job nicely.  I am planning to use the Permastiff as a lining for my tissue box cover for my new sewing room.....I am planning to make a cover with pockets and attach a pin cushion to it to it will be useful and pretty.

As they say....watch this space for further developments.  :-)

Today there should be a skip on my drive and builders in the back garden digging out the footings for our extension so its mess and excitement all round for me.  Please leave me a little comment so I know you've called by and I will be over to yours to see what you're up to this week as soon as I can.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW.....

Hello folks.  It's been so lovely to see all the wonderful photos of the crop from last Saturday....it really did look like a lot of fun was had by all and I really do wish I'd managed to go this year. [Life just gets in the way at times doesn't it?].  In fact it was just as well I didn't plan to go this year because on Friday I had my routine diabetic eye screening check and this is what I ended up like!!!!

Ouch!!  I ended up needing a visit to A and E on Friday evening, having a very painful night all Friday night and having to see a Dr in the acute eye clinic on Saturday morning.  I think it was something to do with a blocked tear duct or something but I paced the floor with pain all day Saturday so if I'd planned to join in the fun at the crop it would all have been spoilt......thankfully my eye is now improving daily and the pain has now gone.

So what's on my desk this week?

This is my industrial sewing machine!

This is the little chair in my sewing room!!

This is the stair gate between my sewing room and where my new sewing room will be [when it's been built!].

And what you can see draped in every area of my life at the mo are b***** curtains!!.....and you all know what I think of curtains don't you?

I had to make two smaller pairs of curtains from a large pair so, with a bit of help with that much older sister of mine [that now lives just 5 mins away :-) :-) :-) ] they are well one their way to being done now :-)

What's rather more interesting is....I've now finished the quilted book cover using the poppy fabrics and I love it.

Also there's a new tissue box and the plans for my next project  on my desk today.

So there you go.  That's all from me for today.  My darling other half has a few days holiday this week so we will be having a fun day with the twins today and my bloggy visits will have to be done either later in the day or tomorrow but if you leave me a little hello message to say you've called in I will be over at yours as soon as I'm able.

Hugs,

Annie x

Don't forget to send me your details via email to wipso@toucansurf.com if you would like to swap ATCs with me next week....I've still got a few spare ones :-)