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

WOYWW...

 Hello all.  I was missing last week, basically because I had nothing to show you.  I had virtually no customers at all over the Easter holidays....I missed it but enjoyed the break and refilled my batteries.  This was meant to be because since Monday morning I have...

• Shortened 3 skirts
• Shortened a prom dress 
• Made 2 Memory bears
• Shortened 2 pair of trousers for one customer
• Shortened 6 pair of trousers for another customer

Today I have 2 pair of trousers to shorten for one of my regular customers and 2 Bridesmaid dresses to shorten and I also have 3 more Memory bears coming.  It really is all or nothing here at Sewing by Annie's

This is my to do rail...the pale green and the brown dresses are the bridesmaid dresses.  The navy dress on the right is the prom dress.

There are 2 of the pair of jeans hanging on my rail and the other 8 pairs are folded in their bags....so I have bags of clothes everywhere in my room....it's organised chaos :-)

These are the two Memory bears I've made....using a much loved man's favourite shirt and jumpers.

Finally I have these two little knitties to show you.  While I was enjoying my Easter break I fancied doing a little bit of knitting....I say  little bit because arthritic hands and knitting don't really go together.

I found these tiny 4" characters on Pinterest and bought the pattern on line....then couldn't find where it had downloaded to!!  I wasted half the morning finding it then searched for the right sized needles and could only find one!!  Eventually found the second needle and then looked for the right colours of wool....they have pale pink faces because I couldn't find any cream!!  Do you think something was trying to tell me I shouldn't be knitting?

Eventually [after lots of cramp in my hands!!] I managed to create a little Louie in his Spiderman jumper and a little Theo with a stripey jumper with a T on the front.  The boys really loved them so my labour of love was well worth it.

That's all from me for this week.  I hope you've all had a great week.  If you leave me a little message I will do my best to pay you a visit ASAP.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles.....week 412

 What a week it's been here at Sewing by Annie's....lots of smiles but no sewing.  I had nothing to share on my desk on Wednesday for that very reason.

We had the boys here for a long weekend so we had lots to smile about. We not only had fun time at home but we went for a ride on the Easter train from Llanfair Caereinion to Welshpool and even saw the Easter bunny who gave the boys an Easter egg each.

Wednesday night we went to Theatre Severn to watch Sam taking part in Nemo [Junior]....he played 5 different parts and the whole show was amazing.  We really do have a lot of very talented children in and around Shrewsbury.

So very proud of you Sam xxxx

That just leaves me to share a few funnies with you.  I hope you have all had a week filled with smiles and you will leave me a little message before linking up your smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 411

 Here we are at another weekly catch up of smiles from the week and this is Good Friday so I really hope this is the start of a wonderful weekend for us all.  We have the boys here this weekend so it will be a busy one for us filled with lots to smile about.  

It was Louie's 3rd Birthday last weekend so there was lots of celebrating and present opening....he's growing up far too fast.  :-)

He's Spiderman mad and really loved his Birthday cake.

There's lots more plants coming into bloom in our garden...they seem to be going from mostly yellows to lots more whites and blues and they make us smile every day.

That just leaves me to share a few funnies with you, and this week I've found quite a lot.  I hope you find a few that make you smile and you will then leave me a little message before linking up to your own smiles at the bottom of the page.

I hope you all have a great Easter weekend.

Hugs,

Annie x