WOYWW...

 Hello all.  Here we are at another Wednesday desk share with our creative friends.  It's been a different sort of week for me...

Monday  I was supposed to have a customer wanting me to make her 2 Memory bears having recently lost her Mum but she messaged me to say on sorting out her Mum's clothing she decided she wasn't ready to have them made just yet....the time for these things has to be right.

  This meant I had a day to find something else to do so...

...I decided to sort out one of my thread drawers...the blue/green one.  My threads tend to get rather mixed up and tangled and finding the one I need becomes difficult.

The bottom pic is my now tidy drawer....doesn't it look fab and yes I do have a lot but you can guarantee I wont have the right colour for the next job that comes through my door.

Yesterday I had to look at a prom dress to see if it was possible to reduce it from a size 12 down to a size 8....it had a pretty beaded band around the bodice and there was no way of taking it in as much as was needed because of it sadly.

So, yet again I was looking for something to do to use my time wisely...

I sorted out some small pieces of fabrics and cut out 1 1/2" strips to do some patchwork with and made these pretty key rings for the charity....what do you think?

Whilst cutting the tiny patchwork squares I learnt an important lesson...my rotart cutter is very sharp when it's got a new blade in it!!!! Ouch it hurt and it bled like a pig.

That's all from me for today.  If you leave me a little message I will do my best to pay you a visit to see what you've been up to.

I hope Neet is continuing to recover well at home...sending her lots of love.

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.....

 Hello all.  I heard from Neet yesterday and she could tell be she is now back in hospital having had an accident at home so please send her lots of healing wishes.  I really hope she is back home soon.

I've had a lovely week since we spoke last Wednesday.

Do you remember me telling you that I had bought the last amaryllis in Aldis?  Well it is now repaying me in full.  The first of the three stems has 4 blooms, the second stem now also has 4 beautiful blooms and the third stem is now starting to open up....I wonder how many blooms that one will have?

Our Sunday afternoon was spent being proud Grandparents.

Firstly we went to watch Lexi dancing in a competition and what a beautiful little dancer she is now.

Then we rushed to Theatre Severn to watch Sam in Dare to Dream Jr.

He had to sing a solo [emotional moments]....and he has a beautiful voice.

There was over 30 youngsters performing and there were some really beautiful voices amongst them.

I have made 8 little rabbit bags filled with chocolate eggs for the charity.

I have also used a piece of fabric that Jan sent us to make this lovely quilt for the charity...fabric well used Jan, so thank so much for sharing with us.

I made these two beautiful bears yesterday.  One of my customers gave me the piece of beautiful Indian fabric to make a bear out of so I made two and intend to give her one of them as a thank you.

I am making another Memory bear today so that will bring me to just 12 from 1000 bears...exciting times.

I will do my best to pop over to yours later.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 It's been a busier week here at Sewing by Annie's.  I've took in several pairs of trousers and shortened them and I altered the shoulders on a posh frock for a Mother of the Groom.

I have also made this very special Memory Bear made from a wedding dress.  The dress had been cut up for several different projects but thankfully there was enough to make a bear from and the front of the bear was made from the front panel off the dress.  It was rather tricky to make but it was worth the effort because my customer loved it.

In my free time I have managed to make these 12 popper purses for the charity and then.....

.....I used some of the new fabrics that I may have bought on Saturday while we were on a little adventure in Shrewsbury.

I made 7 little carrot bags that are now waiting for some chocolate mini eggs to fill them.

I'm sure these will sell well for the charity.

That's all from me for this week.  I do have more trousers to alter today so I will do my best to pay you a visit in between my jobs.  

I believe Neet is now back home so I hope she is feeling much better now.  Sending her lots of love.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW.....

 Hello all.  I hope you've all had a good week.  I haven't had many customers this week but enough to keep me ticking over.  Of course I've not been sat doing nothing.....

I found something I fancied making and it needed lots of little squares cutting out so I set to and worked out how many I needed from the pattern I'd cut out.  I  found lots of pretty fabrics and covered my sewing machine table in colour.

I spent last Wednesday patching together the pieces and then made this cute Easter rabbit....I was rather pleased with it even though it didn't look quite the same as it was on the picture even though I'd printed off the pattern supplied.

Yesterday, I finished making these 8 bowl cosies...each one is different with a different lining to the outers.  Jo wants a couple of these and the rest will go to make money for the charity.

We've bought a new soup maker this week.....I've always made soup using a pressure cooker then blitzed it with a hand held liquidiser ...lots of time, effort and mess needed.

I'm loving the soup maker and, having spent a few days with a sore mouth post my dental extraction, I really enjoyed both of these soups...the top one was broccoli and stilton and the lower one was tomato and vegetable.....yum yum.

A few weeks ago I took sympathy on the last amaryllis in Aldis when we shopped.  It has now rewarded me by sprouting three flower shoots....I've never had one with three before so I'm really looking foward to it blooming now.

It's not a clear photo but my snowdrops have now started blooming....this always makes me smile.  Spring is on it's way.  Yahooooooo

That's all from me for this week. If you leave me a little message so I know you've called by I will pop over to yours to see what you've been up to this week.  I hope it's been a good one for you.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 Hello all.  I hope you're all well and happy and the weather has been kind to you.

I managed to finish the lovely bears I was making last week when you called in...

They look so lovely with their tags and these three mean I just need to make 16 more to reach 1000.

I have made 4 peg bags using some material that Jan sent us to use for the charity and then made...

...three little popper purses and...

.....three glasses cases.

These were the ones I had cut out last week.

Since then I cut out 8 glasses cases using this gorgeous owl fabric...I thought the little owls lent themselves to glasses cases and hope they sell well for the charity.

We have enjoyed making this jigsaw that Maxine gave us for Christmas and have now passed it on to Jo to do....and Jo gave us the sunflower one they did.

That's all from me for this week.  If you leave me a little message I will do my best to pop over to yours...I didn't get to everyone last week because I had to have a wisdon tooth out on Thursday and it knocked me about a bit so I've been recovering all week....I guess we don't heal as quickly as we get older.  I hope to do better this week.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Hello all. Here we are to link up with our creative friends all over the world to see what they have been up to in the previous week.  Here's hoping 2026 finds you all well and happy and finding a little time to have fun. 

I've made the best of the couple weeks with no customers....

I have 20 boxes that I keep my material in but some of it has been in there for years and it was all mixed up, so much so that when I needed something specific I could never find it.

I pulled each box out, sorted all the contents and threw out anything that I would never use [and there was lots of that!!].

Every surface/shelf was cleared and dusted [I make a lot of dust during my working days.

It was so lovely to start on Monday morning with a spotless sewing room.

Monday morning I cut out 4 peg bags, 3 glasses cases and 3 little purses to make for the charity...this will give me something to do in quiet moments.

On my desk this morning are the three bears that arrived yesterday.  These are for a returning customer for other family members because they loved the last ones I made for them.

They just need labels making this morning with 'Mum and Dad' on each.

These 3 mean I just need to make 16 more to reach 1000 :-) :-)

I have a little chuckle for you. Lexi and Sam pose for a photo every year wearing the Christmas stockings I made them as babies....they fit inside them back then but, as you can see,  they struggle to get even their feet in them now. :-)

That's all from me for today.  I will do my best to pop over to yours in between jobs to see what you've been up to.

Hugs,

Annie

WOYWW....

 Well.  It came and it went lol.  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have managed some relaxation....we have, plus I have spent some time sorting the boxes of fabrics in my sewing room.  I've been really firm and have thrown out tiny scraps that I'm never likely to use...and there were lots of them!!

Whilst sorting I found lots that I had forgotten I'd got including a lovely piece of turqouise fabric and I knew just the job for it.....

The one chair in my sewing room looked worn and tired so my darling hubby and I set to and recovered it.  I really love the finished result and even more so I love the fact that we had a couple of hours working together on a successful project.

That just leaves me to wish you all a Very Happy New Year and here's hoping it brings with it good health and happiness for us all....it looks like one of my bears has started celebrating already.