WOYWW...

 It's a little cooler for me this week thankfully because my customers have been coming fast and furious.

I have...

• Shortened 2 layers on a stunning long, bright pink maternity dress
• Shortened another dress
• Took a dress up on the shoulders
• Shortened 6 pairs of trousers
• Took in a pair of trousers on the waist and seat and made...

... another lovely school memory bear.

And it's only Wednesday!!

I've been keeping busy as you can see :-)

Two of my customers this week were pregnant so my midwifery skills are never wasted :-)

Saturday I was treated to a lovely afternoon lunch by Michelle [our eldest daughter].  We had a lovely time together and even managed to pop into the two fabric shops in town while we were out....I just might have bought a few fat quarters while we were there :-)

What a treat. 😍😍😍

That's all from me for this week.  I hope you've have had a lovely week too.  I will pop over to see what you've been up to ASAP.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

Phew it's hot.  I don't know about you but I'm ready for some cooler weather.  We were away last week in a lovely little cottage up in Yorkshire and boy was it hot.  The air conditioner in the car was certainly put to good use.

We came home Friday and since then my phone hasn't stopped going....I think my customers missed me :-)

I have....

• Shortened a bridesmaid dress
• Took in a dress for holiday use
• Shortened a pair of trousers for a page boy and.......

....made these 5 gorgeous Memory bears for a much loved Mum, Nan and Great Nan.

The lady who died had 6 daughters and these bears are for just one of them so there could well be more orders coming soon.

And all that has been done in just two days!!

Peggy was as good as gold away with us in the cottage last week but seems to be enjoying being at home now.

She has sat here every morning since we got back but by the time the sun moves round to the back of the bungalow she will be found stretched out on the floor tiles where it's nice and cold.

I hope you have managed to keep cool this week.  I will pop by to see what you've been up to ASAP.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 

It's a celebratory post from me  this week because I have now made my 1000th Memory bear.....  This week I made..

...another school bear for a child leaving the school nearest us.  I made one for his elder brother a couple of years ago.  I so love repeat orders.

I also made these two lovely bears in memory of a special Aunt....these were lovely to make and were so cuddly when finished.

Our garden is making us smile in every corner....most survived the heat and I'm sure I could here them drink when we had a shower of rain at the weekend.

That's all from me for this week.  Please raise a glass to help me celebrate. I hope you have a fun week and I will see you soon.

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....

Hello all.  I hope you've all had a fab week....I have.

Sunday we went to Birmingham to see Les Miserables with that much older big sister of mine.

Whilst there we walked into a friend of our Grandson, Sam.  I've known Aled from nursery school where he went with Lexi and Sam and have watched him grow into a lovely young man...he goes to Wiggle with Sam and as you can see he's now much taller than us....he's playing a part in Wiggle's Les Mis later in the year.

It was an amazing show and a lovely time was had by all.

Our garden is blooming in every corner so I had to share them with you...I know so many of you like to see them.

This is what's on my desk today.  This is the first of my school Memory bears for this year [the first of many I'm sure].

If you leave me a little message I will do my best to pop over to see what you've been up to as and when I can....I have another prom dress coming this morning :-)

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...

 Hello all.  Thankfully it's been a bit cooler this week so I've managed the steady stream of customers I've had.  

This is the latest Prom dress I've had to shorten.  It's another navy blue one as you can see and it also had stiffener all around the hem the same as the last one but this one was only about 4 metres around the bottom [not the 12 metres the last one was].  She looked lovely in her dress so I'm hoping she's pleased now I've shortened it by the 17cm needed.

I've done a bit more knitting on my last twiddle mitt and am now on the last strip of yellow colour but to be honest it's been too hot for knitting much lately.  Just need to add the twiddles next.

Finally I just thought you might like to share a bit of the colour we are enjoying in our back garden this week.

That's all from me for this week.  It's short but sweet today but needs must when I'm busy. :-)

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Hi all.  I really hoping you're coping with this heat.  We have a fan in every room making it bearable.  I was missing in action last week because we were off adventuring in our caravan...it has to be done.  We were on a lovely campsite south of Bath...thankfully it wasn't as hot there for us....in fact we did have some rain but mostly at night.

Since getting back on Tuesday I have been kept busy with prom dresses as well as my run of the mill alterations.  I like to keep a pile of the fabrics I cut off my posh frocks...

This is just some of them because some of my customers like to take the trimmings home with them.  I've had dresses of all sorts of colours...in fact no two dresses have been the same.

This was the latest dress to arrive.  It's a gorgeous dark blue with a train at the back and looked super on the young lady who came for her fitting.

It arrived just before the weekend so, as my darling hubby was painting the walls in the hall while I had no customers over the weekend, I set to and shortened it's two layers.

You would think 'only two layers to shorten' but the outer layer had hem stiffener around the bottom that had to be removed before shortening it and then replaced....all 12+ metres of it!!!

That's what you call a job and a half needing lots of patience.

I'm pleased to say it's now finished and is awaiting collection :-)

Today I have jeans to shorten and a few tops for one of my regulars...it's all go as they say.

I hope you've all had a great week and managing to keep cool.

Hugs,

Annie x