WOYWW.....

 Well, it was a different sort of week for me.  It was my birthday weekend so my darling hubby booked us a long weekend in a cottage in South Wales....and what a weekend it was!!  We had rain...lots of it and gale force winds :-)  I was just really glad we decided to stay in a cottage and didn't take our caravan.

There were lots of highlights of course...we always make the best of our time away.

Saturday our dear friend Jan had a craft stall just half an hour from us so....

...it just had to be done.  It was so lovely to catch up with my little Welsh sister and her hubby.  She did really well on her stand too.

We did make it onto Pendine sands a couple of times.....as you can see the miles of sands were pretty much empty.  If you enlarge the pic you might see our little Peggy ....she's the tiny dot almost on the horizon, and she was having the time of her life fetching her ball....we have a ball launcher so it goes miles for her.

We didn't get home until yesterday afternoon and I had no customers booked in so I made the best of my time making my first batch of Christmas cards.

That's all from me for this week.  I will do my best to pop over to see what you've all been up to.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 Hi all.  It's been another busy week here for me at Sewing by Annie's.  I've had a steady flow of customers to keep me on my toes plus I have also made lots more for the charity.

I found some more Christmas fabrics in my stash so made 5 more little teddies....and these are selling well.

I made another batch of key rings that hold a £1 coin or a shopping trolley token....and have already sold 6 of them :-)

I had bought a box of pencils last year and not used them so I made some Christmas tree toppers for some.

I have also made three more gorgeous memory bears...made in memory of a much loved Mum using the outfit she had worn at her daughter's wedding.

It's all kept me busy as you can see :-)

The other thing I wanted to share, just in case it affects any of you, is that normally I use Microsoft Publisher for my Sewing business [and have done for years]...for my flyers and business cards etc.  Microsoft Publisher has now ceased so I shouted Michelle for help in setting up another way of designing/printing it all.  We had a wonderful morning yesterday redesigning and printing everything off.  We laughed til we cried...she really is like a tonic and I feel so blessed to have her....Thanks Shell, Love you lots.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 It's been another of those weeks where I have kept myself busy.  I've already sold two of my little Christmas teddies and one of the Christmas Gnomes for the charity so...

...I made two more little teddies to replace the ones that sold :-)  I really love making these tiny teddies.

I made a quilt with farm animals on and will be selling that for the charity.

I then made 6 pretty denim hearts with machine embroidery, ribbons, lace and a few buttons/beads sewn on.

I really enjoyed making these.

I hope you are all well and happy.  I will pop over to see what you're busy with as soon as I can.

Love to all,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 

What a shock we all had at the weekend on hearing the news about Sarah.  I felt the words above were so appropriate because she was taken from us far too soon.  I hope her family all know what we are thinking and the love we are sending them helps to get them through this very difficult time.

On top of the sadness felt about losing Sarah we had yet more news on Sunday when we heard one of our dearest friends had suddenly died.  It definately teaches us to live every day because we really don't know what's around the next corner do we? When I'm feeling sad I sew and do my best to keep busy and this week I've certainly done that.

I've made these three more Memory bears in memory of a special Dad.

I've also had 2 bridesmaids and 2 wedding dresses as well as trousers to shorten and a boiler suit to alter to be used for fancy dress.

I have made 6 little Christmas teddies [they are only about 6" tall] to be sold for the HJ Charity.

I have also made 10 little Christmas gnomes using the pattern Jan sent me...Thanks Jan much appreciated.

I'm sure they will sell well.

That just leaves me to say RIP Sarah...you will be sadly missed.

Hugs,

Annie x