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....

 Another Wednesday of catching up with our friends and their creative desks...and I love it.  

I have only had a few customers this week so it has allowed for more crafty fun...

The latest army of frogs is now completed and will be hopping off to the Harry Johnson Trust soon....I love all their different colours.

I have also been busy making pompoms to be used as Christmas tree decorations...these are sprouts, Christmas puddings and robins and all need decorating to finish them.

I bought some new googly eyes and searched for the little holly leaves I knew I had....of  course I had put them somewhere safe!!  Whilst looking for them I found some more little googly eyes and some little silver bells I'd forgot I had.  Of course the little holly leaves were in the last place I looked :-)

That's all from me for today. I hope Neet continues to improve and Julia and hubby are moving on with their plans with the business.

 I will do my best to call by at as many of you as I can.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Here we are at another Wednesday catchup with our creative friends all around the world....I love Wednesdays.

I've had a steady flow of customers  this week so my time for sewing fun has been limited but....

I have managed to finish 36 hair scrunchies and with a little help have put their paper tags on them...I think this makes them look more proffesional and they certainly sell well.

I've been working on the army of frogs... I've sewn white felt tummies on all of them and I'm now doing the sewing one frog at a time.

I enjoy being able to pick up a frog or two between my sewing jobs.

That's all I have to share with you today. Please leave me a little message when you call in and, as soon as I can, I will do my best to pop over to yours to see what you've been up to this week.....hope it's been a good one for you.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 Here we are at another Wednesday catch up with our creative friends around the world to see what they have been up to in the previous week....but first I must send lots of love to Julia for the dreadful time she's been having this last week following the fire at her hubby's workshop.  My heart goes out to them both.

I managed to finish the activity quilt I was making by wadding, quilting and backing it....I'm sure you young lady it's made for will love all the bright colours.

I then printed of the latest page of Memory Bears...this brings my number made up to 962

My next job was to get my stock of green fabric out....can you guess what I'm making next?

Did you guess?  Here is my next army of little frogs all cut out to make for the charity I  support.  Now they are cut out I can make them between sewing jobs :-)

That just leaves me to add a little funny....quite an appropriate one because I now need to buy some more small print green fabrics ready for the next army of frogs, when needed...I like to get some in ready :-)

I will do my best to call by on as many as I can so please leave me a little message to let me know you've called by.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Hello all.  I'm sorry I was out of action last Wednesday with Flu/cold.  Both hubby and I have been really rough on and off for a month or more and last week we were as bad as it had been....coughing lots and running really high temps.  We tested negating for Covid but it felt pretty much the same.  It's been an awful bug and I'm hoping it's on it's way out now.  There have been so many folk around here suffering the same and it leaves you good for nothing so we had to listen to our bodies and sleep it off.  If you read my Friday post you will also see I had a health scare too but thankfully the results came back normal and no further appointments/tests were needed....phew!!

On my desk today are the latest army of frogs, now finished and handed over to the Harry Johnson Charity, to give out the the children newly diagnosed with cancer....I've now made 58 and it makes me rather sad to think that there are so many children needing them but it's good to do my bit.

The only other thing I have to share with you this week are these little mice I've been making....they have been something nice to do a little of...when I've been awake lol.

That's all from me for today....hopefully I will have more to share by next week.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 I had so many lovely messages last week wishing me well and thankfully it's worked.  I have managed to shake the bugs off so I can face the next challenges life is throwing at me.....more of which I will share some other time.

I had a special request this week from one of my customers....

She sent me a link to this and asked if I could make one for her little girl.  I followed the link and after much juggling I managed to print off the patterns.

It took me well over an hour to make the tiny chick [it's only about 4 cm tall!!] with her little 'sleeping bag' egg so I felt it was impossible to charge a sensible price....and wont be making more lol.

I asked for a donation for Harry Johnson Charity and she gave me £5 so it was a win win situation...and I did enjoy making it even if it was very fiddly.

The other thing on my desk today is the next army of frogs in the making...these go to each newly diagnosed child with cancer in the area to introduce them to The Harry Johnson Trust that funds many things for the children affected.

That's all from me for today.  I hope you're all well and happy.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

This is what we woke up to yesterday morning so what better place to be on a day like that than cosy in my sewing room....and I have been busy there too.

I have made another army of frogs for The Harry Johnson trust to give out to the children newly diagnosed with cancer...this brings the number I've made up to 46....and I really hate to think that there are that many children diagnosed.

I was asked to make this gorgeous little bear from a Fairisle Jumper and when my customer saw the finished results she asked me to make another with what was left so....

....here's number two.  I changed the ribbon colour so they were slightly different.  They are now on their way to their new homes in Bognor Regis....that's another new area of the country to have a bit of Annie's love. :-)

This was the next little bear I was asked to make...made from a special little dress that was bought for a little girl by her Godmother who sadly died.

That's all from me for this week.  I hope you're all keeping well and warm.  I will do my best to pop over to see what you've been up to as soon as I can.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Another week and another lovely catch up with our creative friends around the world....we link up each week over at Sarah's Craft Shed.  Please follow the link and join us....it's a lovely group and everyone is welcome.

I've had a busy week here at Sewing by Annie's.  I have...

• Shortened 3 layers on one bridesmaid dress and took it up on the shoulders
• Shortened 1 layer on another bridesmaid dress
• Corrected an awful job done on the shoulders of another bridesmaid dress [by another local sewing lady!]
• Shortened and tapered the sleeves on a gent's jacket ready for his wedding in 2 weeks time
• Tapered the legs and shortened the legs on 2 pair of trousers
• Shortened a pair of jeans
• Replaced the zip in a pair of shorts and
• Patched and darned another pair of shorts

On top of that I have also...

Made a special frog for Sally [Harry's mum from the charity].  She really loved the last one I made so I made her one of her own and made this one his own cape like the one Harry drew.   She's picking it up tonight [and doesn't know about it as yet]....I hope she likes it.

Sally works so hard for the charity and I felt she deserved something special.

I've made 10 denim coasters for the HJT and tied them in pairs with ribbon.

I then cut out 9 more little frogs to go to the newly diagnosed children with cancer.

I hope this army of frogs, now I have finished them, will help in the fight against childhood cancer....I've made 36 in total.

Each child gets a frog to introduce them to the charity and it's benefits.

That's all from me for this week.  If you leave me a message so I know you've called in I will do my best to pop over to yours to say Hi.  Have a great week.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 I've been off on another adventure at the weekend in our caravan....this time to our favourite campsite in Llanidloes.  I had been very busy with sewing before we went on Friday and that's what I will share with you today...

I have made 6 reading cushions to raise money for the charity and I have a book to go in the front pocket for each one.

I really enjoyed making these so hope they raise lots of funds.

I was given the wadding out of a Hello Fresh meal box....I decided it was too good to throw out.

I folded it so it was 4 thicknesses thick and stitched the layers in place by hand then covered it to make my hubby a new kneeler to use when hes knocking tent pegs in when we are camping....I'm not sure who was more pleased with the finished cushion, me or my hubby :-)

I am typing this early this week and setting it to post automatically because I have Nanny Annie days on Tuesday and Wednesday this week and already have 8 customers waiting in a queue for me to start sewing again on Thursday this week!!!  I think they miss me :-)

I will do my best to call by on as many blogs as I can when I am able but please be patient with me this week.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW......

 Phew it's hot this week....well it certainly is when you're busy sewing all day [the fan has been working overtime too this week].  I've had lots of customer's sewing to do including shortening several pairs of trousers, shortening the sleeves on a jacket and shortening a top but in between my jobs I have also found time for more sewing for the charity I support and that's what I have to share with you today...

I enjoyed making 5 little beach hut key rings.

I made 14 glasses cases...I love dipping into my stash of fabric and chosing fabrics to make each one slightly different.

I made 3 bags of varying sizes/designs.  The 2 larger ones would make lovely bags to use on the beach.

I then made 8 zipped pencil cases /bags ....I have a bag full of colourful zips so it was lovely to match fabrics to each.

That's all from me for this week.  I have 2 School Memory Bears to make today so I will have another busy day :-)

If you leave me a little message so I know you've called in I will do my best to pop over to yours to pay you a visit when I'm able.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 What a week that was!!!  I not only cleared all the sewing I shared with you last week but I cleared all that was waiting on my to do rail and had another prom dress to shorten [this time there was 6 layers and one of them was 14 metres long!!] and I had to take it up on a shoulders [and they were heavily beaded so a tricky job!!].   I have also had a bridesmaid's dress that I had to shorten and take in and a pair of trousers that I had to shorten....life here is never boring :-)

 

I also made this little school Memory bear....this is the second one I've made for the end of this school year.  I do expect more orders before the end of term and they will probably arrive at once lol.

In between my sewing jobs I am making lots of bunting flags for the 10th year celebrations for the Harry Johnson Trust.  It's 10years since little Harry died and there will be several celebrations including one in a very large marquee that they want bunting for.....lots of it.  I have already cut out and made over 100 flags so will see how much bunting that makes. :-)

Thanks for calling by.  If you leave me a little message so I know you've called in I will do my best to pop over to yours to see what you've been up to.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Here we are at another catch up with our creative friends all around the world to see what they have on their desks and a little of what's been going on with them over the last week....I love my Wednesdays.

On my desk today is a box full of 10 little frogs waiting for their eyes [buttons].  A group of frogs is called an army and I feel this is most appropriate as these will be going to children newly diagnosed with cancer and I really hope they will help them in their fight.

Those 10 little frogs used up most of my green fabrics so I contacted Denise from Cabin Crafts and told her what I wanted the fabric for.  She then searched through all the fabrics she had and sent me pics of all she thought were suitable.  These gorgeous fabrics are not only lovely quality and are reasonably priced but they arrived at my door within a couple of days.....brilliant service Denise, thank you so much.

I thought some of you might like to see all the dresses that were hanging up in my sewing room, needing steaming, last week.  Lexi put them all to really good use last weekend....and I can proudly say I was thrilled to be able to watch her dance.

Lexi is now one of the youngest in the group she dances with, as she is now 12, and was thrilled to bits to come away with a third place....she loves her dancing.

I hope your week has been as lovely as mine.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

Hi all. It's been one of those weeks for me. 

I've been testing out our NHS system this week....and it's failed hopelessly.  I had conjunctivitis and had to go to two Chemists to get treatment for it....the Pharmacist in the first one didn't even look at my eye but told the lady serving on the counter to tell me I should just bathe it with cooled boiled water for 48 hours.  We then went to our local Boots chemist where the Pharmacist looked at my eye and gave me eye drops to clear it up straight away.

Saturday morning I then developed Oral thrush [it's a side effect of one of my inhalers I use for my asthma].  I went straight to the Chemist who told me there was only one thing they could give me  which was a gel that they hadn't had in stock for weeks!!  The only way I could get treatment was to get a prescription so several phone calls later, an appointment at the emergency Dr at A and E for 2.30 that afternoon that took over 3 hours I finally got some Nystatin to treat it with.....our NHS has gone crazy......needless to say my mouth is still rather sore but I'm hoping it will clear up soon.

Luckily it's been rather quiet here with customers this week so I have been doing a bit more sewing for the charity.....

I've made these 7 lined shopping bags....I hope they sell well and raise the funds.

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

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW.....

 It's been another busy week here at Sewing by Annie's.....I'm never sat idle :-)  

I've shortened trousers, lifted a dress at the shoulders and have altered the bodice on a pretty lemon bridesmaid dress.  On top of that I have been sewing for the H J trust.....

The little piles of fabrics I put on my blog last week became 6 pretty patchwork bibs and when I put them on my Facebook page I had orders for 3 of them so.....

....I made some more and here you can see them all sitting on top of my new little ironing board that my darling hubby fitted to the top of my new Raskog cart that we bought from Ikea this week.

I love my new little trolley....it's so handy to iron the smaller items I am busy with and it's storing my projects that I have on the go.

I've also made 6 new peg bags [there's two in each colour] because one of my customers asked for some to give as presents....it all helps to raise the funds for the charity :-)

That's all from me for this week.  I hope you're all fit, well and happy and I will pop over to see what you're up to as soon as I can.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Where do these weeks go?  It doesn't seem 5 mins since last Wednesday....I guess that's a sign that I've had a busy week.

I have...

• Made 5 peg bags....and sold two of them as soon as they were finished.
• Made 3 aprons  [ I have handed over the peg bags and aprons with the little frogs and another strip quilt to Harry Johnson Trust and forgot to snap them before they went ].
• Shortened a pair of jeans to make them into shorts
• Shortened 3 layers on the hems of a wedding dress and made and inserted panels under the arms to let them out [a very tricky job, needing a lot of patience but thankfully now finished].
• Shortened a dress and shortened the sleeves so it's now a short sleeved dress.
• and.....

I was asked to make some more hair scrunchies for the charity so I made 16.

I am still to make more glasses cases and some bags :-)

I had a good catch up with Sally who runs the Harry Johnson Trust on Saturday and it was good to find out what had sold and what she needed more of.

That's all from me for today.  I hope you're all fit, well and happy.  If you leave me a little message to say you've called in I will do my best to pay you a visit to see what's on your desk today.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

 Here we are at the last WOYWW before Christmas.  My desk is clear of the Christmas clutter now and my work has wound down thankfully. ....I think 49 bears since the begining of November is enough don't you?

These are my final two bears until after Christmas.  They were given to two little boys yesterday to help them get through the day of their big brother's funeral.  They were made from his cuddly blankets so will be lovely to cuddle up to and each of them have a little pocket on the front that their mummy had put a photo of their big brother in.

It's very special when families share with me such stories.

Having shared the story of young Riley who died of cancer at just 12 years old I felt the need to make another batch of the little frogs that are given out to the children newly diagnosed with cancer in the area to introduce them to the Harry Johnson Charity and all the help they offer.....I'm sure we would all like to think they wouldn't need lots of these making.

That's all from me now until after the big day.  I hope you all have a good one shared with loved ones and I will 'see' you afterwards.

Love to all,

Annie xxx

WOYWW....

 These weekly catch ups seem to come around so quickly now and, yet again,  I've had another busy week so will quickly show and tell what I've been doing in pics...

At the end of last week I made these 4 lovely Memory bears to remember 2 special Grandmothers.

My next challenge was to make a Memory Elephant from a fleece top....it was quite a challenge because all the fabric had to be stabilised with iron on interfacing but I rather like how he's turned out. 

Saturday morning I made two new advent calendars like this one and put the 8 I had finished on my Sewing by Annie's Facebook page and have already sold 5 of them :-)

Whilst watching the telly on Sunday I made these 6 Scandinavian stars from 24 3.25"x12" pieces of Christmas fabrics....they will sell for Harry Johnson Trust at their next sale.

I've finished the Christmas elf I was making...this will be a guess the name of the Elf to raise funds for the charity.

Finally yesterday I put together the first of two advent calendars that came with the donated fabrics to be used for the charity....It just needs wadding and backing now....and then the other one needs making :-)

That's all from me for today.  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