Peg rack

I need to keep myself busy seeing as sewing is out the window till next week soI decided I would make some hooks for my 2 little angel princesses :) My DS2 & DIL are having to live in one room at the moment until they are given a house, hopefully July, and these will go in the girls new bedroom :)
I have made these before and are very quick to do (and I can do them one handed lol). Rebecca's pegs have now been painted with the Farrow & ball Middlelton Pink paint, I just need to find a slightly darker pink for the hearts and to stencil their names on.

I brought a paint pen and had a butterfly stencil to decorate them too :)

While I was doing the girls I made 2 more :)

These are the ones I did last year and Im going to make some of the little bags, like the ones here, to hang on the girls pegs so they can put their hairbands and little bits in (just waiting for the fabric to arrive from ebay).

Im now getting very bad withdrawal symptoms lol.

Just a quick hello

I just wanted to say a quick hello as Im not able to sew :( and show you this nice stawberry fabric that arrived today. I am toying with the idea of making bunting with it but then again I have other idea's for it too lol. I managed to quickly put these scrappy loyalty card wallets together the morning of my op as my sister's and mum all want one after seeing mine :) http://www.aspoonfulofsugardesigns.com/2009/03/tutorial-scrappy-loyalty-card-wallet.html
The green and yellow spotty buttons were off a duvet cover I got from a charity shop and I could kick myself as there were 2 sets but I only brought one and when I went back for the other one it had gone :(





Only problem is I was in such a hurry to get them done I have sewn one of the elastic loops on the wrong side :( The top one is ok if you need to take the cards out in a hurry lol as it will be upside down, I will have to unpick it when my hand is healed haha. Talking of hand lol here's mine

Stitches come out on the 24th :) :)

Fabric buying (again lol)

I had a wonderful visit to Cromford Mill on Saturday afternoon :)
They had a plant sale on so I thought I would go see if I could get some but as always I was too late, only the dregs left but I did remember the lovely hmo http://www.aandhcrafts.co.uk/blog/from MSE sewing forum http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2169321&page=400 telling me about a quilting / fabric shop there so I had to go check it out but before I did I went into have a look in the mill where they were having a craft weekend. I brought these 2 pretty cups for 50p, Im not sure what to do with them yet but they are lovely :) In the antiques room I found these lovely tray clothes £1 each. I thought I could do some cross stiching on them (not done any cross stich for a while now)

Then I made my way to the best shop in the mill lol :) I was like a small kid in a sweet shop the colours of fabric just made me stop, I had no idea where to start as fast as I found one I liked there was another one but in the end I brought these fat quarters and had a lovely chat to the lady who owns the shop :)

The darker fabric is a lovely deep purple :)

I am definitely going back again soon not just for fabric but also as it is such a wonderful place for all craft things and the walks are amazing :)

Start of my scrappy quilt :)

I have decided it's about time I did something with all the scraps of fabric I have been hoarding. I have sorted them into colour and started to sew they together. This one is all the pinks and greens I had (so far, there probably will be more lol) I have tons of white to sort and sew then the yellows.

Im not sure how big this quilt is going to turn out but I might have to make more than one with the amount of scraps I have.

I am having my left hand op on Tuesday so no sewing again for at least 2 weeks :( but the difference in my right hand is amazing so looking forward to having my left hand done, no more sleepless night due to my hand going dead and no more dropping things lol (I hope).

Matlock Bath walk

Friday 29th of April I took my son and my little dog Max to Matlock Bath. I had to drop my daughter off at Cromford for work 1st.
I forget how beautiful Matlock Bath is in the Spring/summer. This is a beautiful brige going over to the park gardens :) From there we always do the Lovers walk, great if you are young and fit but Im not either lol. The walk takes you up loads of steps to the top of a hill but luckly there are hand rails to help get you up :)

On this walk there are lots of little nooks and cranies to explore, even the dog loves it as I can let him off his lead ( he is trained to stop when I tell him too lol).

This pic of my son and Max is just the start

My son loves this bit where we find the old building :)

Talk about poser lol

I am fascinated by the green of the leaves and the grey of the rock on the walk.

This is the view at the top :) scary but safe :) in the distance is Gullivers Kingdom and the pinky building is a mining museum and one day we will go check it out lol.

Matlock Bath is an inland seaside resort with lots of gift shops, chip shops and arcades also some wonderful shabby chic shops but not open when we went :(

but my fav place is along the river :)

Charity shop find

I have no idea where the time is going :( I spent Easter weekend at my mum's in Norfolk (oh how I miss Norfolk) and it just flew by.
When ever I go home I always have to go into town and scout through the charity shops and I found this wonderful 6 place setting for £10. I just love roses at the moment and the lovely deep maroon ones on this set caught my eye.

Don't they look great stacked up :)

More sewing done :)

I have been busy this month :) I made some little bags with the left over squares I brought ready cut from Ebay last year (before I had my rotary cutter). They are ideal for hanging on my pegs I made :) I use them to keep my sewing machine feet and the kit that came with it in as I used to spend ages hunting for them. I am so in love with rose fabric at the moment :) these I brought of ebay. The striped fabric was listed as seconds, the seller said there was some colour bleed but Ive yet to find it.
The top fabric is another Amelie bag :) and I still have loads left to put into my shabby rose quilt.

The fabric (Ive just found out is Robert Kaufman Mary Rose Paris collection so Im going to keep looking out for more :) My 3rd Amilie bag made with the rose fabric and some bargain Laura Ashley cream fabric (5 meters for £8.99)

I lined the front pocket with larger roses so when you look inside its not just plain.

The inside pockets are more of the larger rose fabric and the same fabric I used on the front.

I decided the pink zip was better than the cream one I had and Im getting better at putting a zip pocket in now lol.

This is my cushion I made but I still have not mastered the art of hidden zips, oh well I will keep practiceing lol. It is only for me so I dont mind that its not perfect :)

Im not sure when this rose fetish of mine will wear off but for now Im loving it :) :)

Flowers, and a bargain :)

Saturday I went to my usual charity shops. One was packed with people who a few years ago would never even walk past one let alone go in :( so I went up to the Help the Aged charity shop. It must have been my lucky day because as I went in a guy came in behind me with a big box of stuff he was donating, he still had loads in the car to bring in. My friend who works there was going through the stuff and saw this washboard and so did I lol. When I asked about the price she said the man had just brought it in and I could have it for £1.45 :) :) :) The best bit was the price was still on the back for £18.99. I love the little magnetic pegs. My dilemma is do I paint it (I have some Farrow & Ball paint) or do I leave it as it is? These beautiful flowers were given to me from my son's school. I have been doing toast for the children every morning for the last 41/2 years and have now given it up. I am realy going to miss it but with the hectic life I have at the mo Im not spending time with my son so something had to go.

I love the bright orange colour of this gerbera :) it is so cheerful :)