Archive for February, 2010

Don’t ask me why

February 25th, 2010 | sewing machine drawing | 10 Comments

because I don’t know. I just felt it was missing a rabbit.                          

Lego

February 22nd, 2010 | Family | 5 Comments

As the mother of two boys I spend a fair amount of time playing lego. I’ve got quite into it, actually. I even kept the boys up late last night so I could finish this: it’s not my original idea of course, I got it from James May’s great toy programmes. The boys think I’m going to break it […]

Buckle my shoe

February 19th, 2010 | Art prints | 5 Comments

First, I must say thanks for all your kind, enthusiastic and flattering comments about my first art print. I’m really pleased you like it! And second I must say that the random number generator thingy picked comment 32. So, number 32, buckle my shoe it’s your lucky day! Well done Michelle.

Giveaway!

February 15th, 2010 | Art prints | 41 Comments

Today is a good day, because today I finally got my first art print ready for sale. The art print is taken from an applique and free machine drawing of a girl walking her dog and after many, many attempts I can finally offer you a print which actually looks like my original (that’s to say; you can see the weave in the fabric and […]

Crumbs

February 10th, 2010 | Home, Other | 8 Comments

I love toast. And I’ll often eat it standing right next to the toaster  which I’ve always considered a bad habit until yesterday when the crumbs in the toaster caught fire! So I threw it in the back garden. Which seemed like a very sensible thing to have done until Tony came home and asked why I hadn’t just put it […]

F.Y.I

February 9th, 2010 | Other, Sewing, Stitcheries | 2 Comments

A = 1

Valentine’s

February 3rd, 2010 | Email Club, Sewing, Stitcheries | 8 Comments

Tony and I met on a blind date on Valentine’s day many, many years ago (24 actually!) So we always celebrate and give each other a little gift. This year I have combined the need to make Tony a gift with the need to design another exclusive pattern for my email club. I know, I know… […]