A duvet day

Despite the nice weather here today and the urgent need to weed the veggie patch and put the seed potatoes in, I decided to shun the wellies and spend a happy hour or two creating with my sewing machine. Well, in fact the sewing machine took the minor part as it felt like I did more ripping of seams and unpicking than I did of actual sewing :( I was working on transforming a recent charity shop bargain - one of the Monsoon curtains I blogged about here - into a duvet cover for the little man's cot.

Here's how it turned out...



I've just got the two bottom seams to hand finish this evening. The darned machine turned poorly on me at the last minute with just two bits to go ... so I've shouted at it and left it to sulk in the corner! Here's hoping that it feels better by tomorrow as I have more Bank Holiday sewing plans up my sleeve.

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J
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Kerchoo!

It seems that a seven and a half month old baby will only let you do your own thing for a short time before they demand rather loudly that you come and play with them, feed them, cuddle them or take them for a walk etc. So, on days when I'm at home with the little man my day time crafting has to fit into about ten minute slots. These handbag tissue holders are perfect:



I ran one up yesterday in muted colours for my Mum to pop in with her mothers day card. And then today I was inspired by piece of hot pink needle cord I picked up in the charity shop for a quid so I made one for myself. Unfortunately, the hot pink inner doesn't really show on the photo!



It was a good charity shop day today as I also bagged a pair of brand new Monsoon curtains - fully lined in a cute little boys boat print. Kerching!

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