It's that time of year again...

What a big mess!

With the summer holidays well and truly settled into I got 'the itch' and decided to partake in a favourite hobby of mine...moving furniture and rearranging rooms. No room swapping this year just a big shift around in the studio.

Ok, so there are still a couple of bags of old fabrics to sort through in the next room and big stack of work related papers that need something doing with them but most of it is ready. I now have a 'wood store' full of boxes and off cuts for pyrography projects, colour collections for my fabric (stored in a CD rack in the cupboard!) and drawers for all the wool and cotton yarn I seem to have accumulated since the last time I rearranged. The chairs are now both by the window, freeing up a much larger floor space for cutting and laying out fabric without having chair legs and a rug in the way. I've kept the 'L' shape for the desks as it really helps being able to send larger bits of fabric off the end of a table when sewing.

And of course no workspace could possibly be complete without a few furry companions - and I don't just mean the cat.

To finish, as this is meant to be a crafting blog after all, a very wee bit of holiday crafting for a friend from work who asked for a passport-sized bag to take away on her travels. I made it reversible so it's more versatile outfit wise (which took a little bit of brain power but happened in the end.) and did the neatest button hole I'm ever managed on my functionless machine.

Happy holidays to all those lucky enough to have them at this wonderfully warm time of year.
S. x

Holidays and Hearts

The summer holidays are here! As a little 'thank you' to all the lovely ladies at work I crafted a little heart for each one, with a bit of a thank you note too. It's been a very busy but successful year, and we really have worked our socks off!

So, thank you lovely ladies! Here's to a jolly good rest and a fabulous summer. And of course another great year to come.
S. x

New toy, new case

It seems amazing to me that this blog has been going for nearly two years now. Perhaps even more amazing is the fact that I've kept it up! I do like sharing crafts (and life) in this space and I hope you enjoy reading it too.

Just a quick post today as a bit of gift crafting will have to wait until it's gifted just in case. Last week I replaced my trusty (now slow and glitchy) netbook...so, new PC means new cover.

A quick bit of patchwork and a first attempt at free hand quilting, a magnetic clasp and hey-presto, some of my favourite fabrics taking good care of my gadget of choice.

I expect to catch up on some much needed crafting in just a few day, three to be precise! Summer holidays are here at last, hooray!

Have a good week all.
S. x