Oops!

Oh dear, I really did mean to post this in early January but I suppose early February will have to do instead.

Not much crafting happened for Christmas this year but there was a tiny bit!

Firstly, Connor 'helped' make this years Christmas cards at the grand old age of two months. Hand and foot printing with a baby who was still holding on to those tight fists and curled up toes reflexes was quite entertaining but thanks to Vistaprint we only had to make one decent copy!

And secondly some play scarves for the babes in the family. I regret not making two rainbow ones, as it is by far my favourite, but I plan on making more at some point (not least because I lost two of Connor's to my niece Lexi the other week.) So watch this space little Jacky nephew, you will have a rainbow at some point!

Since Christmas I have actually managed a little crafting too and hope to do more now that the jongen is going to bed so much earlier and giving me an hour or two in the evening (most of the time anyway)...

A new crochet hat for the wee one (and hopefully another one on the way for his baby buddy Erin sooner rather than later.)

And finally, I had to share this fab pic of my own Ma and Pa with a slightly grumpy looking babe just because of Mum's great facial expression!

Happy belated new year everyone.
S. x

Play mat

It started with the centre patchwork. I love this style of quilt...Fibonacci like in a way as it grows larger as it goes out from the centre.

The fun part came in deciding what else to add to interest baby!

Different textured and bold coloured fabric patches...

...Loops filled with buttons, tags, foam etc to make sounds and give more textures. I'm hoping these will be great for sucking on when the time comes...

...taggies - I'm assured babies love these things - again, different textures and lengths and can be used to attach things onto...

...and my favourite bit, a mirror, a definite must for all small folk.

I really enjoyed making this and it came together really well after only a bit of fiddling about at the planning stage. I wanted to have lots of patterns in the fabrics I used and stuck to a green, purple and blue palette in the main, using fabrics I already had in my stash so no money needed to be spent save for the plastic mirror (a bargain from Ikea!).

The mirror slots in at the side and is held in place with some lovely chunky wooden buttons so it can be removed to make the whole thing easier to wash.

The whole thing is backed and bound in lovely Liberty print Tana Lawn which I bought ages ago and couldn't decide what to create with as it had too many colours in it. It works well here and the piece was certainly big enough for the job.

And here is daddy very kindly testing it out...

...and a very young Connor (still a little jaundiced) using it for the first time.

Wishing you a good start to December folks.
S. x

Nearly a year!

I've not posted on here since early January so nearly a whole year has passed. And what a year!

We found out about this in late January...

And he grew...

...and grew...

...and so did I!

A bit more.

And a bit more until...

Pop! He arrived! Our little September baby.

But that's not all that happened this year. With a new arrival just around the corner, I needed no nudging to get creative. Several changing mats, two mobiles and a play mat were sewn up, second hand muslins and clothes dyed and a crochet blanket begun (and still only half finished!) More on all that crafting in another post though as I'm sure you'll agree that the best creation to come out of 2016 is our little boy Connor!

Happy weekending folks!
S. x

T'was the Season

A very full and enjoyable two weeks has just ended. A bit of last minute crafting - cards, school gifts, a mini quilt and some festive decorations. A lot of food - especially cheese and chocolate. And many many visitors, first family for Christmas and then friends for new years. Our little house has risen to the challenge nicely and so has the fabulous (if slightly wet) countryside around us.
Hoping you all enjoyed the festive season as much as we did.
Happy 2016! S. x