Birthday apron

Well ... what a month! My daughters 6th birthday came and went in a flash but it was certainly a blast. She decided on a cooking party with 4 friends. They made cupcakes, pizzas and fruit kebabs. It was a huge success and quite easy for me once all the preparation was done because the girls made their own party food!!! I made them all calico aprons to use then take home and kept them completely plain so they could decorate them as they chose. I did have trouble finding a bias binding for the ties that I liked until I entered my first ever patchwork shop. Oh my goodness - I'm hooked. And the lovely lady helped Madeleine pick the fabric she liked best and then showed me how to use a bias tool - my new fabric craft item. Called a bias tape maker - I used a 25mm (1") one but they come in many sizes.

Sadly, I don't have a close-up of all the girls in their aprons - we were having too much fun but I have included a couple of snaps of the bias tape as it was made.

embroidered cushion cover

Hi. Good grief - can't believe its already Sunday and I haven't posted since Tuesday. Obviously I have to be more vigilant with my postings.

This is a cross stitch piece that I took over from my mums collection and the second to last one I believe (finishing the last one now). I have backed it with a beautiful green fabric and once I've stitched the end up it will find a home somewhere near the couch!!!

Strawberry Bag

This is a lined drawstring bag I made last night.

Its for my daughters toiletries when she has sleepovers and it was a hit when she saw it this morning.

Am abit worried though that I've created a monster - her first words after admiring the bag were "what are you making me tonight mum?" .....

Tooth Bear

This is something I found on the martha stewart website and has been a hit also. This tooth bear is made with cream felt and machine sewn then stuffed after sewing on his features with a contrasting coloured thread. My daughter lost her first tooth just after I finished this little guy (literally - she thinks she swallowed it with her lunch). We wrote the tooth fairy a little note explaining the missing tooth so she'd still leave a coin in the bears little pocket.

PS: I must apologise for the quality of these photos - they're off my phone. I will remember to get more camera batteries!!!

removable clip cakes

Decided last night to dress up a couple of my daughters hairclips because I had found my hot glue gun and some felt and beads (yes, I am still sorting through the years of bags put in the spare wardrobe).

What a hit these cupcakes were - they can be removed just by sliding them off the clips and Madeleine can change them depending on what she wants to wear.

She had a brain full of ideas for different designs - suns, stars, fairies, flowers .... better get more glue sticks!!!