My Mums Bag

I did get the bag finished for my mum for her chrissy pressie, I call it the curse bag, while i was making it my sewing machine broke down so my wonderful hubby let me get a new one, just a basic one but good to have for a spare anyway starting sewing again and whats goes first but the light in the new machine then the bobbin compartment fell apart, I didn't realise it was held in by clips, but I finally got it finished wrapped up and ready to take to my daughters to give to my mum but of course we forgot it. I couldn't believe the things that went wrong with this bag so I said it was cursed..lol..

We did go home and get it and took it back around to my mum, thankfully she really did like it and I was happy to see it out of my place :-)

Christmas elf

I have just made the little christmas elf, I have been trying to teach myself how to make them, I'm happy with how he is, he has sorta worked out :-)

Christmas Present

I made this bag for my mother inlaw for part of her christmas present, I used two different Debbie Mum panels from the county fair series for the front and back and also quilted them, I also fully lined it with a pocket inside.Hopefully she will like it.

Christmas Teddy

I finally got a picture of my christmas teddy up, I made him with a tea bag and coffee stained cotton nappy, it was a late thought in turning him into a christmas teddy so I made his little out fit out of some red felt I had left over and used some batting for the trim and a cotton ball for his hat, it sorta worked out.

Way behind

Wow, I just don't know where the time has gone but I am so far behind in what I want to make for christmas I don't know if I can catch up.

My 19 year old son decided to move back in for a couple of months, so I have been trying to fix up rooms, my 2 year old had to go back into my sewing room so I have now lost a lot of space and my sewing things have gone into the hallway cupboard.

I really feel a bit out of sorts but I will get it organized hopefully today and really get stuck back into it.

The good thing is though my son is home and will be here for chrissy.

But I have got my little chrissy teddy made will get a pic of him up soon and also made a play mat for my son from a panel I have had for ages, forgot all about it till I started shifting things around and found it, amazing what you have stashed away.

Doll making books

I have confused myself on not knowing which books I want to buy first. The ones I am interested in are,

the 3 books by Patti Medaris Culea, creative cloth doll making, creative cloth doll faces and creative cloth doll couture,

the other ones are by Susan Oroyan, Anatomy of a Doll: The Fabric Sculptor's Handbook, Designing the Doll: From Concept to Construction ,Finishing the Figure: Doll Costuming, Embellishments, Accessories

I will have to think a bit more on it and do some more reading up on them, I will post which ones I eventually pick.

Christmas stocking

Here is the christmas stocking I made for my grandson, I quilted the frount and fully lined the inside

the next one I did was the same but I binded the top with red felt and put a trim around it, silly me gave it to my other grandson before taking a pic of it so the one I'm making for my son I will do the same and make sure I get a pic of it.