rain rain rain

Yep you guessed it, that's all it did whilst we were on holiday in Cornwall last week. Extremely disappointing but kind of to be expected, this is the Great British weather we're talking about!


Anyhow a few (loads really!) pictures of our week away::

The week started off in a Yurt which was lovely, it would have been so much better if it had been dry and warm though. 'Little Miss H' was hysterical during the night because of the noise from the gale force winds and torrential rain pouring down us, by night three we had booked into a hotel!!!

Whilst on the campsite we met a great Dutch family, 'Master M' found a great friend in the son and they exchanged addresses so they can be penpals. Cute eh?

We had lunch at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen on Watergate Bay which was delicious and scrummy and yummy and I can't recommend it enough.

We spent a fresh afternoon on the beach after eating at Fifteen, it was lovely.

Most importantly we had some much needed downtime as a family and rediscovered our love of Cornwall. 'Master M' is dying to give surfing a go and 'Little Miss H' loves getting her hair braided and glittery tattoo's!! 

We've already booked a swish cottage near Padstow for a couple of weeks in August next year!!!

Treat After Treat After Treat....

Just a quick post as I wanted to show you some lovely hand crafted things that I've bought lately!

In this picture we have a simply gorgeous rose coloured floral brooch from the very talented Beth over at the Linen Cat. This one was a treat for little old me! There's also a fab floral fabric tub that was purchased from Jen over on her site A Crafty Hen. This is perfect for storing all the clothes for my Blythe dolls!! I also got a lovely gift set for a christening we attended a few weeks ago but in my usual style I forgot to take a picture and so I have nicked (with permission) this one from Jen's site!!

photo courtesy of A Crafty Hen

The little tags are from a lady I met at a craft fair in Saltaire a few weeks ago, she upcycles all kings of things and sells on Etsy too, her shop is called SwirlyArts.

I've also acquired some great fabrics over the last few weeks too. This selection all came from the lovely Kerri and her shop SewDeerlyLoved. 

The first picture is a pink & aqua FQ stack of Riley Blakes Sew Cherry Red and the second picture is a charm pack of Riley Blakes Doodle Bugs Christmas Candy, Joel Dewberry's Dogwood Bloom & some Lecien Ticking Stripes in Red & Aqua.

Now this little lot is a stack of yummy coordinating fabrics that I've bought for the Zig & A Zag QAL that is happening over on Angela's blog. I want to make a quilt for 'Master M's' bed and so the red & aqua combination is a hit!! I got them from Sew Fresh Fabrics and the service they offered in making sure the colours worked together was amazing! Thanks Ladies!

Finally I raided a fellow sewing friends de-stash and came away with this little lot!!

On the sewing front I've done lots this week but I can't show you as it was for a swap and I want to make sure that the recipient has received it before I blog about it!!! I'll leave you with this pencil case I whipped up yesterday for my lovely new pencil crayons!!!

I promise I'll be back before the weekend with some more finishes!!

52 Lists...

I saw this great idea over on Kellie's gorgeous blog a little while ago. Since I am an avid list maker I thought it would be great fun to join in!

The idea is you get yourself a cute little notebook and with Kellie's weekly prompts you create yourself a fab notebook of 52 lists in 52 weeks. That's heaven to me that is.

It's week 6 this week and since I'm playing catch up I'll be showing a couple of lists a week.

Cool yes? Well the nerd in me thinks so!! If you like lists too you can hop over the Kel's blog and join in the fun. 


Hopefully I'll see you there?


(By the way I'm tweaking my blog at the moment so my side bars are a bit of a mess, the lovely Tia of Who Ate My Crayons will be sorting me more graphics in the coming weeks, please bear with us!!)

52 Lists...

I saw this great idea over on Kellie's gorgeous blog a little while ago. Since I am an avid list maker I thought it would be great fun to join in!

The idea is you get yourself a cute little notebook and with Kellie's weekly prompts you create yourself a fab notebook of 52 lists in 52 weeks. That's heaven to me that is.

It's week 6 this week and since I'm playing catch up I'll be showing a couple of lists a week.

Cool yes? Well the nerd in me thinks so!! If you like lists too you can hop over the Kel's blog and join in the fun. 


Hopefully I'll see you there?


(By the way I'm tweaking my blog at the moment so my side bars are a bit of a mess, the lovely Tia of Who Ate My Crayons will be sorting me more graphics in the coming weeks, please bear with us!!)

Hello! Still here?

Blimey it's been a while!


As usual work, more work, poorly little people, 'Master M's' two, yes that's right two new hobbies all seem to have been eating into my sewing time. I won't bore you with the details but I have been trying to get some stuff done inbetween.


Anyhow I received this beauty in the post this week:

How gorgeous is it?? It was made for me by Amanda as part of the Brit Quilt Swap. I'm running late (as usual) with my quilt for the swap but here's a teaser of what it looked like when I was prepping it:

I've also managed to get some knitting done this week and have made good progress on 'Little Miss H's' shrug. I've just got the back and tiny little sleeves to knit now.

So here's where we are with the WIP list:


1. Little Apples Cushion
2. Lap Quilt for Little Miss H
3. Baby Boy quilt
4. Cross Stitch
5. Crochet Blanket
6. Knitted Tank Top
7. Knitted Shrug for 'Little Miss H' - Progress
8. Lily's QAL
9. Fairytale Quilt
10.Love Quilt


So not much accomplished this last week from the WIP list but hey ho! Onwards and upwards!!


How's your sewing coming along??