Little grey

Happy Tuesday ladies and thank you for your lovely responses to my previous post!

 

Well all the decs are now gone :( . I'm always sad to see my tree go but actually it is sort of nice to get back to normal. The boy is totally blissed out with his presents, especially THE Lego camper van. It was the only thing he has evr asked for, as he usually says that he will be happy with anything Santa brings (yes he still believes in Santa!!). This Lego set is for a 16 plus years so we thought it may take him a few days to finish.....

 

Lego camper van - the beginning.....

 

 

Five hours of solid Lego-ing later.....

 

So all done in just five hours. Now he just spends a lot of time looking at it!

 

But enough of the Lego! Let's get to the really interesting part, which is about what I have been making!!

 

We got a new baby boy in the family a few months ago and I decided to make a blanket (no surprises there). What I did though was to try out a different colourway. This blanket is grey and a sort of off-white and I think it looks rather Scandinavian. I love it but I'm not sure the new mama likes it so much...ah well. What do you think?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have a lovely week! xx

 

Oops! Forgot to say that the basic hearts pattern came from here at  Ravelry

Here come the girls!

Hello crafty ladies!

 

First of all I would like to extend a huge thank you to all you lovelies who left such warm and encouraging comments on my last post - much appreciated!

 

Secondly, I have been crafting madly and have something to show for it. I have quite a stash of vintage fabrics and I have some gorgeous little girls in my family. Add them together and you get an idea I had for some cloth dollies. As you may know, I love cloth dolls of all shapes and sizes and yet I have never made one before. Soooo, I did lots of research and had some ideas and came up with these girls....

  

I got ideas from various doll makers online but ultimately just made my own pattern from a sketch and then embroidered the faces freehand so they just evolved! (To be honest, I think one of these dollies is a bit of an ugly sister but hey, it is the beauty within that counts so she is staying!).

 

I sewed the dolls by hand and it was pretty quick really. The hair took AGES though (which is why I am not keen on beheading 'homely' dolly and giving her a make-over). I have pulled at the hair all over to ensure that it is pretty much little-girl-proof.

 

The boy was quite impressed despite them not being made of Lego. He named the one above (with the Scandinavian look) Lizzie, which I think suits her just fine. She is going all the way to South Africa where I hope she will be much loved and played with. I got a sneaking feeling that the boy quite wanted to keep her but then he manned up and asked for a Boy Scout doll!!!

 

Anyway, I have been enjoying all your lovely Christmassy posts and will be back soon, hopefully with something to show. If not, then that is ok too!

 

Have a lovely week xxx

Good to be back

Hello my dear ladies!

It is a new year and I haven't post for some time. Lots of things have been going on including illness in the family. So I am glad to be back and I am so sorry for not keeping up with your lovely blogs.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas or Hanukkah (or both!) and that you are feeling positive and enthusiastic about the coming year.

I really haven't done much in the way of making things but I did manage to put together a couple of little toys for Christmas gifts - one for Secret Santa at work and another for my lovely sister.

I did find it quite hard to part with them but both little beasties are now being well loved in their new homes :)

They are terribly easy to make. I got the pattern from the very generous Jenny who is sharing it for free  here

I think they would look good in all kinds of fabrics (remembering to add a seam allowance if you use a fabric that needs a hem).

So this was just a quickly to say hi and sorry and I have missed my bloggy friends! Apples and Pears is now open for business again! xxx