brian has some new trousers

found a mothercare pillowcase in a charity shop. i think it was destined to find me. it must be as old as i am.
it's brian :)
made it into trousers for wee one, will upload pics later :) xxx

Herman Cake & Dundee

Herman

Day2

 So Herman is a friendship cake; he was given to me and I kept him alive and growing for 10 days before dividing him into four, giving three away to friends and then I baked him with raspberries and walnuts. Yum. Wish you were nearer Jo so I could have shared him with you and given you a jar of goo to keep and grow and give away.

Day 6

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11 - eaten

Dundee Cake

So the Dundee cake is in the oven, seems to be taking an age to cook! And I need to go round a friend's for dinner!! 

[pictures to come soon]

Pumpkin

It turned to Autumn overnight. Red and yellow leaves everywhere now. So my friend Natalie and I had an afternoon of Pumpkin. We made pumpkin and gorgonzola lasagne and pumpkin cake. I then helped her carve a halloween pumpkin to put outside her front door.

Pretty huh?

~Pinks and Greys~

sorry Jo; no red leaves in London yet, at least not on the floor! but here is a mix of old and new photos for you instead.

inspiration board

{muted grey and gold}
i took a detour on the way home yesterday, in the rain, looking for red leaves. i didn't find any, but everywhere i looked i saw the greys and golds that are also out at home. if you have any red leaves in london yet, please capture them!

parcel!!!

Thankyou abi!!! lovely baby clothes, i want them to be the first thing he wears :)
love the prints and the style of them, and fairtrade organic cotton just makes them the best!
i love the little bee on the trousers...

this kimono type top looks so cool, much better than a boring t-shirt!
and the birds are so sweet. not too girly either! nice one.
xxxxxxxxx

what i've been up to this weekend

here is the fabric i got from the lovely lady on berwick market. i'm going to make a patchwork bath mat with this and an old white towel, probably this week!
this is a sweet little antique baby vest from france. it's incredibly soft with 2 tiny buttons. i couldn't resist!
this is my big stack of washable baby wipes. i've also made some towelling ones, so it will soon be a question of finding which ones suit me and baby best, before i make any more...if i need them!
and i got given a pile of new white bibs which i have been embroidering...

photos of those are a bit dark as its so overcast today....grey and cold. stay indoors day with stitching and soup!
xxx

Welsh Hoard plus more

*This post is very heavy on images so maybe make a cuppa while it loads!*

So Wales was great, had a nice time. Went to the National Museum of Welsh Life, went down Big Pit, hiked up Skirrid Fawr, a little mountain, and bought lots of tea to take home! 

iron works chimney

iron works

heather

more heather

a working loom in an old woollen mill

woollen mill

old pigsty

me on top the skirrid

circles everywhere

this is the stool/mini table I told you about on the phone

it must have been made from a crate of pears in jars

Back at home and I am flitting between my studio and home. Finishing off the archive book project, thinking of ideas for the next 3 books I need to make for another project, piecing together bits of cloth when I can, thinking about what to make next for the shop, tea staining things and trying to think what I can make for William when he arrives, other than felt booties of course!

end of the rainbow

more tea staining in progress

Talk soon sis.

x

Fabrics for boys trousers

So my sister Jo has got herself a new blog address; I will update the sidebar asap. She was saying today on her blog that she wanted some blue windmill fabric to make baby trousers, so I went hunting online:

from here

from here

And some non windmill fabric:

from here

from here

from here

from here

Anyway, I will keep looking.