baby trousers

Some time back I made these trousers for my etsy shop, no one bought them which I was quite sad about as they would look so sweet on a little baby, they are made from cotton fabric with a brushed cotton lining. Today my son called and said his wife would like to buy them for a baby shower she is attending and would I please make a matching bib which I have done.

I am glad they will soon be worn :)

crochet blanket

I just finished this blanket, its not really big but just the right size for a lap blanket to snuggle under on a chilly evening or to take away in the caravan. I used 100% acrylic yarn and a no 3 crochet hook.

great grandma

Just a brief post...here is a photo of Gilby having a chat with Great Grandma on her 85th Birthday..so sad I couldn't be with them to share her day.

farm table

Gilby loves his farm and animals so when I saw this idea in a magazine I thought I would give it a try....

I put Hubby to the task of finding an old coffee table in a charity shop and he came up trumps with this one which is about a metre square

 I sanded it down and bought some paint tester pots

These are my farm animals but Gilby can take the table home when he visits at Easter and put his animals on it. I'm sure his sisters will want to play with it too.

I will have to clean that little bit of white paint off the side :)

haberdashery

I love vintage haberdashery and when people discover I like to sew I often get given bits and pieces. I have just been having a sort through and decided to put a few on my etsy shop.....hopefully I may sell some :)

miss maggie rabbit

I am so glad that I ordered one of these kits last night because today when I went to the website I discovered this

 http://posie-rosy-little-things.myshopify.com/products/miss-maggie-rabbit-softie-kit

They were obviously flying off the shelves, I saw these rabbits on Alicia's blog  http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/ some time ago, I asked her if she was going to sell the pattern. Last night I saw that she was selling both the pattern and the kit, I chose which kit I wanted...colour of dress and wool etc....on my husbands laptop then went up to my study to order from my laptop and found the colour I wanted was sold already and so chose a different colour, placed my order...phew...and now they have all sold! Amazing!

Gilby Skipp

I thought I would post a few photo's of my youngest grandchild...Gilby Skipp. Apparently the top photo is taken of him having a cup of tea and biscuit while watching 'Little Bear' in order to prevent a post nap grump :) I think we all get those from time to time.

As someone who taught early years for some time, I love to watch him play, especially with toys which take imagination and creativity

I found this dinosaur fabric when the twins were small and thought it a good base for dinosaur play

 This wooden rainbow toy is great, I love how Gilby is  developing his colour sorting skills

 This photo was taken after a romp on Dartmoor...looking about ready for another nap