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Knit and natter

jennie — Mon, 21 May 2012 06:33:06 +0000

Don’t forget this Wednesday 23rd it is once again nit and natter in the Rose and Crown, How Street E17. We will be there from 8. We try to reserve the big table behind the pool table

Chinatown visit…

jennie — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:38:41 +0000

After I had seen the Lucian Freud exhibition in the Portrait gallery I quickly nipped in to Chinatown for some food and a visual feast. I also finally treated myself to a lucky waving cat….

New purchases

jennie — Thu, 03 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

I have had a very busy month and one the plus sides is having bought some great new supplies. And I just wanted to share some of these with you:

Fancy Moon delights…

Happy Zombie’s Happy Mochi Yum Yum fabric. I ordered LOADS of this and arrived really quickly from the USA. It is delicious! :

Lovely fabric and iron patches from a lovely Dutch shop, Alice in Stoffenland. Even the packaging was gorgeous with the lovely goodies all wrapped in owl paper.

Lovely vintage pillow cases I found in a charity shop in Holland…

Lovely fabrics and great buttons free with the most recent Mollie Makes…

I bought 20 packs of pencil for my pencil rolls… They looked so nice all stacked up together…

Latest sewing machine added to the household… she is v cute but a bit noisy…

Zakka Style Sewalong Week 5

jennie — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:13:00 +0000

I liked this week’s project, although it looked simple it was very clever (well, not the way I did it in the end but the pattern was clever!)

I made it for one of my pairs of scissors in the end as I have too many pencil cases already.

Last weeks sewalong projects:

Been posting my links in the wrong places, oops. Here goes for last week’s sewalong:

This was the project from two weeks ago, I attached a magnet to the back so now it lives on my sewing machine.

I am loving this sewalong so much! I don’t want it to end! So nice to be “forced” to make every project in a book, even the ones that didn’t speak to you so much initially.

Liebster Blog award

jennie — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:41:00 +0000

Marika from the gorgeous live-laugh-love-sew blog sent me a most welcome message early this morning…. telling me she had awarded me and four other bloggers the Liebster Blog award!!

The Liebster award (German for favorite, loveliest) is for bloggers with 200 followers of less. As a recipient of the award, you have the chance to thank and link back to the blogger who gave it to you as well as pass it along to five other deserving blogs.

The Liebster Conventions says that :

1. Thank your award presenter on your blogblog and link back to him/her (done!)

2. Copy and paste the award to your blog (done too!)

3. Present the Liebster Award to 5 blogs that you think deserve to be recognized (just thinking about that one…. done!)

4. Let them know by leaving a comment on their blog (will do that right after I push the publish button)

5. Have faith that your follower will spread the love too ! (I am sure you will!)

It has been incredibly difficult just picking five as I love so many blogs and get so much inspiration from them (but making it easier most of them have tons of followers so automatically cannot win) but here goes:

1. Knitting on trains

2. Significant Seams

3. Original stitch

4. Mylovebumps

5. All the live long day

Pass on the Blog Lovin’!

Zakka Style sewalong; week 2 The house pouch

jennie — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:19:00 +0000

Last night I sat down to try and catch up with Zakka Style Sew-along hosted by 24 fantastic bloggers – see post below.

I completely missed out on week 1, but as I already have too many bags (yes it IS possible to have too many bags!) I wasn’t too miffed.

So here is my little house pouch! I loved making it although wonder how useful it will be withe small zip on top. Saying that I now no longer keep my make up in the hideous came-free-on-a-flight beige (BEIGE!!) washbag so I guess it is already useful. And SO pretty!

I have actually already made next week’s too as I was on a roll but I will reveal that on Monday.

Have a lovely weekend all!

Pinterest Challenge

jennie — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:42:00 +0000

Coming to this possibly a bit late in the day (some two months after it started) I nonetheless love this so much I am joining in.

“This” is Pinterest Challenge. You know all those gorgeous things you pin up on your boards? Every month you pick one, just one, to make. And then you post your make on your blog and link it back to the original gals who started the challenge. Simple? Yes. Effective? Oh yes. Fun? Oodles of.

The first Monday of the month is when you post your make up on this blog mylovebumps and then you can sit back and enjoy what everybody else has made. So far more than 50 ladies (presume you are all ladies, sorry to any lovely men taking part!) have signed up.

Join us?

Here is a picture of my pimped up Kindle case for your enjoyment

jennie — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:19:00 +0000

Zakka Style Sew Along

I just bought this book last week and it is ADORABLE so I am excited to have found this Zakka Style Sew-ALong.

A group of 24 bloggers, led by Lindsey of LRstitched and Amy of Sukie, will be making every project from Rashida Coleman-Hales’ book Zakka Style.

There are 24 projects in the book and we will be sewing right through it from start to finish!

The sew along starts Monday April 2nd with the first project in the book and will continue through Monday September 10th with a new project introduced each Monday. We’ll each be sewing up a different project and will be sharing our finished projects, inspiration for fabrics, and helpful tips with you. I am up first with the Zig Zag tote. Get a copy and meet me here on April 2nd.

April 2nd :: Zig Zag Tote with Sew Fantastic
April 9th :: The House Pouch with During Quiet Time
April 16th :: Zakka Pincushion with Pink Penguin
April 23rd :: Sewing Kit with Monkey Do
April 30th :: Patchwork Pencil Case with VeryKerryBerry

May 7th :: Itty Bitty Quilt Block Magnets with Little Bluebell
May 14th :: Raincloud Mug Rug with Quilt Dad
May 21st :: Zakka Block Quilt with I like Orange
May 28th :: Stem Messenger Bag with Sew Sweetness

June 4th :: Zip Organizer with Spotted Stone
June 11th :: Orchard Path Tweed Pouch with Don’t Call Me Betsy
June 18th :: Happy Couple Hand warmers with A Cuppa and a Catchup
June 25th :: Patchwork Potholder with Sew Take a Hike

July 2nd :: Water Bottle Holder with One Shabby Chick
July 9th :: Elephant Bookmark with Cut to Pieces
July 16th :: Patchwork Ribbon with {House} of A la Mode
July 23rd :: Delightful Linen Bag with Sukie
July 30th :: Bread Basket with Patchwork Notes

August 6th :: Sweet Sugar Cookie Sack with BettyCrockerAss
August 13th :: Little Pocket Pillowcase with Freshly Pieced
August 20th :: Sweet Memories Photo Frame with Noodlehead
August 27th :: Pleated Coin Purse with Shape Moth
September 3rd :: Happy Garland Message Board with Maureen Cracknell Handmade
September 10th :: Nesting Boxes with From the Blue Chair

There will be a week in between each project to give you time to sew along. If you want to join in, you will need a copy of the book! You can find it on Amazon, your local bookstore, etc. There are also copies of the e-book available online.

Just make sure to pick it up before we start!

Feel free to join in the flickr group and be sure to grab a button!

jennie — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:45:00 +0000

The Significant Seams Neighbourly Quilt Easter Workshops at The Mill

Wednesday 4 April, 11-12, Embroidery for Kids (age 7+), suggested donation £3
Tuesday, 10 April, 11-12:30, Kids’ Patch Decorating (All ages welcome), suggested donation £3
Friday, 13 April, 11-1, Felting Raw Wool into a Patch (age 10+), suggested donation £8
Saturday, 14 April, 4:30-6, Drawing with your Sewing Machine: Booking essential, suggested donation £6

About the Neighbourly Quilt Programme 2012
Area residents are being asked to represent the idea of neighborliness or something they love about
Walthamstow on a fabric square that will become part of the 2012 Significant Seams Community quilt: The E17 Neighbourly Quilt. They will be able to use any number of textile traditions or practices, and learn new ones from one of a number of workshops we will be hosting (minimum 6, a possible 20). You do not need to attend a workshop to contribute a patch.
Patches will be created by: area artists, craft clubs, community organisations , children, and other residents.The completed quilt will feature in the 2012 E17 Art Trail.

This Quilt will be created from volunteer participation, positivity, creativity, and community . It will be coordinated by Significant Seams and its partners. Costs will be funded by sponsorship support from good citizen businesses and organisations, ward funding, and sales of community quilt sewing kits.

Hand turned wooden pin cushions

jennie — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:03:00 +0000

For a little while now I have had these stunning pin cushions on sale in a couple of shops. They are made by a lovely man based in Tunbridge, who has taught himself the (almost) lost art of Tunbridge wood turning.

I am so in list with them I can barely bear to part with them but I have myself reached critical mass with them now (I have three!) so I am now making a special effort to clear out the last few ones we have on the shelves so Paul can get on with making new ones, as well as the lush wooden boxes he also makes.

So for one week (until 9th April) only these will be for sale in my Etsy shop at half their normal price. They come in 3 different sizes and a few different colours (navy, royal, red and peach). Not all colours are available in all sizes, if in doubt leave me a comment and I can double check the one you have is in stock still).

My Etsy shop can be found here