Linkup Party Likes #19

 

Hello all, how was your weekend?  Did anyone grab a bargain in the Black Friday and Cyber Sales? Hope all in the USA had a lovely Thanks Giving too!!!

We went camping over the weekend and it was Ethan’s first time.  We only went for 2 nights and it rain most of the Saturday but all in all it was a lovely weekend catching up with friends and family.  Oh and the boy’s had fun 4wd.

Before we left I managed to whip up another nappy wallet that is to be part of a great charity auction over at Lace & Dryde for the pretty and the punk facebook page.

I also finished a new trolley cover too.  I am hoping to have a few more done over the next week to upload to my Made It store.  Think I might have to have a sale first before uploading new stock, so stay tuned.

Now for the linkup parties.  A lot of people are getting in the Christmas spirit and coming up with some wonderful ideas.

I love the fabric La La Bliss has used to make this great little apron:

And who doesn’t  love to bake a few yummy treats for the Christmas table.  Echoes of Laughter has shared a great Sugar Cookie recipe:

Echoes of Laughter also have this great Peppermint Foot Soak gift idea as well.  I just love this and will be making some for myself lol:

 

How about something for the man of the house.  Here is a Manly Hand Scrub you can make yourself over at Paper Turtle:

Don’t have a wreath for you door this.  Well why not make one yourself.  The Kurtz Corner has used tulle for this lovely wreath:

And here’s another great wreath over at Saved by Love Creations using a couple of t-shirts, awesome:

Need some gift tags for your Christmas presents, well Persona Designs have some great Be Merry holiday gift tags for you to download:

And finally here is one you could make for Christmas but I am going to bake this one for morning tea in our camp oven when we go camping next.  You can find the recipe for these yummy cinnamon rolls over at June Cleaver Nirvana:

So hungry now, must be lunchtime.  Have a great day!!!!

Support Handmade this Christmas

Don’t forget that Bits & Bobs 4 Bubs has some great stocking fillers too!!!!

Support Handmade this Christmas

Rosie & Scarlet have some great stocking fillers!!!!

I found it at the Library

Found this book ‘Simple Softies’ when browsing the online catalogue for the library and just had to have a look:


All the softies inside are from blogs all over the internet.  There are some real cute one’s in here.  There are so many talented people out there.  Here are a few that I liked:





The book provides the patterns for all these cute little softies and clear instructions on how to assemble  each one.
Wouldn’t these be a great handmade gift.  So why not check if you library has a copy today!!!
Happy Reading!!!

Handmade Gift

Everyone loves a handmade gift, I know I do.  It makes you feel like that person has put a lot of thought and a lot of love into the gift.  So when my Mum said that she would like to learn how to crochet and her birthday was coming up, I thought why not make a lovely bag and fill it with what she needs to crochet.

I love crocheting, I find it relaxing and I have been crocheting since I was around 10 yrs old.  When I'm working on a project, I like to keep everything I need in one bag so I don't have to keep getting up and looking for anything and plus it keeps my wool clean from dust or hair that it might pick up.  Plus I can grab the bag on the go and take my crocheting with me if I'm going somewhere like the doctors or the hospital for a checkup and have to wait for ages.

So to make the bag I found a pretty Magpie and Plum Blossom fat quarter I had purchased from Etsy a while ago and a matching red poplin to line the inside.  The fat quarter measured 18 inch x 21 inches (45.7 cm x 53.3 cm) so I cut it in half  (22.85 cm x 26.65 cm) and did the same for the red poplin.

Next I folded the material in half with right sides facing each other and sewed 3 sides leaving an opening for the top of the bag.  Now you should have to pockets.

Now to sew the pockets together.  I placed the magpie and plum blossom pouch inside the red lining (sorry for some reason I haven't taken any photo's of this part) along with some pink ribbon for the handles and sewed them both together leaving a gap so that I could pull them through so that they were facing out the right way and then hand sewed the hole shut.

And now it's done, now just to fill it with goodies.  Some red and pink wool to match the bag along with a variety of crochet hooks.

So this got me in the mood for crocheting and as my nephew's birthday is on the same day as my Mum I decided to make a vest and matching boots for his 1st birthday!



Do you have a family or friends birthday coming up, if so why not make them something special!

Happy Sewing!!!!