Fathers Day (fatigue!)

Hello there!

I hope you had a great weekend... did you have a nice Father's Day yesterday?

I must admit I'm shattered!! Because my parents live close by, Fathers Day is a big thing in our house.... lots of food & chat (which I love) ... but the downside is I seem to have spent all weekend on it - either sewing, cooking or cleaning up!!! I'm embarrassed to say I didn't get the quilt finished for my husband - but  he got lots of lovely gifts from the children, so is happy to wait for his birthday in July to get it. 

I did however, manage to make something for my dad... 

A few months ago I gave him a camera with a case, but he keeps on loosing the charger leads & bits & pieces - so this wee bag will keep them all together for him. I love this Echino fabric!

He travels quite a bit, so I used fusible fleece to give the camera a bit of protection when he packs it in his suitcase. 

For this week I have set myself only one goal (seeing as I failed miserably on last weeks list!)

So I'd better get on with it!
Hope you have a great week & accomplish at least one stitchy thing :)
Karen

{busy}ness

Hello there!
How is your week going? This just about sums up life here on the Causeway Coast at the moment:

Things have been pretty busy over here, & in between, I've been trying to get some of the mountains of  sewing done which I put aside while I was making Hannah's dress (not to mention laundry, bathroom cleaning, floor moping etc....) Here are some of the bits & pieces I've managed to finish over the past couple of weeks

• February blocks for our Care Circle of do. Good Stitches.. embarrassingly a week late! :(

• Mouthy Stitches Pouch..

I struggled a little bit with this as my partner seemed to really like paper piecing which I am not so good at... but I loved the other side:

Fingers crossed she likes the finished pouch!

• A Fancy Frock Camera Bag....

We had a wedding this week of a lovely friend. 

I wanted to take lots of photos, but I needed a nice fancy camera bag which went with my outfit, so this is what I came up with (in about an hour before we left for the wedding!!)

I was thinking maybe of sharing a tutorial with you on how to make one if you'd like....

So that's what I've been up to over here. I hope things aren't as busy where you are...I'll leave you with some wise words which will hopefully brighten your day:

SSSSHHHH please don't tell my children!! :)

Hope you have a great week

Take care

Karen

PS Be sure to call back on Saturday when I'll have some SUPER EXCITING news for you!