Saturday, 13 June 2015

If anyone comes across my sewing mojo, could you send it in my direction...



So once again at this time of year my urge to sew has left the building... so I have nothing really to show :-(
I have been really enjoying planner decoration, this is about as crafty as it's been round here of late.


We have also joined the national trust as there are quite a few places to go near us.




These were taken at Benthall Hall. 
I also fell in love with this beautiful land girl scarecrow at Wightwick Manor. 
For some reason, I didn't take many other photos at Wightwick I think it's because I had the dog....note to self give hubby the dog so I can take pictures ! 
I know we'll go back it was a lovely place, fantastic vegetable garden.


See isn't she amazing :-)


Hopefully be back soon,

Emma x


Saturday, 4 April 2015

Happy Easter



 I made it, just in the nick of time :-)
Here is my little Easter bunny brooch, I made a couple of these for my lovely cousins to go with their chocolate eggs. I'm making one for myself too....it's just not quite finished yet.

Have a wonderful easter.

Emma x



Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Spring swap


The mini quilts have been posted and received, I can't believe how lucky I am, Rachel of Contented has sent me the most beautiful mini quilt, just look at the darling little bee, I absolutely love it. Rachel also sent me some lovely fabric, some little wooden eggs and some chocolate bunnies yum.
The little bee mini is sitting pride of place on my Easter display and I just need to put the little eggs on the tree :-)






This also means I can show the little quilt that I sent to Rachel, as I am obsessed with stars it had to be a star quilt and I managed to get some bunnies in there too. It's been so much fun to do a mini swap, Thanks Rachel for swapping with me.



I hope to be back before easter, cutting it fine I know! But I have a little bunny brooch I want to share.
See you soon,
Emma x



Friday, 13 March 2015

Little mini quilt swap





After the rush of Christmas I found myself in a bit of a sewing rut...I wanted to stitch but didn't know what so I made a few minis and remembered what fun it is to make something small that you don't have to worry about too much. 
Any way I blogged about it and my bloggy friend Rachel, who has a lovely blog called Contented was also in a similar situation. Rachel contacted me and asked if it would be a good idea to have a little mini swap to put the fun back into sewing again, I thought it was a fab idea so we made arrangements :-)
So here is my final set of sneak peeks for Rachel. The binding is going on at the weekend and then it will be ready for posting just in time for Easter.

Emma x

Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Love is in the air





I couldn't resist this gorgeous little love stamp cross stitch from The frosted pumpkin stitchery so adorable. 
I made it in to a mini quilt with extra wadding so it would stand up like a picture. I was after quick fix cuteness to brighten up the mantle, so I was too impatient didn't want to wait for a frame.
I also took down my Christmas sampler (it needs a proper frame and it isn't Christmas any more). It left a really blank space on the wall, so again after a quick fix I stitched up some hearts with some pink and red scraps and made a little decoration for the wall, the picture is pants but it really does brighten that wall up nicely.
I can't believe we're at the end of february already…yay for march and the clocks going forward :-)

Emma xxx

Monday, 16 February 2015

mmm fudge





I've been having a go at making fudge, with surprisingly good results, this batch was vanilla fudge with a chocolate and peanut topping, it was yummy.
Just in case you want to have a go…your family will love you forever lol)
This is the recipe.
Back soon,
Emma xxx