Month: April 2018

Happy Friday everyone! I can’t believe it’s been 2 weeks since my last post already! The time is flying by so far this year. I have one of my favourite crafts to share with you this week. I love a good old homemade gift. It always seems more personal and guarantees uniqueness! So the following pics will show you how to make a gorgeous patchwork baby quilt.

First up you’ll need to get some cute material (There are some adorable Peter Rabbit prints out there atm). Then cut out the squares 11cm by 11cm before arranging them all out until you’re happy with the lay out. I made these quilts 7 squares by  7 squares but you can obviously change the size of the squares and/or the amount depending on the size of quilt you require.

 

Then pin them together in rows and using a sewing machine to sew them together.

Then once all the squares are sewn together cut out a matching size of wadding for the inside place this down on a flat surface. Then cut out a matching piece of material for the backing and place this on top of the wadding. Then lay the patchwork face down on top before pinning them together and sewing around the edges. Make sure you leave a hole at the bottom of the quilt to turn it in the right way.

Once finished, turn the quilt the right way through, and hand stitch the hole closed

Then follow the lines of the patchwork and sew over all 3 layers to add in the patchwork effect.

And there you have it! A very simple, cute, personalised, handmade gift for your friends and families cute babies! Paperchase , (one of my favourite places!!!) do some lovely peter rabbit gift boxes to finish off your perfect gift!

 Happy sewing everyone!

All my love,

God Bless

Mim

xXx

 

So apparently it’s Friday today!! I have been a little bit dippy this week (I’m blaming it on the night shifts) and only realised it was Friday and therefore blog day a couple of hours ago! So this week’s blog is a little more show and tell than useful!

As many of you know I love travelling and whilst on trips I love to document my adventures by taking tons of photos and making memory videos/holiday movies! Then when I’m feeling a little blue or getting itchy feet for some more travels I watch them all back! I’m also a great believer in the power of combining music to experiences. Then you play back a song and everything you associate with it comes flooding back and if you close your eyes it’s like you’re right back there again!

Anyways a few months ago I finally got round to putting my videos onto DVDs and brought some blank DVD cases. I then cut out some pretty card to decorate the cases with and then have the cutest collection of travel video memories to peruse whenever I like!

All my love,

God bless,

Mim

xXx