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Category Archives: Crafting
Matching Crochetted Cardigans for I + M
I’ve finally finished the second part of this so can at last publish this poor, almost finished blog post that I started 5 months ago….. My last couple of week’s summer holiday project was to try crochetting my first ‘proper’ … Continue reading
Posted in Crafting, Crochet
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Frankie’s Weather Taggy
[Ooops! I've not quite finished this page....there's still loads of pics to add so I'll be back to add them soon, I promise!] I’m back into crafting! I’ve been busy with other things for the last few months, but have … Continue reading
Posted in Crafting, Crochet, Patchwork and Frankenbooks, Sewing
Tagged Baby Weather Taggy, Crochet Cloud, Crochet Cloud Edging, Crochet Raindrop, Frankie's Taggy, Little Crochet Cloud, patchwork, Rainbow Taggy Toy, Ribbon Rainbow, taggy, Taggy Rainbow, Tiny Crochet Raindrop, Weather Taggy
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Home Blended Aromatherapy for Babies
….and the rest of the family too! [Ooops! not quite finished this page yet - pics to add later!] After experiencing awful and seemingly untreatable nappy rash with DS, I wanted to do my best to make sure that DD … Continue reading
Captain Vertijo and Sidekick Em climb some stairs!
In March 2009, my sister Jo and I decided to take part in Vertical Rush, a sponsored event to raise money for the charity Shelter. In the end we beat our fundraising target and won a prize for the most … Continue reading
Posted in Crafting, Facepainting, Family Fun, Sewing
Tagged Chicken and Egg, Chicken Costume, Dressing Up, Egg Costume, Em, Fancy Dress, Shelter, Vertical Rush, Vertijo
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Letter Templates for Primary School Children
For those of us with nursery/primary school age kids who are just learning to read, a lovely idea for activities/games/presents (that are also educational) is to make letter stencils or shapes to be cut out, coloured in, sewn, glued, decorated … Continue reading
Brief Bit of Fun :D
Last week I went to an evening workshop in how to make your own underwear (big thank you to DH who bought it for me for xmas!). It was this one from The Make Lounge: Knockout Knickers Workshop. The evening … Continue reading
Posted in Crafting, Sewing
Tagged briefs, elastic, knickers, overlocking, pants, sewing, underwear
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Baby Frankenbook – Variations
When I first started my baby Frankenbooks, I originally planned to make 2 – one for my neice, and one for DD who is 7 weeks younger. I made the basic structure of pages for both books at the same … Continue reading
Posted in Crafting, Patchwork and Frankenbooks
Tagged actitivy book, baby, baby book, Baby Frankenbook, beads, book, buttons, crochet flower, fabric flower, frankenbook, patchwork, pockets, ribbon, sewing, tactile, taggy
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Mini Crochet Flower
Here’s my pattern for a simple, unsophisticated mini crochet flower, worked in 2 rounds. I made these for my frankenbooks using a 4.5mm hook and cotton DK yarn and they ended up about 4cm across. For the purposes of demonstration, … Continue reading
First Crochet Projects – Toys
Here’s a brief summary and pictures of my first few crocheted toys – all are worked in the round, and I’m including links to/details of the patterns that I followed. Stuffed Duck for DD: My second ever crochet project (after … Continue reading
Posted in Crafting, Crochet
Tagged alien, ball, crochet, duck, finger puppet, in the round, invisible decrease, ninja, whale
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