Kitchen Garden beds and Scrappy Business Cards

Decided to use up my tiny tiny scraps in a busines card printed text on calico added polka dot back and a little scrap of fabric for added colour. Hey Presto ! bespoke business cards.

After chatting with my brother Pat yesterday I decided to post a photo of our kitchen garden a work in progress ! I cannot take any credit for this its all down to my significant other with a little help from my three garden friendly kids, looking good ! So far there are stawberries. lettuce, rocket, parsely, chives, onions, spuds, rurbarb planted and the list goes on. All we have to do now is wait for the bountyful harvest! Eat your heart out Pat Sligo kitchen gardens rock!! (just a little friendly sibling rivalry :)

Finally opened an Etsy shop

Today I managed to open an etsy shop and post 2 items for sale ! I have been procrastinating about since forever! I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was just followed my nose basically. There are a few things I still need to do banner for example and put a little picture beside shop name but I will get to this in time. For the moment I am just going to enjoy the fact that I actually managed to cross this task off my very loooong to do list. There are 4 more items to put in shop need to take photos tomorrow weather permitting.

Happiness In The Heart - Doll

This happiness has ribbons in her hair and the cream netting peeps from under her pink skirt. Her body is a lovely cafe au lait cotton linen mix. She has a slightly more curvy figure than her predecessors looking good!

Happiness in the heart dolls and Boy theme quilt

Two girls finished! The little guy you see perched on the window ledge between them is my "luvuggly" lovely but ugly at the same time! Made him some time ago and has been patiently waiting for a few pals to keep him company. Have made up a explanation of where luvugglies come from as soon as I get round to making more I will post the explanation for the moment back to the girls. Fortunately these girls have really taken this "luvuggly" to their hearts and insisted that I place him in the window with them so they can enjoy the sunshine together. The girls hair can be tied in pony tails if you choose and one has purple ric rack in her hair while the other has some crochet flower in her hair and on the waist band of her skirt they are not exactly alike but make a perfect pair. Hope you like these Gemma. I have been trying to keep track of the names that people have chosen to call their happiness in the heart dolls so far...... Mary called hers Beauty.........Mia named hers Little Boots!

The quilt below is a boy themed quilt I made earlier (feelin a little like a TV chef just then!). The bright red border provides a punch of colour while not overpowering the blue and white strip pieced background with the wonky star detail. When I originally made this top I was not sure how to frame it but Gabrielle came to the rescue.....with the red suggestion.....thank you Gabrielle! Me thinks it works really well.

Stripy Skirt sew hip project

These worn out old jeans belong to my daughter got the stripy skirt treatment and I am really pleased with the result. I followed the instructions from sew hip magazine http://www.sewhip.co.uk/ i love this magazine and have been getting it since the first issue but this is the first time I have actually made anything! from the magazine. This was surprisingly easy to do the hardest part was unpicking the pockets. I have not hemmed the bottom yet but had to take a photo anyway!

Quilt and Dolls find a new home

This quilt has found a new home with a very pregnant Caroline SNA extraordinaire! (special needs assistant) who works at our local national school and has just earned a well deserved break before the birth of her third child way to go! good luck!!!

The three Happiness in the heart dolls shiped off to France late Janurary a belated Bon Voyage ! ....... an auntie present for three cute sisters. The purple doll is dressed in fabric from Perth WA. My very super sister in law Aileen gave to me this fabric at christmas while at home on holidays from Perth WA. Actually the three girls are dressed in fabrics from Australia,USA and UK and now they live in France! Looks like they know their way around .

Niamh an Chinn oir Niamh of the golden hair

This is a work in progress. The idea is to introduce a character from the old Irish fairy tale about the land of the ever young Tír na Nóg Niamh of the golden hair. After much drawing and redrawing the sketch for the embroidered image for Niamh on horse came about I think she looks suitably self assured .... being princess material and drop dead gorgeous to booth this look was essential! This is the juicy orange golden green colour story. This is the center panel and I am not sure how to proceed .... plan is to look at it for a few days and hope it will come to me! I have made a little cot quilt using this particular collection of fabrics and like the zing factor you get from the zesty orange accent ( did no have enough zesty orange fabric for Niamh had to do with a less intense orange to frame the embriodered panel... may need to order more intense orange to frame the embroidered block to get that colour punch. Next to the do one with a different colourway green blues yellow and chocolate brown.