Rocky Road

I'm not much of a baker and wasn't planning any foody posts on here but I had such success with making Rocky Road that I just had to! I modified Nigella Lawson's recipe a teeny bit and it turned out great and went down very well at my work. I've also been looking for an excuse to use my gorgeous spotty cake stand...

Cath Kidston Make

Today I'm starting a project from a Cath Kidston booklet using some gorgeous bits of fabric I got free with the Cath Kidston Patch! book...

I'm trying to make her Bird Mobile but hoping to add in a few of my own twists to it. So far I've cut the birds out ands it's looking pretty good...

Disney Shoulder Bag

A couple of months ago I made some bags with a new bag pattern I got at a local craft show and have recently tried the pattern out.  The pattern is by Melly and Me and is called Bella.  I've often struggled to follow patterns but this was so easy and would recommend a Melly and Me pattern to everyone, especially those who aren't fans of the traditional pattern.
Many moons ago I bought some fabric on Ebay that featured a very cool old style Disney pattern featuring Mickey, Minnie etc. on the beach!  I've been looking for a project to use this in for a while and thought it would make a fun and quirky bag.  The bag pattern needed 3 different but complimenting fabrics so I chose a plain blue cotton fabric for the main part of the bag, the Disney fabric for the top and pocket and finally some blue gingham for trimming and lining of the bag.  I think the fabrics work quite well...

...and this is the finished article...

 

I'm really pleased with how this turned out.  I particularly like the closure tab, it has a magnetic closure button sewn into it which fixes the bag closed.  It's the first time I've used one of these and was a bit tricky but I'm pleased with the finished look of the bag.

Felt Heaven!

I have developed an obsession with felt recently that has not been helped by my finding a rather large stash of felt scraps I never knew I had! Felt is so easy to work with and can give you pretty quick results as there is no fraying or hiding of raw edges to worry about. You can buy felt in a very wide range of colours, sizes and qualities and it's relatively cheap if you're just starting out on something small. The cheapest felt is also the poorest quality so beware of the really thin, scratchy stuff that you can buy readily on the high street. You don't need to spend too much more to get a felt that is of decent enough quality to use in craft projects big and small. This leads me to my most recent craft adventure making this super cute toadstool pincushion...

I had a lot of fun making this and it was a reasonably quick make. I'm hoping to adapt this basic design perhaps with the addition of white buttons instead of the white felt toadstool spots. I'm also going to try it on a larger scale with a green felt base to make it look like its growing out of grass, like I said...super cute! : )
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Ta-da!

After many coats of paint and much fussing and faffing I have finally finished my craft table...