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Izzy's new hair band completely hand made, this is what I've been up to the last month sewing all those tiny petals together. I'm now working on some hair clips and maybe some matching skirts if i can do one! going to have a go anyway!

So i must have had a crazy moment last week because i decided that a Christmas table runner made completely from hexagons would look really nice on my table this year! Well I've started but as most of you ,who have done hexagon projects, know its slow progress! I must admit they are fun and easy to make! And i am getting somewhere... Hopefully it will be finished before Christmas but i also have two cross-stitched stockings on the go as well so we'll see. Take Care SJ

So...... i know i haven't been around lately but i have one beautiful little reason for that named izzy :) But i haven't given up sewing altogether, just have to limit it to a night time, and in all the washing and tidying I've to do and that makes for slow progress! However i am glad to announce that the bunting for little madams room is finished! Its a peter rabbit themed room and believe me some of the things i want for her room have been hard to find! like I'm still looking for a light shade! And this is the little Missy hard at work on her sock smile! SJ

Well hello there! Its been a very long time since i've posted here and let me just say that i've missed it :). I've been keeping up with the blogs i read, i just haven't had the motivation to do much crafting over the last year or so. However that has changed because i am going to be mum and the ideas have been coming in by the boat load. Blankets, bumpers, nappy bags, toys and i might even try making some clothing! But first i thought i'd finish the projects i already had on the go, like the pooh bear blankets i started for rays niece and nephew..... This is the quilt top, just waiting for the wadding to come and it will be complete! SJ

I HAVE FINISHED BOTH POOH BEARS!!!! Sorry got a little over excited, but they are finally done and i can now start on the quilt its self! i love this part! Still playing around trying to figure out how to place it. SJ

I'm a very happy chappy this week lol because i have just been given a B in my alexander the great coursework. this is the highest grade i've gotten this year meaning all those late nights payed off! Now that thats finished i have had some time to do some sewing so i thought i'd do some stitching from a victorian pattern i only did a small one, so that i could see whether i like it or not, but i do so im going to stitch a few more and make them into little purses like this one... this is just a tester and their are still a few changes to be made but i like it, its cute and colourful lol! have a nice weekend sammyjo

Hi there, is it march already? WOW i dare not blink incase the years over when i open my eyes! lol. Well i hope you all had a great feb, i spent most of it locked in my room reading. In one week i've read four books, i think i maybe a little obsessed with this hole 101 books challenge (but love reading so much that i cant help it). I have also gotten some stitching done on the unicorn and found an idea in my head for the little fairy i stitched before. This little cutie is going to be a shoulder bag when i figure out all the mechanics to it lol. Im thinking that a light yellow inside will go nicely with the pink on the outside. What do you think? have a nice week sammyjo Edit- my mum has also finished a new knit so if you like baby knitting go have a look the link to her site is at the side.

I have finished all my exams and i am now aloud to stitch again yeahy!. So my first cross stitching aim of 2008 is to finish my baby bee pattern im quite far along with this one but still have a way to go! As i've said before i dont think im going to be able to part with this one as its just to adorable and colourful. Also this week has been my best in months because i got questions in my Religious studies exam that i revised for and could answer and my Melly and Me pattern arrived. This is the first pattern for a softie i've ever bought and i cant wait to have a go at making it !! Have a nice day Sammyjo P.S. i would like to say thank you to all of you for commenting on my blog i love opening this page after a long week to find your lovely comments, so thank you!

... i know i've posted countless pics of tatty but i swear this is his last vist to my blog, i just thought that seen as you have all seen him grow from crosses to a teddy bear you should also get to see him completely finished as a christmas present. It took an awfully long time to get the border straight and neat but after a few tries i managed i,ve used two different fabrics, underneath is soild red marble and the top is red silk net with gold stars. Then came the ribbon that i stitched around the outside now that was the real pain but was totally worth it when i saw my mums face on christmas day. sammyjo

Christmas has come and gone already, wow! Well I have decided to go back in time and become 13 again ! "Why?, you ask their so much you can do at 17 that you cant at 13" well yes that maybe true but there is so much i could do when i was 13 that seems to babyish at 17 lol Like going to see santa in the town centre and not getting funny looks and also being able to take my one, three and five year old cousins to see him to without beening asked if their mine and getting funny looks of the sales people in the shops when i take them for sweets afterwards (really like i look old enough to have three kids, where do these poeple get thier ideas lol) and last but not least when i wake up on christmas eve at 13 it actually feels like christmas not just another day :(. So there you have it i am now 13 again lol So did you all have a nice christmas? i did the best part of the day was when my youngist sister opened her present and said "Wow it's really nice, What is it?" b...

Do you remember these.......... And this............... well they have now become this........ My mum walked into my room last night to find me blasting my chemical romance at full volume, sicking this to my bedroom wall with blu tack and the first thing she asked was "have you finally gone crazy dear" my reply was that this helps me to see how many more flowers i need before it will fit my bed. she just laughedat me and walk out lol, ok so maybe i am a little crazy but thats good, right? Anyway so far this has taken me nearly five month and it isn't even completly sewn together but it is getting there. Have a nice weekend lol

Ok so i was going through my room the other day and found a mountin of projects i never finished that i had hidden while my room was being decorated (i should be ashamed). so i used the hole weekend to sort out my room to make sure there were no other little projects playing hide and seek (there were no others thank god lol) and to finish of the ones i found. The first one is a winne the pooh pillow cover that i have backed in red fur for chelsea for christmas . I also found a unicorn cross stitch that have to take some pics of for next time. Also i finished the green sparkly scarf for the cold mornings that have arrived and will be here untill next year lol but i think my lion bag has taken a liking to it !

After finishing the margret sherry design of the cat with the letter C, i had no idea what to do with it. So i thought i would have a go at making a case type thing for my stitching stuff such as patterns, sissors and needles and this is what i came up with.... It went from this.... To this..... There is a small patch for all my needles, a pocket foor my sissors, one for my pencils and pens and a large pocket for my patterns and mags. I like this one but getting the hole in the front the right size for the cat was alittle annoying but i got there in the end! sammyjo

Today i woke up and was in the mood to stitch so i thought i might as well stitch some another Christmas card, because lets face it you can never have too many! Also it might help with the fact that it really does not feel like Christmas this year, i think its because I'm getting older! :) I thought this pattern was really cool and funny so i desided to stitch it but the gold thread was terrible to work with, not my favourite DMC product! Also did i tell you about the little competition me and my sister Chelsea have every year because she is diabetic! Well the aim is to stay away from anything sweet, like chocolate, cake, sweets, ice cream and other things like that for the two weeks running up to Christmas day. If one of us fails we have to buy the winner an extra Christmas gift as a declaration of the winners superme will power! :) hehehe. Oh there is one way for my sister to get around this and that is to take a funny turn which means that she need sugar to lift her blood sug...