As promised, a better photo of the oobee blankie made by the very gorgeous and talented Leslie (see the last post for all of the details). Of course, it wouldn't be this blog without the gherkin in the photo as well!
Apologies to h&b for showing off with the oobee facing the camera... one of the joys of a twelve week old... pose the oobee, distract the baby, take the photo!
Thanks again lovely xo
A very big thankyou to the lovely Leslie for our very gorgeous oobee blankie, which arrived in the post at the end of last week, and which you can see on the right of this photo (I have taken my sorry time getting this post up - sorry Leslie).
It is just gorgeous. Will have to try to take some detailed pictures later, so I can show you it properly, but at the moment the gherkin is asleep, so am trying not to disturb. I love Lesli'e fabric choices, they are just always gorgeous.
If you feel like shopping, then I would absolutely recommend popping into Leslie's shop ... just filled with beautiful, and beautifully made objects. We are really lucky now to have both an oobee and an oobee blankie for the gherkin.... if Leslie makes more windsees I might have to get one of those too...
Thanks so much Leslie, this was such a gorgeous swap gift. My return gift to you and your lovely little one is in progress... am aiming to have it to you by end of next week. (Leslie --- I may have sneak peeks here in the interim... so feel free to steer clear for a week!) xo
It took me three days, but in stages I managed to make this sunhat starting from the fluted hat pattern mentioned in my last post, just with some modifications to the size, some of the construction steps and I made it reversible.
Definitely needs some refining and I made it too small so would fit only a newborn with a head circumference under 34cm, but it felt great to get back into sewing and to actually finish something was bliss!
Watch this space... more creations on their way....
xo
addit: the fluted hat pattern and tutorial that this sunhat was loosely based on can be found here
Hi there!
Just when I thought I had come to a slamming stop, I have a crafting report!
For fathers day I was keen to make something a bit special for The Gherkin and Mr Pickles to enjoy together. So I made this tshirt! Well, I didn't really make it (thankyou bonds!), but I did decorate it. Here it is modelled by the The Gherkin himself.
Picked up these great iron-on transfer printable papers from officeworks. You just make or select an image on your 'puter, flip it horizontally so you are looking at the mirror image, print it our on the transfer paper and iron it on. Done! You can take the gloss out of the transer as well by ironing over again (once the image has cooled and set to the clothes) with plain paper. Think I will do this next time... I didn't this time round, but I think it would look better matt.
And just in case you wanted to be able to read the fine print... here is the whole image...
Thanks for popping in again!
xo
Hi all
Well! hasn't my life just completely changed in the past eight weeks! I almost can't remember what life was like without our Little Man (aka the gherkin). I am completely in love.
With my life currently spent doing anything but crafting, I have decided to take a wee break from this summer pickles blog... no time for crafting, certainly no time to blog about it!!!
If you would like to keep up with the non-crafting adventures of the pickles clan, you can check us out here: http://pugandpickles.blogspot.com/ ....perhaps I will see you there?
Thanks to all of you for stopping by, I have really enjoyed your visits, your comments, emails... our chats in general!
Take care, and have fun,
xo
