Quilt love - preview

Three quilts arrived a few weeks ago from the fantastic Debbie, the long-arm quilter, and I am in the process of hand stitching the binding to the back on all of them.

Hopefully I'll have some time over the holidays to do proper posts with detailed photographs for each of the three of these quilts. 

In the meantime, please enjoy this preview!

Newborn gift - long-eared soft cuddly rabbit

Yep, it is that time of year amongst my friends; another baby has entered the world. 

Welcome Sam!

Unfortunately this one is moving to South Africa in less than two weeks time and what better way of reminding the family of their time in the UK than customising the ears accordingly!!!

Hope you love it!

A combo for a newborn - feeding apron, wetwipes covers and a small bag

This is a common combination of useful gifts for a newborn and the mother!

The simple feeding apron, or more jokingly sometimes called "the hooter hider", provide the mother (and the nursing baby!) some privacy whilst feeding in public. Once you get the hang of it, it is really useful and makes sure you don't hesitate to breast feed when the baby is hungry, no matter where you are! 

There are also two covers for the soft packs of wetwipes (see TUTORIAL here), and finally a really useful odds and sods bag. The bag is lined and easily takes a few diapers / nappies, a bottle, wipes (in their cover!) and a burp cloth. As the baby gets older it also works as a first bag for kindergarten / nursery with spare clothes and perhaps a cuddly. 

Charity Christmas Fair - opens Thursday 21 Nov

If you are in London, don't miss the Christmas Fair at the Swedish Church this Thursday, Saturday and Sunday!

As previous years, there'll be plenty of Swedish food and handicrafts, Swedish gingerbread (pepparkakor), homebaked bread, hard bread (knäckebröd), christmas sausages and cheese, hot pea soup (ärtsoppa med punch), elk, reindeer (renfilé), gravad lax, sandwiches, cakes (massor av hembakta kakor oct prinsesstårta), mulled wine (glögg), hot dogs, candles (ljus), Swedish glass, Christmas cards and much more…

Again, we are a dozen or so, who have been busy crafting hand made items which we are selling at one of the stalls. All profits go to the Church and typically we have all donated both material and time.

Due to Baby 3, my contribution was slightly less this year than previous times, although I believe the other ladies have been busy as always and there'll be plenty of amazing items to purchase.

Just make sure you are there early, as many items are unique and no duplicates can be made. The embroidery table runners usually sell within five minutes of the fair opening! 

Opening hours:

Thursday 21 Nov - 11-20

Friday 22 Nov - CLOSED

Saturday 23 Nov - 11-18

Sunday 24 Nov - 12-17

Address: 

Swedish Church

6 Harcourt Street

London W1H 4AG 

Nearest tube station Edgware Road, Marylebone Station and Baker Street.

( The Swedish Church in London )

Girlie pillow cases

Of course, if the big brother gets new cool pillow cases, then the little one NEEDS some too!!! She is absolutely fascinated by flowers and ladybirds at the moment so the front version was a given! The one behind, has some red dots on pink background. 

She absolutely LOVES them!