Tea Party for two! ;)*

Well lads n' ladies! Can you believe it? I've got only 2 weeks left til our due date!!! I popped into the doctor's yesterday and I'm delighted to tell you all is good in the hood! Head down, heart rate strong, blood pressure normal - the main thing, my darlin' baby is healthy and growing bigger by the day! I thought i'd celebrate by having some tea and toast in the sunshine! :)*

Usually I'd make my tea in the mug  (I know...sinful!) but i made myself this tea cosy and I was dying to use it for the first time. You can find the pattern details in the latest issue of Sew Hip!

I decided to veer off the original design and funk it up a bit with some lettering applique and by adding buttons and beads to the finished design. The toast was very good by the way, almost burned (just the way i like it) and slathered with marmalade. If you like your marmalade chunky and slightly bitter then i can't recommend Aldi's Grandessa brand highly enough. It's pure delicious!

My darlin' pooch, Mitzi snuck in deftly for the jammy crusts! 

a couple of close-ups of the finished detail...

Lined and quilted using a vintage tablecloth - given to me by Sarah from Redpossum. She's also opened another etsy shop for clearing her stash of vintage fabric, do have a peek!! :)

AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T DRINK TEA >>>>

<<< KEEP YOUR HEAD COSY INSTEAD!!! ;P 

Sunny Bunny and my new apron! :)

So I reckon its about time that I did another bump update - thanks for the prompt ladies! I'm going to kill two birds with one stone here and show off one of my latest makes and my favourite sunny bunny tee! (as well as my plump nearly six month old bump) ;D

Well as you can probably see for yourself the apron is reversible and very handmade looking! I'm notorious for not following instructions, patterns just drive my head crazy so last time i visited the folks Mummy had a challenge tucked up her sleeve.  The challenge was to create an apron entirely by following a pattern - this might seem easy to some but i was less than hopeful. The terms ruching, darts, and ladder stitch filled my wee heart with dread especially when i found out that you had to make your own bias binding. We worked together on it (for roughly six hours straight) and Mummy managed to keep my mind on the job. My mind usually danders off somewhere else mid project! Now that its finshed, I'm very proud of it and now know that I can in fact follow a pattern, I just need a bit of self belief and a hell of a lot of  FOCUS! Who knew an apron could teach you so much!

If you fancy giving this apron project a go then check out the Emmeline pattern from Sew Liberated. Oh and do let me know if you give it a try! Otherwise why not drop into etsy and buy yourself one readymade - this one caught my eye this morning >> http://www.etsy.com/listing/45575964/emmeline-reversible-in-the-mood-apron

Love n' hugs,
Tanya