Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Bertie Charlies and Baileys Weekly Adventures -Santa's arrived.!

Hi everybody we had a great time at Christmas. We got new rope toys and chocolate buttons our favourite....


It was Bailey's first Christmas!  Bailey they are not all of yours.........................................



That's right Bailey . Santa has left you those two presents. Now all you need to do is open them.



Just watch me bailey, I will show you how it's done. You must be careful not to eat the paper.
Mum likes to collect it and does something called recycling?


 
I'm not opening my presents until mum takes this hat of me. I feel silly!
 
Oh Charlie it's fun Bailey and I have ours on.Have you seen mum with that paper one on her head, now that is silly.
 
We loved Christmas day we all got a lovely roast dinner of mum, then we had a lovely sleep in the afternoon, what a wonderful day.
 
Here's to 2013
 
Bertie, Charlie and Bailey wish you A very Happy New year.
 
Thank you for popping by.
Look forward to our many adventures this year!

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Homemade Hearts

There is always room for another heart. They are really cute and make great gifts for friends.
They are for sale everywhere if you are not confident at sewing. But I will show you how they are made.



 First I chose the fabric, gingham is one of my favourites, but you can use anything you have.



Then I used a template I had. It came out of one of my craft books, but you can draw a heart onto
a piece of card and use over and over again and it will of cost you nothing.


 
I cut our 4 white large hearts and 2 smaller blue gingham hearts.
 
 
You put the gingham heart on top of the white one. Then I found some blue embroidery thread.

     I did blanket stitch all the way round. (you could just sew round the gingham heart onto the white
     heart). 
 
 
Then I put the two white hearts back to back and machined all around the edge, leaving a small
     gap . 
 
 
Then you turn the heart the right way round and stuff, hand sewing the gap closed.
 
 
I used bias binding to make a hanging loop, but you can use ribbon or even string.
 
 
Next I raided my button jar to find 2 red buttons. One was heart shaped the other was round. I
attached the bias binding to the top and sewed one button on each heart. and there you have it two
cute hearts.........
 
                                                             Finished hearts.
 
 
 
                                Here are a few more hearts I have made. They are on display on my walls.
 
 
 
 
 
Have a go they are really easy and quick to make. You can  make all different designs and colours
to match your interior. Or make tiny ones to hang on your Christmas tree.
 
                                                             HAVE FUN!