It's a Busy Old Life...

...so much so, that I haven't baked for a few days, and dinners have been super quick, super easy, and things already shared with you...however over the next few days that will change, as we have four friends coming to stay for the weekend...2 smallish people, and 2 larger ones (one of which is Cath who's blog you can find here)...and they're vegetarians, so forget  my 'Midweek Veggie Meals' we are moving into full-blown veggie heaven this weekend...Ok have to confess, these friends do come to stay about 3-4 times a year, so am used to cooking veggie meals, however...I am going to try a few new recipes out on them this weekend...so they get to be my guinea pigs!!! (This should be where the evil laugh comes...but don't want to scare them off!!!) Oh and there may even be a pudding or two in the mix...so watch this space!!

There is one thing that I managed to get done earlier this week though...

Making The Pillow Mat...

...a new sewing project...a little while ago I posted to say that this project jumped out at me from issue 18 of Making Magazine...and that my smallish male person quite fancied the look of it...and because I had made the smallish female person two cushions...why couldn't I make it for him? Good question, apart from the obvious reason...I'm only just learning to sew!!! But after reading the instructions about fifty times...I decided it seemed pretty okish for me to tackle...

Another new project...

 ...I have been busy today, but not in a 'making' sense of the word...Firat of all I took a trip to a well known Swedish Store to look for some fabrics to make a pillow mat that is in issue 18 of Making magazine...

I think this would be great for my son...he can fold it up to sit on, or unfold to lie on whilst reading or playing games...I also think it would be good for when friends come over to stay...Will take pics of progress once I start it, and if all goes well I may make a second one for my daughter too...we shall see!

The Bag, part 4...

...The Bag becomes cushions!!


After yesterday's sewing, it became quite clear to me that The Bag was to be a bag no more! In fact when she came in from school, my 10 year old decided she would quite like to have the cushions for her bedroom!


So what happened today?...

 This...First of all, I want to show you the wrong side of the two cushion fronts...As this is the first real thing I have made using my sewing machine, (I really am a complete novice!!) I am really chuffed with how neat it all looks...yes, I know you don't see it when made up, but it just gives me a little sense of pride!!