Pretty things and something for me

I have had a very busy couple of weeks with orders, for which I am very grateful.  It's fantastic when my stock sells, but I do so love making appliqued bunting. I love the whole process from putting together the fabric options, to deciding upon the felt colours and then adding the little details. Here's some of favourites that have gone in the post this week:

Pretty Pinks with Itty Bitty embellishments and lace trim

A bespoke order with a pretty vintage feel

Gorgeous Delilah fabrics, with the appliques in a mix of upper and lower case

Having had such a busy time, my orders book has been well thumbed and as I kept picking it up I did think it was a very sad looking thing with it's black plastic cover.  So, I set to making it a pretty cover

Out came my collection of precious fabrics, that I have squirrelled away for just such occasions, my cotton lace collection, linen tapes, ribbons and wooden buttons 

I really, really, really enjoyed making this and sad as it may sound, I shall give me lots of pleasure, each time I pick it up

I hope that you have a lovely weekend, what's left of it and a great week!

Flutter flutter little butterflies

A couple of weeks ago, I made a Felt Love Bunting for the gorgeous Tina from ARC kisses

When she got it home she then asked if it was possible to add some extra butterflies to the twine.  Now I love making something new and you know how much I adore butterflies

I wanted the butterlies to have a 3D quality and this is what I came up with

and then I got thinking, how lovely would they look sewn onto my bias tape

and I have to say I am loooooving them

Each one is carefully hand stitched and then given a Little Kitten Homemade 'flutter'

and of course they can come in any colour

oh and what about adding some twine and making them into a flutterby garland

 or a mobile, oh my mind is full of ideas

but in the meanwhile I hope that you like my flutter flutter little butterflies

My new love.....

I've just bought myself a new camera. There is nothing wrong with my old one a Fujifilm Finepix F70 EXR and I have taken some great family shots, but I just haven't been happy with my product photo's . My new one arrived late yesterday, so today I've been having a little play

Liberty Bunting in Pink

Caths Flowers Bunting

Liberty Bunting Multi Bright

The photo's are completely unedited, which I can not believe, no adjustments, no cropping etc etc

Canon Powershot SX40 HS I loooovveee you!

(I'll be listing the limited edition Liberty buntings later in my Etsy shop!)

Great excitement at LKH HQ

I love gardening and there is nothing better than growing your own.  Sadly I had to give up our allotment last year, when it became obvious that there was not enough hours in the day for growing veg, sewing and being mum.  We did however transfer as many of our fruit plants (strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrant and blackberries) to our small back garden.  We also grow all our salad and tomato crops throughout the summer.

Blackcurrants ripening last summer

My love of gardening was inspired by the television programme Gardeners World.  Last year I visited the late Geoff Hamiltons wonderful Barnsdale gardens, they are truely amazing and if ever you are in Rutland, well worth a visit.

Blossom at Barnsdale Gardens

   But my favourite presenter ever has to be Alan Titchmarsh.  So how happy was I when asked on Sunday night by the lovely Sally from Dorothy and Theodore if I could provide some Jubilee themed bunting for his TV programme 'The Alan Titchmarsh show'.   So here he is with my Tea Party bunting on Wednesday's show, (excuse the photo taken of the tv!)

and here's a close up of the pretty 'kitch' bunting. 

oh and here's another patriotic version of this bunting made for last years Royal Wedding which would be perfect for Jubilee celebrations or the Olympics maybe, what do you think?

Have a lovely weekend!

Remember this.....

This was the field behind our house back in April, thankfully the yellow rape has long gone and thankfully with it our Hay fever!

This is how it looks this morning, lush and green and sprinkled with Red Poppies, what a delight!

On the home front, hopefully (everything is crossed and I hope that I am not tempting fate!!!) Andy should be home Sunday evening, so that means we have 2 more go to beds to go, hooray

LKH has been as busy as ever and my little hands have been sewing lots of pretty hand appliques for Custom Orders and my Sewing Machine has been sewing at full speed putting them all together. I did however spend a couple of hours to tidy LKH Headquarters (and yes it really did take that long) I am not quite sure how it happened but it had got into a dreadful muddle. I like my fabrics to be in a certain order and they were all over the place, buttons were in the wrong place and I had lots of lovely new fabrics to put away so enough was enough.

Here's a little peek of where the action happens

Just one of the run of shelves I have stacked full of lovely fabric and my Felt Rainbow

To the right of this I have, just some of my bias binding rolls. In the top Ikea storage box and the one directly below are my ribbons and trims, sorted by colour and type. The retro sewing basket has patchwork squares and hexie's waiting patiently to be sewn together ( one day! ) The other Wooden Box has just some of my embroidery threads. My main stock of those are stored in the chest of drawers below

in plastic boxes, in colour order. I won't show you exactly how many I have, but believe me it's a lot!

On the other side of the room ( which is not big! ) I have yet more fabric and in the White Chest of drawers and the Printers Block Chest which you can see more of here , I store pre cut Bunting Triangles

Call me sad, but sometimes I just sit and look at my fabric


and this is my trusty sewing machine, which has sewn many a mile. It sits on a table top, that Andy built for me in a bay window, so I have lots of light. It's where I cut out, take my photo's, wrap and pack and I should do my accounts (eeekk, must get up caught up on those)

and as for what Bunting do I have, well I must confess to have a changeover every now and then, but currently it is gorgeous Mini Bunting in Liberty Blues.

I hope you like the little tour :)

Update on the GIVEAWAY

1 more sale in my Etsy Shop and 3 more Facebook fans to go

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

A fresh look

What do you think.........do you like my new blog look, I LOVE it! It's been designed by the very talented Kathy from Modern Polka Dots on Etsy and now brings into line my Website, my Etsy Shop and my Blog, please do let me know what you think.

On the home front, I had grand plans for this week, however all best laid plans..... Jamie went back to school on Monday, but after a nice walk home and tea, started to flag and said his head hurt. By 8pm he had a raging temperature, which continued through the night. He spent all day Tuesday camped out on the sofa watching tv and Wednesday playing lego, with the odd 'lets see how your head is' restricted session on the computer playing his new Star Wars game that he got for his birthday. By Thursday he seemed back on top form so I sent him back to school........ how bad did I feel when school phoned for me to come and collect him mid afternoon and even worse the fact that I had gone down town, the first time all week and had forgotten my phone. Thankfully Grandpa was at home and went on the mercy dash to school. As soon as Jamie got home, he fell asleep on the sofa, woke briefly asking to go to bed and then slept deeply until 4 am! Anyway thankfully the horrible bug is on it's way out and he is returning to normal. There is a God though and Poppy hasn't caught it, although I've been fighting a bad head for days....... only 1 more week until Andy gets back hooray!!!!

On the sewing front, I have some gorgeous new Buntings going into the Etsy shop, his just some of them

Rosebuds, an oh so pretty Bunting in pink, pink and a little more pink

Nautical, a classic combination of Red, White and Blue

Bliss

Blossoms, a stunning and dramatic Bunting in Black and Hot Pink

And here are just some of the Custom Orders that have been sent on their way, lovingly wrapped in tissue paper and tied up with string

Sherbert Pips and Tutti Fruity Vintage Fabric Bunting

Hand Appliqued Nautical Bunting

and Pretty Tilda

Thank you so much to my lovely customers for allowing me to do what I really do love what I do.....Sewing !!

Finally, I've nearly reached some major milestones, I'm nearly at 300 Sales on Etsy and nearly at 100 Likes on Facebook. SO when I get there, I think it will be time for another

GIVEAWAY

Have a great weekend, 'till next time