Summer Holidays

How is it possible that we are reaching the end of the school summer holidays already here in England?   They seem to have flown by even with all the strangeness that surrounds us at the moment.   Usually our holidays are filled with wonderful days out with groups of friends to local attractions, we are very lucky to live in an area where there are bountiful choices of child friendly places to go, but for obvious reasons this year has been slightly different!   We have almost treated it like we are still in full lockdown and stayed in our family bubble for the majority of the time but even so we have had some lovely days out picnicking and paddling in local woods and even a couple of trips to the family static caravan in Flamborough.   

On the days when the weather was not so good we made some things for Chloe’s bedroom: We transformed a cardboard box and leftover wallpaper into a wardrobe for her teddies clothes; and an old duvet cover into a den.

Because of all of this, I haven’t had that much free time for sewing, which is why this is my first post for a while.   But when I have had time, I have been making a few face masks for the family and even a couple of birthday presents (but I can only reveal one at the moment!):

I have had lots of ideas for new products and modifications to my work over the summer which I hope to share with you very soon.  When I’ve managed to grasp a few moments with my sewing machine I have been experimenting with a few things to broaden my embroidery and appliqué  skills and  I am looking forward to getting back in front of the sewing machine on a more regular basis to expand on these - I’m quite exited, watch this space!