What Ive been up to.....

So Im still crap at blogging regularly as you will have noticed!  Ive been getting ready for baby coming so havent really had time to post very often but figured Id post a wee update before baby arrives.   Its just under 2 weeks until my little one is due to not long to go now.  Still dont have a clue if its a boy or a girl but Im swaying towards boy just now.   Guess Ill just have to wait and see.  Here is a piccie of me with my bubba bump!  This was taken about 6 weeks so and Im a whole lot bigger now!  (Regrettably my boobs aint getting any smaller either!)

Ive been playing around with my Silhouette machine again and embellished some more little vests for the baby and also some bibs.    Because we dont know what we are having most of the clothes I have are white so I figured it would be nice to jazz them up a little bit.....

Ive been doing some sewing as well.    The patchwork and quilting class I go to are having a charity fund raiser so I made some coasters and a teapot stand out of some Pure by Sweetwater scraps that I had...

Since I posted a piccie of the minnie mouse bag I made a month or so ago,  Ive been contacted by quite a few people asking for them and other designs for their kids so been making quite a few childrens bags as well.  Ive decided I  love making bags for kids!

Phew, are you bored yet??   Im still working on my quilt (its taking forever because I have carpel tunnel syndrome in my hands which means they go numb quite regularly so hand sewing takes forever!)  Its nearly done but not quite so Ill leave that for another time.   I hope you are all well.  Next time Im post I will hopefully have a wee picture of my bubba to share with you.  Happy days!!  

Love Pootle. xxx

Im baaaaaccckkkk!!!!

Jeez its been nearly 2 months since I posted.  Im such a terrible blogger.  I dont know where the time goes TBH.  I still read everyones blogs but only occasionally get the time to comment on them.  My brain seems to be obsessed with thoughts of babies just now! On the subject of babies, Im now 23 weeks pregnant.  Had our 20 week scan a few weeks back and baby is very healthy and all looks good which is brilliant news.  Ive been feeling the baby for a few weeks now but this morning he kicked his daddy for the first time which was very lovely!

Despite having baby brain I havent forgotten about my love of sewing.  Ive been altering some maternity clothes (too fat to fit into my normal ones now) and have also started going to patchwork classes.  Ive only been going for 2 weeks and I really love it!!   The aim is to have completed a quilt by the time the classes finish (its a 10 week course) so I thought that Id post each block that Ive completed each week so you can see it coming together (hopefully!)  We are doing a different block technique each week.

This is the block I did at this weeks class.  Standard log cabin style.   The fabric is Michael Miller Aqua and Red which I loved the moment I saw it and have always wanted an excuse to buy.  I just love the colours and the patterns and think it will make an amazing looking quilt.   Im really pleased with it.

Ive been playing around with my Silhouette machine too (see! Im not just sitting on the sofa stuffing my face with chocolate every day (well, I  am but not every hour of the day!)  I bought a plain white babygrow and jazzed it up with a piccie I saw on the internet.  Here are the before and after shots.  How cute eh!!  Im normally not a fan of slogans on baby clothes but I did like this one.

                                                                             Before

                                                                             After


Have also been making some more cushion covers for my gorgeous Mum.  Fairly simple patchwork using the leftover of my Pure by Sweetwater layer cake.  Made 2 of these and 2 in a disappearing 9 patch design which I forgot to take a photo off.   (I never tire of working with this fabric.  I love it!)

Anyway, I wont bore you with any more.  I disappear for months at a time then spend ages rambling when I return!  Hope you are all well and will check in against next week.

Luv
Pootle. xx


p.s Ive started referring to baby as "he" but dont actually know the sex and not finding out (thought I best put that in incase my mum is reading this and thinks Ive found out and not told her!x)