I've got my confidence back. :)

Over the past 2 days I've been experimenting with my sewing machine and discovered that I'm not half bad at patchwork. After the patchwork playmat, I decided to try my hand at patchwork again.

This time I put together a couple of cushions, one pink and the other blue. They were made up of 4" squares with a calico backing and fire resistant filler. The are rather small to the standard size cushions, but they really do look really cute.

I could imagine them in a conservatory, living room or even in the bedroom. Just to brighten up the room a little. I hadn't realised that once I started I was going to get the bug and want to carry on with more... My head is swimming with ideas, I just have to put them into action and produce them.

I hope that you like the pictures. I thought I would just keep you up to date on my activities. :)

These cushions are also for sale on Ebay. So if you're interested, by all means come and have a look. Just press the buttons and you'll be taken straight to them. These items are only on a 10 day listing and they are really just one of a kind. So you can't get better than that, can you. :)

Projects I would like to take on - Patchwork

I am by no means an expert in doing homecrafts, but I have tried my hand at a few things. I am in the middle of making a patchwork playmat. At first I thought it was going to be one hell of a job, but it turned out that it was fairly easy to do.

The only hiccup I have had so far, is that the wadding was difficult to work through with the sewing machine. All I have to do now is put the main material on the back.

My brother came round last weekend and I was not prepared for the response. As soon as they saw it, him and his girlfriend both said wow. I was shocked, but was really chuffed that they actually liked it, because I think I may have to give it to them in the near future.... ;) I'm not saying she is pregnant now, but who knows, they seem pretty tight to me.

Anyway, the patchwork play mat again was a experiment made up of 4 inch squares and sewn together, then the wadding was put to the back of it with some calico, so that I could sew it all in and make like a quilt effect. The final touch to it will be the back of the playmat, I chose a flannel tartan material, purely because it is super soft and if they really need to, they can use the playmat as a quilt too. The wadding was only 2oz, so not too warm for baby and quite safe.

I also have tons of choices of playmats on our website, these however are not homemade, but come from other stores. The stores that I have used on the website are mainly US, our UK store front is being made up at the moment, so unfortunately I can send you to the UK site yet.