Nanna's Sewing Box

I had every intention of clearing through my Nanna's Sewing Box and making room for some of my things...

But i can't bear to do it.

It's not as if everything is 'vintage' - she was a Thoroughly Modern Millie. I just love to finger through her life. Her old buttons. The scissors she diligently used. Old Clothes labels.

My Nanna was a cross-stitcher. She loved birds and animals and her garden. She stitched until she was so blind it became impossible. I love her for all that tenacity.

And look! i even found the pattern she used to stitch my awesome Christmas Tree picture. This is so precious to me. The picture is beautiful.

Aaahhh, you know how it is. Still missing her in gentle waves.

Handmade items and things she held, bring so many more welcome memories

than photographs and financial legacies.

maybe i'll clear the Sewing Box next month.....?

NEWness in the shops...

Boiled Sweetie Buttons: All clear and multi-coloured. The odd different shape but mainly rounds in varying sizes... HERE Also available HERE but you can order in £££ if you prefer!... the GIANT red spotty button - expensive, i know, at £2.50 each but they are a huge 5cm / 2inch red spotty button!!

Hang on to Summer Needlebooks - pretty Matroyshka face and Flower Garden.

See the Folksy shop for £££ and the Etsy shop for $$$ (links down the >>>righthand side)

AND... cupcakes! Yum x

Something pretty for your sewing box / sewing room / sewing basket / sewing fingers....

What's new KFish?

New Year... a few new crafty products...
Firstly my Matroyshka 'squashy' broorch that has been waiting to be listed in the PaperFish store for agggeeesss but i was busy... (other colourways also available HERE) A positive plethora of new PinPots to be arriving slowly into the New Year...

Oooh, new fabrics to play with x but these are for me not you (sorry x)

And my new 'Juicy Pup' NeedleBook - totally in love with the new tropical colourways of the needlebooks and especially using the cute Dachsund puppy fabric (dog lovers unite here)

And another BUTTON option that has been ready for listing for so long. Forgive my tardy nature but they are HERE now x

Pin Pots & Creative Zombie Mode...

Hooray for having quite an extensive product range... that is to say, i just cannot commit myself to making just one or two products! My mind gets over-active and i get an overwhelming urge to just MAKE stuff. I haven't had a Pin-Pots 'urge' for ages and i even thought about stopping them altogether! (shock horror) But recently i felt a need to make some more so....

Here are 2 or 3 that already made it into the BigFish shop.

I do plan on putting a few on Folksy too but i never seem to find enough spare minutes in the day.

ABOVE: Works in progress!

BELOW: This truned out to be my favourite photo from the little 'photo shoot'. They look so cute and colourful.

I am happy i managed to get inspired to make some more. I am going to make another 20 pots from here so i have a few in the PaperFish travelling store over the Spring and Summer. There is also an awesome design (in its infancy yet) for a toadstool!

Then i wondered if i could make one in that lovely tea cup fabric i used for the needlebooks...

*** Kirsty wanders off ... with a glazed look in her fish eye.... thinking about fabrics and colourschemes...

The kitchen is a mess and the dog is eating cold chicken from the dinner table, but nothing can interrupt creative zombie mode.....***

P.S I'm on Holiday!

I'm just having a short break in the South of England for a week. Be back on Friday 19th September. Don't miss me too much x

A little light reading for the lazy days....