Seaside Tilda - Monday 12th January 2014

Hello Friends,

Seaside Girl Tilda

I hope you all had good weekends and managed to filter in some  crafting time..I got very little time to craft, but did manage to finish this little project!

On Friday, I finally got my sewing machine mended...it was my fault it took so long; so  many paper crafting projects needed to be completed over the past year or so and as there was very little time for sewing, my machine has just been sitting on the shelf looking very sorry for itself. A New Year's resolution that I made to myself before Christmas, was that I would sew more this year and make little items to sell at the (few) craft fairs I do.

As you know, over the Holidays I made those Polar Bears, sewn by hand...and this was always going to be my next creation, but it really needed a sewing machine. Someone had told me about Cathedral Sewing Machine repairs in Bristol. He is a mobile repair man, so he comes to your house and for any of you who live in the Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire areas I thoroughly recommend him. He came to our house Friday afternoon, found the fault, fixed the machine and then I was ready to sew!Everything else was just pushed aside, I HAD to play!

I had already cut out the pattern/fabric pieces for this doll and Tom had a really late night at work; whenever he has a project launch it has to factor into the USA time zones and is a nightmare for working hours....so I was all on my own and decided to start sewing her up!

As some of you know, in the past I have made cloth dolls, angels and animals, but this is my first Tilda..what do you think? She was all finished on Friday except for the coat, which was the only part that I found difficult (Luckily I have no inclination to be a dressmaker!)...and that is why I had to finish her on Saturday. I didn't get a chance until late afternoon, so by the time I'd finished, all that lovely sunshine had faded and since then, trying to get a decent photo has been a nightmare! Even this morning with decent light the bright blue dots on the coat just don't show!

 Do you know what's strange? Whenever I use rubber stamps or have made dolls from patterns before, where there are no mouths..I have had to add them, I thought I would be the same with this one, but I have had no need to do so this time!

Before I finish, I would like to thank all of you who left suggestions about stamp storage on my WOYWW blog..all of them very helpful. I think I have decided that they will stay in boxes. The only reason being, that I started off with binders and it just doesn't work for me. I am however going to re-sort them into ''type' rather than designer - i.e. flowers, nature, male, steampunk etc. I'm hoping this will make it easier to find what I'm looking for..quite a few of you suggested this.

My desk at the moment is back to a state of disarray - full of doodles actually, Zentangles to be precise! This is what  we are doing in our first workshop of 2014, this week. I'm not in work today, so I will be concentrating on this for the day.

Yesterday we finally got the boxes of Christmas decs back up to the attic..I am amazed at how many it was, but of course the 'Christmas Village' takes up a lot of room!

Now I have to focus my sewing projects on little Easter makes, as I have a craft fair in March, so bunnies and chickens here I come...

Thank you so much for stopping by, following my blog and leaving a comment..I really appreciate it!

Love and Hugs,

Carole X

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