Tuesday 10 September 2013

New designs for Christmas

I was feeling a bit bad about even mentioning Christmas but I walked through Myers yesterday & all the decorations are out so I think I can safely mention it without you all yelling at me!

Sew-Along classes are all about Christmas next term so Jemima & I have been busy putting a few projects together. Last week I was busy in my sewing room & thought you might like a look at what we have coming up for next terms classes. The patterns will be available in our Etsy shop later next term.

We are still working on samples so they will appear on our facebook page in the coming weeks but if you want to find out more about the classes it is all up on our Sew-Along blog.

SEW-ALONG CLASS INFORMATION CLICK HERE




CHRISTMAS TREE SKIRT FOR SEW-ALONG




ADVENT BUNTING
EACH FLAG IS A LITTLE POCKET TO POP SOME GOODIES & TREATS INTO!




CLAIRE TURPIN DESIGN CHRISTMAS THEMED CUSHIONS

Tuesday 3 September 2013

Party Time

It seams lately that I have had an urge to completely overload my plate & I stupidly told my youngest daughter that this year she could have a party!!

Thankfully she has a friend Charlie whos' birthday is the day after Heidis' & double thankfully, Charlies mum is 'super-woman'!

So 'super-woman' & I set about creating a circus themed birthday party for 30 kids. It became a full time job for about a week . . . maybe more (its all a blurr). Pintrest was a great source of inspiration  & quite frankly, I don't know how any of us survived life before we downloaded it to our Ipads!!

Anyhoo . . . here's a bit of what we got up to . . . 

CLOWN NOSES, PARTY HATS, PARTY ANIMALS & ELEPHANTS NUTS!

FOOD, GOLDFISH IN JELLY, WATER BOTTLES WITH HANDMADE LABELS, CONES DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE & SPRINKLES WHICH WERE USED FOR POPCORN, A LOADED PLATE OF PARTY FOOD, TOFFEE APPLES (COURTESY OF 'SUPER-MUM)

I stitched up a couple of matching T-shirts for the girls to wear that proudly told everyone just how old they were & cut & tied a zillion strips of coloured netting to elastic to make some cute circus skirts . . . thankfully they were a hit!


I would like to take credit for the amazing cake but I can't - that was down to 'super-mum'. The top layer was a 'grown-up' layer laced with a bottle - oops - a dash of khalua & yes it did taste heavenly.


All my big kids were roped in to play party games but my camera failed me there so there aren't many photos. We made each kid a goodie bag that came with a roll of tickets that they could trade for a game & then when they played a game they got a lolly to put in to their goodie bag - I wasn't sure how that was going to go but the kids really embraced it & had great fun


All in all, it was a great day, made all the better by having 'super-mum' to share it with.

x Claire