Come and say hello at Kraftbomb today, I have a fresh batch of Tuty Fruity Choc Chip Cupcake Pincushions available today.  It might be the last for a wee while as baby is due in a month, I will have some new listings up on Felt.co.nz while I’m away from the markets if you need a special present.

Kraftbomb is at the Grey Lynn Community Centre, main hall – 510 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland, from 11am til 2pm.

I have a few new sea horses on the go at the moment, stalled unfortunately by the sewing machine needing a serious service.  But that’s all sorted, just some problems with tension it seems and it came back to me all shiny and clean, LOVELY to sew with now.  It even came home with a little stitch swatch thingy to show just how clever it is…

Luna’s Lorax was spotted trying to protect a stump in the garden, alas he was too late for this one…

So baby is due in about six weeks and I’ve been winding down somewhat in anticipation of the madness to come, unfortunately I have also been neglecting my blog.  I have also been frantically making as much as I can while I can, with a good pile of sea horses cut ready to sew and a batch of cupcakes ready to assemble, I am wondering just how much I will be able to get done!

This Saturday will probably be my last Crafternoon Tea for a month or so, so come along and say hello, the market is on from 10am-3pm at the Trinity Methodist Church, on the corner of Sandringham and New North Roads in Kingsland.  As usual there will be lots of lovely crafty goodies to get your hands on.

I will also be at  Kraftbomb in Grey Lynn the following weekend as well, so it’s to market, to market!

Aside from all the craft market goodness I am putting together some crochet pieces for an exhibition opening at Artstation in July this year.  Entitled Desire Lines I will write up more details over the next week…  all very exciting!

I have finally completed Luna’s alphabet, all hand cut and hand sewn, in felt.  Probably all the stuffing was the most time consuming, but they look great and Luna loves playing with them, and so do I!

Perfect little Valentines Day gifts, here are a few more new needle wallets…

So I have finally taken some photos of these little beauties, I’m still refining the pattern and having to explain to Luna that they are not all for her, and of course she does love them!

I have enjoyed using some of the many many odd pieces of vintage fabric I have had stashed away and am yet to cut up the unpicked paisley blue and green dress that I have folded in the cupboard.  I will have the first few available at the next market I attend, I have applied for Crafternoon Tea and Kraftbomb so fingers crossed there is room for us all!

Just finished a few projects, and finally have some new photos to share, these are two beautiful midnight moon needle wallets.

I have started making Luna a set of felt letters, she is interested in the cookie cutter alphabet and is pretty keen to learn the names of them and which letter is for which word, so I figured I had better get on to it!

Made of felt they are not as painful as the cookie cuts if you accidentally step on one, and they are lovely and tactile.  Once they are complete I will sew a small bag for her to keep them in.  I had initially not planned on stuffing them, but they look much better than unstuffed, holding thier shape well.

I started these at about the same time our strawberry plants started to produce a few strawberries of their own, first a couple of smallish strawberries and then I just had to go bigger!  I put a bell in a couple of them for fun, come and see them at the next Crafternoon Tea or Kraftbomb.