mousie anyone ?

I am always on the lookout for simple sewing patterns I like, and are great for using up fabric scraps.  I found this sewing pattern on the Bustle and Sew website. Making these 8 mice out of old clothes and unused fabric and decorating them with a different embroidery for each one, gave me quite a few nice evenings.

The first 4 mice are ready

waiting in line to get a nice tattoo!

and some of them, finished, in close-up:

Whatever floats your boat...

This was a birthday present for my brother. A small repurposed cardboard box, covered and pasted over with nice paper from the 'Flow book for paper lovers'. Inside I put an embroidery hoop with some t-shirt fabric, on wich I embroidered a paper kite.
Whatever floats your boat, you go for it, dear bro!

Miss Marple's tea cosy

I love knitting, I love Miss Marple and I love tea. I found the pattern for this super fluffy old-fashioned tea cosy in the Dutch knitting magazine 'Simply Breien' (1/2012 on page 41). And I knew it would be perfect for my vintage teapot, and would meet my need for 'cosy comfort' now and then. So, on I went, and well, let's just say I was very glad when it was finished, for knitting this put considerable strain on my hands. But oh I am so happy with it! It makes me smile because it is sooo over the top pink and fluffy.
The yarn is gorgeous Wensleydale Sheep Shop Longwool aran, bought in 2015 at 'Prick your Finger', in Bethnal Green London. This local yarn shop gave me my nicest experience in yarnshopping so far. The lady was so enthousiastic, friendly, interested, bubbly and full of advice, I couldn't help myself and bought two more skeins of sockyarn :-)
When looking for some recent information about this shop, I sadly discovered that it has been closed, what a pity....

Rubbert Bear

A few years ago I visited the lovely town of Lacock (UK). In one of the independent shops I bought this adorable kit to make a small teddybear from Bower Hinton Bears, a small business in Somerset (UK). The instructions are well-written and included all the necessary things, and of good quality too.
I struggled to get the nose right and I am still not one hundred percent satisfied. Nevertheless, Rubbert Bear is loved here!

With his good friend Comet and the Christmas tree.