Where do I start? Well, I got up that little bit extra early today and trotted out to the polytunnel to get the handful (literally) of ripe fruit there (raspberries and strawberries) before my delightful little monsters children cleared the branches. So, with my 120gms of fruit, I cooked them up with 120gms of sugar while I made a few scones and whipped up some vanilla sugar in the cream. 

 Beloved and I had our scones in a rather boring fashion- jam with cream on top; Wee One just dispensed with the scone altogether and just ate the jam and cream (definitely my daughter)

(Mother, and all those doubters out there, this photo is pictorial evidence that we are actually out of bed before 11am)

So, with brekkie out of the way, and the menu for the day planned, I finished off the sewing I needed to do. (Didn’t want to disappoint anyone and be actually organised)

And here it is!

The hand-stitched, thrifted, recycled, crocheted bag!

I used a cream vintage, Irish wool blanket that I bought for a song in a charity shop, felted it in the washing mashine, hand stitched with a running stitch in orange, then top stitched in cream. The crochet granny squares were stitched to the front; I covered a button in the wool felt ( that was the HARDEST bit!!) and made a little crochet loop. 

I’m thoroughly delighted with it, and am in the middle of making a tutorial, I’ll hopefull post it tomorrow or Sunday.

Thanks Andrea for hosting such a great “Lush Friday” event! Pop over to her blog: Lush Stuff to see all the other great makes!

One World One Heart 

was created by Lisa Swifka in 2007 as a way to bring bloggers together from all over world. Last year over 900 bloggers took part from 28 countries, so I am very excited to be participating in this event!

I have three different giveaways:

A mixed media covered A6 journal/notebook, covered in gorgeous Cath Kidston paper and decorated with fabric, paper, buttons and ribbons (with the word “love” stamped on, it being that time of year!)….

One of my “Mend & Make Do” sewing boxes, this one is a covered wooden box decorated with vintage ribbon, pages and buttons…

And a crochet corsage that I made, with a gorgeous covered button in the center and brooch pin at the back…

This giveaway is open to everyone, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post and you will be entered in the drawing . If you don’t have a blog, be sure to leave your email address in your comment. The winner will be drawn on Feb 15th by random number generator. To read more about this wonderful event, please click  here. Good luck and have fun!