Upholstery update - The finished bed!

No, your eyes aren't deceiving you, it is true!

I have finally finished!

After a good 18 months, i finally hammered in the last tack, glued on my double piping and stood back to admire my handy work.

Although i was pleased to finish, at first, i felt as though i never wanted to look at it ever again, but my husband was so enthusiastic when i bought it home, having waited forever for it, that he put it together that night and his enthusiasm was catching - I LOVE it!

I have already been up to Cologne and Cotton and picked up some special sheets for when we get our new bespoke mattress, complete with curved corners.

I still have another to do yet, but i have decided it can wait while i have a break from french antique beds and work on a little bucket chair instead.

Keep checking in for the little chair's progress. Hopefully some of the bed upholstery skills translate and i can be sitting back reading a book on it before the year is through. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Some more baby aprons

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you would have seen that i made a baby apron for a lovely little girl i know last summer. It was a hit and i have seen her wearing it on more than one occasion (in fact her mother told me she cried one day when it was in the wash because she wanted to wear it so much- bless). 

Another friend of mine, having read the blog post, and asked if i could make one for her niece for Christmas. Obviously i obliged and sewed up another for her little person. 

I made another that i then gave to yet another friend's little girl (Gosh, don't i sound popular?!).

I think they are so cute. The fabrics for all of them so far have been by Amy Butler with a corresponding or contrasting trim. I came up with the pattern myself as i couldn't find one that i liked on the internet (although it is nothing ground breaking). I think they are cute, but cool at the same time. Perfect for little misses and misters.

Best wedding cake i have ever seen

Cats, sweetheart lollies, flowers, birdies, butterflies and glitter, this wedding cake had it all - my favourite ever!