Well...

I'm all sewn out, am finding it hard to get motivated to get to my machine at the moment, so have decided to have a bit of a rest, well for couple of days anyway. I decided one night that I needed some T shirts so they are waiting to be sewn up, plus there are some softies that need their bottoms sewn up as well, I go through spits and starts, I will have heaps of stuff cut out, I mean heaps of stuff and then I'm all cut out, give me a few days and I can't leave the machine alone!!!!! it works well for me, I have a habit starting something and then decide to start something else, oh well they all get finished in the end. This year has been a great year for me on the softies side and I am excited about the new year, I will be able to spend more time at the machine from April, that's when my daughter goes to school and have a few new toys (yes more) in the pipeline, plus I want to expand on my tag snuggly and blankets.

My son had his last day of school today, so the school holidays have officially started, my daughter is at kindy till next week, hopefully we will see some warmer weather and sunshine soon, it has been a bit chilly in Hamilton, I hope you have a great christmas......

So the Countdown to Christmas is on....

and I have been visiting a few blogs that are doing the twelve days of christmas, my favourite blog at the moment is Fabrication, she has some great ideas for last minute gifts with fabric and best of all there is a shop where you can buy this fabulous fabric, I'm making the needle holder very simple, can be whipped up in a evening in front of the tele, perfect....

P.K.Stomp

Well I finally finished P.K.Stomp, he ended up being black rather than the bright blue that everyone associates pukeko's with, but he is rather cute. He is in the shop and there will be more, but only after I have finished some more Moo.N.Choos, Pig.E.Dwiggity, H.P.Hop, H.T.Dog and I.T.S.Meow and L.E.Phant, boy thats alot!!! ooh well, it will keep me busy.......

Heres a great Tutorial

A little while back I found this great tutorial on how to sew softies up once you had stuffed them, I wanted to share, BUT do you think I could find it again, well Melly, has a Tutorial Tuesday and she has just blogged a tutorial here, I have been finishing my softies off this way for a while now and its great. Hope you find it useful.

MAN at the moment, I feel like I am taking 2 steps forward and 1 backwards, everything has snowballed and I can't get enough hours at the moment, as my customer base grows so do the orders!!!!, it is very exciting though and I am looking forward to next year, a few exciting plans are in swing. How are your weeks going leading up to christmas???

Have a great week, till next time......

Don't Forget

To come along to the kindy christmas shopping night. There will be a massive 28 Stalls, a coffee cart, sausage sizzle and a raffle, going to heaps of fun.

Where: The Kids Club
41 Cate Road
Rototuna
Hamilton

When: 6pm till 8pm 19th Thursday November

A great way to see who's doing what in your community.

The new pattern is done.....

Now I just need to find the time to make all of the animal family up. I have managed 2, a cow and a pig, one is going into a raffle for the kindy shopping night on Thursday, I need to buy a ticket for this raffle, he was very hard to give away!!!!! and the pig, well I am hoping to load him/her on a new website I am joining very soon, will keep you updated.

So here we have Moo.N.Choo



And Pig.E.Dwiggity



Everything is go,go,go, the madness of the end of year, hope you all have a nice weekend.....

My most favourite Cookie Recipe

I'm not sure how long I have had this recipe, but I started making these cookies when my husband and I moved in together, now that was a while ago. I have only just rediscovered it this year, after deciding that biscuits were not essential in our household. The kids havn't missed store bought biscuits and what a fantastic saving to the weekly food budget. This recipe says it makes 60 which is a lot, I manage on average to get 50, it depends on how big you want them. I normally mix the whole recipe, bake what I want and roll the rest into balls and freeze for those times when I am not in a baking mood!!!

Yum Cookie dough....

Yum fresh baked cookies...



Milo Choc o Nut Cookies

250g butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
3 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
6 tblspn milo
1 cup chopped peanuts
1 cup choc chips

Cream butter, sugar and eggs until light and fluffy. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into creamed mixture, add milo and stir well to combine. Stir in the peanuts and choc chips. Measure tablespoons of mixture and roll into balls. Place onto a tray lined with baking paper, press down with a fork. Bake at 180deg for 20 mins or until golden brown.


yumm perfect with a coffee, happy baking.....