Day One Log Cabin Construction

It has been a long day! The cabin delivery from Dunster House arrived at 10am, which gave us the whole day to get started. It could not have gone more smoothly. The delivery driver was really helpful.As predicted we knew the base levelling would take some time... It really did, the base is almost level and square ready for us to start building tomorrow.

The start.... Log Cabin project!

There is going to be a slight change in subject matter on my blog for a while. For over a year we have been saving to buy a log cabin for our garden. The idea is it will be a little retreat from the house when the children have friends round. Or they can go down there… well that is what I have been telling my husband! I am sure it would make a lovely sewing room! 

We have spent many hours on the internet doing our research. At one point we were just going round in circles. In the end we decided to go with a company called Dunster House. We went down to their showroom in Warminster to have a look and were impressed with the quality of the cabins on display. It was also at that point that we decided we should spend more money and go for a fully insulated cabin. It was a hot day and we sat in the 45mm cabin and it was really hot in there, we then sat in the fully insulated cabin and it felt comfortable to sit in. We want to be able to use the cabin throughout the year and getting the fully insulated one will allow us to do that.

In order to get the garden ready for the arrival of the cabin has been a massive project. We had a shed at the end of the garden that needed replacing when we moved in 14 years ago. The cabin is going to be in front of the shed so it was decided that the shed had to be replaced before the cabin comes. That is now done! It is rather sad that I got rather excited by a new shed, the old shed was in such a state and everything in there was just piled up. The new shed is well organised and everything has its place, it even has guttering.

This is the link to the cabin we are getting. https://dunsterhouse.co.uk/premium-rhine-w4-0m-x-d3-0m

We are going for the Premium Plus and the walls are 130mm thick, this includes the insulation gap.

The cabin will be arriving on Wednesday… I can’t wait to get started.

I thought I would share some photos of my new shed.

Blogging from my phone

I am blogging from my phone, I am not sure how easy/hard it is going to be. I wonder what the quality of the photo will be. I am working with this cool yarn at the moment.

The Ultimate Fat Free Breakfast

Sometimes I wish I taught reception or my children were small again and I could justify to myself to make everything from this book. I would have the best play shop area in the country. I made these a few years back and my children had many hours of fun playing restaurants.
The book I used can be found on Amazon HERE
This is a picture of the front cover

Katniss Inspired Huntress Cowl Crochet Vest

My daughter watched Catching Fire ( Second film of the Hunger Games) I just love the cowl Katniss wears in this film. This inspired me to have a hunt on the internet for a pattern for something similar. I found this http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/huntress-cowl-vest. The yarn I used was cheap and a bit too 'floppy'. I also followed the larger size. So next time better quality yarn and follow the smaller pattern. The pattern is really well written and easy to follow. It only took me a couple of hours to make. I think it needs to be worn over a coat.

Crochet Festival Shawl

Loving this shawl, the pattern can be found HERE It was a great patten to follow. I used

James C Brett Monsoon Aran Yarn S7 using a 5mm hook. I don't think I will wear it in a traditional shawl fashion, I will wear it more like scarf.

Elise Shawl

This post is for a young lady whom I found out checks my blog every night, sorry it has been well over a month since I last posted. So this is for you! … You know who you are!

I made this Elise Shawl in super quick time for me. I used three balls of 100g Monsoon yarn by James C. Brett, shade S1 with a 6mm hook. Tomorrow I will show you a few ways to wear the shawl. The pattern can be found HERE

Tilly Walnes - Love At First Stitch - Delphine Skirt

On Saturday I bought Tilly's new book Love At First Stitch, such a wonderful book with so many tips and fantastic patterns. I had a go at the Delphine skirt. The instructions were easy to follow and I was able to adjust the patten to fit my shape.

Moda Jelly Roll Printemps

I can't claim the glory for this one. My sister came round for the day and made this. It is super simple to make. The tutorial above is how she made it.

Sew Me Something Patterns

I am away for the night in Stratford-Upon Avon. We went for a lovely stroll in the town a came across a great little fabric shop. I then realised it was selling some fantastic patterns I had seen online, here is the link to the site http://www.sewmesomething.co.uk

I could not go away emptied handed!!

Moda Layer Cake and Charm Pack - Chantilly

I have now got the quilting bug. I made this quilt in a couple of days. It is the Moda Layer Cake and Charm Pack - Chantilly. I opted of straight line quilting which I did close together. I have to say it was really hard work doing this but I am really pleased with the overall look it gave. I bought my layer cake and charm pack at the Make it show in Farnborough  this is the shop that I bought it from http://www.therunningchicken.co.uk/. They were so helpful, as I really had no idea what I was going to do with them. The suggestions they made were helpful and as a result I made my first large quilt I was proud of.

Adjustoform Tailor's Dummy - Lady Valet - Small

It has been a while. I have been too busy crafting!
I thought I would share a photo of a new member to our family. I am expecting her to be well behaved and help me to create something...
This is the link if you too would like a new member to your household.
FIND HER HERE
I bought her via Amazon but this is a direct link to the shop she came from. It is a shop called Pandoras Upholstery
The direct link is http://www.pandorasupholstery.co.uk/

Charlotte's Web Machine Embroidery Applique

I am reading Charlotte's Web by E. B. White with one of my guided reading groups at school and it inspired me to make this.

A Free Motion Embroidery Teapot and cup

Today it is a teapot and cup. I did have a link for this but just checked it and the link now goes to something else. If you google tea pot colouring in it comes up.

Free motion Embroidery Butterfly

So after my owl yesterday which can be seen HERE I thought I would have another go. I am no good at drawing, so designing anything filled me with fear. I decided to have a look for an easy pattern to follow on the internet. I found this children's colouring page HERE. It was easy to cut out and a good design for me to continuing practicing.

My First go at Free Motion Machine Embroidery

This is my first ever go at free motion machine embroidery. This is a very new concept for me, I have only just realised that this is even possible. I bought a free motion foot for my machine and did a bit of research in to it. I made my first ever free motion machine quilt the other day. It can be seen HERE
I really enjoyed doing this and fancied having another go with the foot so I came up with this. I have a way to go, the only way I can describe it is like drawing but moving the paper instead of the pencil.

My first attempt at free motion quilting

So I have been rather busy! Over the half term I wanted to have a go at something I had never tried before so I opted for quilting. I have to say I have found it throughly enjoyable. I have only made two small cot sized quilts at the moment. The thought of anything larger seems a little to daunting at this point. I opted for a jelly roll, and I have managed to make two small quilts out of one roll. The one I am sharing today was the simpler of the two to make. The quilting was the harder of the two.