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  1. Coming soon...your very own future King and Queen of England! This lovely peggie couple represent Wills and Kate on the announcement of their engagement complete with the wow blue and diamond engagement ring (in the form of a Swarovski crystal), and Kates now famous blue dress.

    Wills and Kate peg dolls

    These dolls will be available as kits and will come with everything you need to make the dollies including high quality midnight blue felt, blue chiffon fabric, Swarovski crystal, beads, embroidery thread, and organza ribbon. Full instructions will be included with options to glue or stitch your dolls.

    Level: Intermediate

    These will be available soon from my shop.

  2. Found myself making pebbles last week at a friend's house for the Whitstable Harbour  'Dead man's corner' project (click on the project name to read more).

    It was great fun, and we got carried away using up a whole bag of clay...

    Making pebbles 1    Pebble making 2

    It was quite theraputic to grab a lump of clay and instinctively mould it into something. We pressed in found objects from the garden, moulded them around our hands and then got a bit competative making portraits of each other!

    Pebble portraits  Admiring pebbles

    It was a nice change from having to be neat and tidy all the time...

  3. I now have brand new books for sale in my shop at great prices!

    Choose from a variety of subjects from simple sewing projects to embellishing your fabrics,  patchwork and quilting to drawing and painting, and jewellery making. Prices start at just £3.25+ P&P so there are no excuses not to get creative this weekend!

    Sensational patchwork...page 52  Beautiful beaded...page 76   Jewellery...page 46  

     Learn to...page 17      Sew Gifty...page 48

    See the book section of my shop for more details.