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 We had a few lovely days visiting friends and the Yorkshire Dales and Moors last week. Luckily we had perfect weather, if a bit chilly by the end of the stay.

I took my friends a hang about bin for each of them...

They are not all crafters but all loved the little bin and had a variety of uses for them including...

as a bedside holder for inhaler etc, 

armchair holder for chocs and remote, 

and a knitter will love having it nearby for needles, yarn and snips etc. 

Of course some will even use them as a bin for rubbish and sweetie papers!

Before I went away I had to make sure I was up to date with workshop packs for Tilly Tea Dance ...

A friend dropped by with a bagful of wool for my twiddlers...

And finally just a few holiday snaps....

Rievaulx Abbey

On the left, the little art gallery in the Old School at Muker where Max has some of her sheep themed  artwork on sale. The lovely owner said it sells really well up there in the Dales.

A couple of shady customers by the pond in the sunshine!

Have a good week all.

x x Jo 

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 Good morning all 

These weeks are flying by. I can't believe it's my birthday week again.

This week I fancied making a few cards. Don't get excited you clever folk who do amazing things with card and paper. This is how mine started...

I love a bit of random patchwork. Maxine gave me a little box with scraps of pretty fabric . I used Bondaweb to create a sheet of patchwork by fixing the pieces to a piece of cotton fabric. Then I used a machine stitch to over stitch the edges before cutting them up into small squares.

These are some of the cards I made.

My other crafty activity began when Annie asked if I fancied making some of my Christmas mice for the Harry Johnson charity sale. 

Well I had a 'mouse box" in my sewing room so I cut out and dozen little frocks and felt pieces for the heads. Here are the headless ones ...  

Tada! Here they are finished

All our family have some of these which hang on their Christmas trees each year 

Well that's me for this week 

I will be back here in two weeks. 

Have a great week 

x x Jo 

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Last week was Ben's birthday and as usual I made him a cake. My cakes are always a bit random - linked to the topic of interest of his year and I always say, not perfect, but good enough is good enough.

So here is his Sonic cake.....

We enjoyed a birthday brunch and then, he kindly told me where he would like to enjoy a birthday tea for my birthday next week! It sounded like a good plan so I had better get booking it up.😀

This week I have mostly been making up workshop packs for Tilly's next three workshops - 40 packs plus spares.

I have also made a few more bins as they are selling well for the charity. 

And then, I knitted a few more red friendship hearts. 

My last little project was a cover for a baby's high chair. Quick and easy using the original Ikea cover as a pattern.

So that's me for this week 

I shall look forward to seeing what all my WOYWW friends have been up to. I can now log onto Julia's blog Stamping Ground again so it's much easier to get around and visit you all. 

Have a good week and get well soon Annie! x x 

x x Jo 

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 Apologies for the blurred photos last week. If you were one of the first  few to visit you will hardly have been able to see any detail, so, I did a quick revamp. I had just copied and pasted the first edition from the photo file using my phone, which I had never done before. It obviously doesn't work so I went back to my PC and did it properly.

Hopefully, this week will be an improvement.

This week I have been mostly making Hang about bins  Some for the charity and some for Annie's grandchildren. I spent Saturday afternoon with the girls and they said they would like one for their rooms. Of course,

I also made one for their younger brother too.

Just a bit of fun.

Evenings are now cool enough for knitting so I made a few more Friendship hearts for the hospital. 

Then, these little, spooky characters popped up on Lovecrafts knitting site .

I thought Ben would think they were fun.

I have two more to do which I might share next week.

We are enjoying the Autumn cooler weather and have harvested almost the last of our garden veg.

I picked a couple of massive cucumbers today. Yum!

Have a great week all.

x x Jo 

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 Good morning to all .... WOYWW buddies and anyone else who likes to see what I am up to.

Firstly this week I made 2 little tissue box covers using creamy spotty fabric and lace from my stash.

Then using some of the Halloween fabric from Annie's donated stash, I made these little Halloween trick or treat bags. I think they will sell well at the charity fund raisers in the next few weeks. 

I am glad the weather has cooled down a little this week. It was nice while it lasted and we enjoyed getting out and about when it wasn't too hot. 

So it's short and sweet this week.

Have a good week.

x x Jo