Stripey bag

I bought a load of pieces of fabric from the local curtain shop - pages from a sample book.

Of course I didn't know what to do with them at first, but today I cut them into wide strips and sewed them into a large rectangle. I folded this large piece over to make a flap over bag and lined it with some yellow fabric.

The handle is made in a similar way - stitching 3 pieces into a long rectangle.

I'm pretty pleased with how it has turned out, although it took longer than I expected it to. Didn't get any housework done this morning. Shame.

And now it's for sale in my misi shop.

Eeek! Shazronnie's Shop!

Selling stuff you've made is a bit scary.

What if nobody wants to buy anything?

What if they buy it and think it's rubbish?

Well, I've thrown caution to the wind and opened a little shop on Misi.

It's here; http://www.misi.co.uk/handmade/shazronnie.html if you want to look. 

It's rather low on stock (I'm working on that), but I have sold one bag already.

This little child's bag was my first sale, it's in the post and I hope the buyer likes it!

Home Sweet Home; part two - the kitchen.

Come into my kitchen, where yummy things are made!

I spend loads of time in here (baking cakes, making dinner, swearing when things fall out of the cupboards onto my head) so I decided to paint it my favourite colour - pink!! I can't say my husband was overly keen, but he only really comes in to put the kettle on occasionally.

The very hardworking kettle lives in this corner.

Oh, how I dream of a perfectly co-ordinated kitchen where all the mugs match!

 Oh, look!

There's a lovely fresh-baked loaf.

I blogged about my love of baking bread before.

And last, but definitely not least, is the end bit where the washing machine and tumble dryer live. I love all that fifties housewife imagery but I love my modern labour saving appliances more.

One more thing to show you in the kitchen is the sweet shop.

It was made by my father-in-law; it has a real scales, paper bags and lots of yummy sweets.

The children often have a few as a treat after dinner. Sweets aren't banned in our house and the children are very sensible with their sweet shop stash.