Monday, July 5th, 2010
Things you will need: Your choice of fabric for the front of the quilt Your choice of fabric for the back of the quilt Wadding / filling for the blanket Thread to match the fabric Ruler or tape measure Pencil Sewing machine Pins Scissors When choosing the fabric for my baby blanket(s) (for obvious reasons [...]
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
How To Make a Fabric Union Jack The nursery, strangely enough, has been a hard room to decorate. There is something about getting a space ready for two people you haven’t met that leaves me a bit bewildered and wanting to stall. Robert and I have set up the basics, the cot beds, drawers, clothing, [...]
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Today is an exciting day as it’s the first time I get to introduce ‘Cherry Baby’ at Cherry Menlove to you all. I know that so many of you out there have children, nieces, nephews, grandchildren and kiddos that you see on a regular basis so this is the launch of my children’s collection. I’m [...]
Monday, December 14th, 2009
How To Make A Christmas Stocking So, as my two babies continue to grow inside my tummy and I continue to constantly pick myself up off of the floor after such an enormous, heartwarming show of kindness at our good news things are still moving on apace here at the house. We continue to decorate [...]
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
So here it is, my Gingerbread House for 2009. I’ve made it early for two reasons. 1, Because I’m obsessed with Christmas 2, Because I like to give you, the reader, a chance to decide whether or not you’d like to make one. There’s nothing worse than being presented with an idea that you would [...]
Monday, August 24th, 2009
It is not long before the children will be packing their little ruck-sacks and heading back to start another year of school. This is a great project that may help them to get excited about going back and they can actually use it. *We used a sewing machine for this project but this pencil case [...]
Friday, July 10th, 2009
How to make a Fabric Wigwam for children by Cherry Menlove What you will need: Two pieces of 50 x 130cm fabric for 2 door panels Two pieces of 150 x 130cm fabric for two wall panels Three broom handles measuring 120cm each Small ball of yarn/wool (for the ties) A large darning needle 1.5 [...]
Monday, June 29th, 2009
Packing a Picnic Lunch for Children in the Style of Dick Whittington It’s nice to be able to use up scraps of fabric in a way that doesn’t always end up with the scrap becoming a tea-towel. We’re having a great summer here in the UK with the weather behaving REALLY WELL. This means that [...]