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My little model wearing her cute red polka dot red dress I made and a crochet cardigan. She loved doing twirls and showing off in her little outfit.
I do have another blog post about the little red dress so I hope to post that soon!
My son wanted me to help him this evening to fix a drawing he’d done on a wood cookie at forest school. And of course my 2yo daughter wanted to try too…well since everyone was doing it I wanted to play too!
So we got out our acrylic paint markers we’ve used for painting on pebbles and did some awesome art on our wood cookies!
My son did his name and some cool designs in purple (his favourite colour), my daughter made an incredible, multicoloured surreal extravaganza. And I did some cherries 🍒 Ceirios is my daughters name, it’s Cymraeg 🏴 for Cherry.
At forest school they make awesome things from wood cookies, as well as name “badges/lanyards”. They’re awesome so I made one for Ceirios too.
We go to our AMAZING local forest school at Dare Valley community woodland, situated in the Dare Valley Country Park. A massive area of reclaimed land previously used for coal mining.
Can’t recommend enough!
Can’t believe I started my EPP quilt four years ago, right at the start of the first Covid lockdown down. seems like an actual lifetime ago!
Since then I’ve:
Little anniversaries make you reflect on what you’ve achieved (or not) in the time that’s past.
Wonder what we’ll be doing in four years time? 🤔
I wonder how far I’ll have got with my EPP! Will I ever finish it?!
Honestly, I don’t actually mind. I know this is a long term project, it doesn’t matter how long it takes. It’s more about the process than the finished product.
My son, XuliGruff (please like and subscribe on YouTube) helped me make a little short video about making an EPP Hexagon. He filmed and edited it ❤️
Seeing all my hexis that I’ve cut out together laid out rather than in a box is pretty intimidating. I’m not sure how many I have, I don’t think I want to know 😱 Just got to embrace the process and accept, this isn’t a quick project.
I’ve been slowly making this since 2020 lockdown, see previous blog for more information. What I’ve completed so far is hanging on my living room wall.
Ignore my stupid face and hair 🫣
I decided to make one of each hexi, as I’d bought some new fabric and hope it’ll go nicely with what I have already.
I was trying to decide how best to approach getting all these backed onto paper with losing the will to live. What I have been doing is making up a few in all the different fabrics and then making a few hexi flowers and starting again, before seeing all the hexi flower together.
This time I’ve decided to just keep a stash of one of the types of ready cut hexis in a box with everything I need to back them. So now I can just whip that out and make a couple as and when I feel like it.
Seems less intimidating to do it this way, rather than getting the whole lot out each time.
Embrace the slow process.
I’ve noticed my baby girl has loved little yellow chicks for ages now and I’ve been wanting to make her one. I finally found a pattern I liked and got around to making it!
The pattern is from Etsy by TheresasCrochetShop. Super recommended the pattern, really easy to follow and clear instructions. I’ll most definitely make a few more for Easter next year!
Made using just scraps of leftover yarn I’ve had free with magazines over the years. DK acrylic and using a 4mm crochet hook.
Hopefully the baby will like it!!
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