At last .... The chair is finished

We acquired a couple of chairs from work whe I left Areva a few years ago and they haven Rene I the conservatory .... The fabrics started to go on them so I thought I would give some upholstery a go, as I have some fabric I bought for curtains but it really is too thick.

So here are the before and after pics 

Before

And after.....

I think it look ok and it feels comfy enough ... Let's hope it lasts as the kids love sitting an reading on theses chairs :-)

Baking must be in the genes

Steffi is doing her hostess badge at brownies next weekend so we thought we would practice the cakes we are gong to make and see if the decorations were acceptable ....we had fun decorating and the team at work had fun eating them :-)

Although we did have to eat the best ones ... Just to make sure they weren't poisonous you understand 

Christmas presents

.... Have even started to make a few Christmas presents ......

Button present ties

Found this idea on pintrest and thought I would give it a try ..... Probably needs some nicer wrapping paper really, but definitely easier to do than string by itself :-)

Money aprons for the TAFF Christmas fair

Well the dilemma tonight was do I spend £15 on buying aprons of dubious quality ... Or do I make my own? .... So of course I took a quick look on the web and found this fab tutorial

http://www.sewmamasew.com/2012/04/fat-quarter-project-gardeners-apron/

Then took a look through my fabric stash ..... And even managed to use up 3 different fabrics (much to florian's amazement!!!) ... And now I have to lovely aprons, all ready for the fair next weekend.