More hats, anyone?

Good Morning, Everyone! You may remember I was recently working on some minis for a swap friend but didn't want to share them with you until she had received them? Well they have arrived at their destination, she loves them and I hope you do to...

Miniature UFOs are now finished minis!!!

Hello again! After a head-down, get-on-with-it couple of days I'm pleased to say that most of those unfinished miniatures have now all been completed...phew! Here's the fruit of my labours for you to view while I go for a lie-down...lol!

'Beaded Handbags'

'The Cushion Collection'

"Own Design Rugs"

"Rugs (from Janet Granger kits)"

'Books'

'Pull-along trolley with building blocks'

The knitted dress has been pressed and just needs stitching up and that little rag doll that I was so scared to start is now sitting on my worktable in her birthday suit waiting patiently for me to make her dress..oh and she needs hair too! She's really quite cute and will be making her debut hopefully tomorrow. Until then....

Time to take stock...

OK - now that we've completed a number of projects I need to stand back and take stock of where to go next. On my workbench are a number of miniatures that I've still to finish, namely... numerous cross stitched cushions and rugs (the cross stitching isn't the problem but sewing up the cushions and backing the rugs is sooooo tedious!), a knitted dress that, when making it up, I managed to graft one shoulder seam so that it shows on the outside ..doh!.. so that needs unpicking (I hate unpicking!) and resewing, books (leftovers from Boxroom Books) to make up for another project, pull-a-long toy which needs wheels, beaded handbags kit - bought at a fair and not even opened yet!, and last, but by no means least, a kit to make a 3.25" rag doll - again bought with good intentions and not yet started. (The "skill will be required" bit on the packaging scares me...lol!)

I'm still sticking, well almost, to my resolution not to buy anymore bits and pieces for my hobby until we're a good way through what I have but I can feel myself drifting off course and looking at things I shouldn't be - like a dolls house shop on ebay that needs renovated..drool!

But enough, The Laurels is sitting forlornly by my side as I type having not had a thing done to it in months. I tend to put all those miniatures I acquire for The Laurels into one of the rooms (just to keep my craftroom tidy, you understand!) but my son says that it now looks like squatters have moved in....








so once I clear the aforementioned minis I will be back to introduce you properly to The Laurels!