Merry Christmas Banners

I know, I know, it's only October, but if I need to sew all those letters, I need to start now.

Last year I made these banners in Red and Green, and Black and White. Any suggestions for more options....

Happy Birthday Banners

Alongside all my personalised felt name banners, I also make Happy Birthday banners (and Christmas ones too - but it's too early for that yet!!). I love the idea of having a long lasting, reusable banner that can come out again and again for everyone's birthday, and replaces all the terrible single use banners you find in party shops.

The original one I made was in yellow and grey (surprise surprise), but I've since made a range of custom ones to suit other people's tastes too!

Here are some photos...

Which is your favourite? And which colours should I make next??

Sun Hats

Wow how has it been 6 months since I last posted! I don't know where the time has gone!!

I've been asked for years if I sell kids sunhats, but have never got round to making a pattern and actually making them.

So this year I made sure I did it, and sorted out a pattern in May - just in time for a really wet and stormy summer! Typical!

Here are some photos! I'm currently working through my fabric stashes and using all my lefotover fabrics, as I have too many stashed away all over the flat!

A-Z Name Banners - PART 3

Well I am working my way through my alphabet of name banners and it's really fun. I get especially excited when I can get a double (name and shape starting with the same letter!) although as I get further through the alphabet, it's getting even harder to even find names beginning with some letters (U anyone?) but anyway, here are some more....

A-Z of name banners - part 2

It's been a hard decision choosing banners to put into this A-Z of names. Ideally, they'd all begin with the right letter, and so would the name (e.g Hearts & Henrietta which was one of todays posts). Sadly most of them don't conform to this, so I've usually picked one of each to show off.

Here are my recent ones:

Cole & Clouds = yay! Double 'C'

And then Connie with some awesome lions!

Daniel & Dinosaurs = Double 'D' - win again!

And another cool Connie, with 2 different dogs. 

Emilia & Elephants! = Double 'E' 

Emilia is such a beautiful name, and quite popular at the moment it seems - I've sewn 5 of these banners, all in different colours, in the last year. 

Faiz with 2 different animals. Because why not?

And Alfie and Foxes. It doesn't begin with F but does have an F nicely placed in the middle!

G is for Gael, and Giraffes. Sadly not in the same banner, but they still both look beautiful!

H for Hannes and Hearts - again not in the same banner, until I got the order last week for Henrietta with Hearts - which fitted in perfectly instead!!

More to follow, we're only on H! Watch this space! 

A-Z of Names...

I've made so many names over the last few years, that I've decided to do an A-Z of name banners, to show of a selection of some of them.

Here are my first few....

Alice in Wonderland for an Alice - so fun and appropriate

Pink letters and white clouds is one of my most popular name banner combinations!

Because I make all my names from scratch, it doesn't matter how it's spelt - I'll make anything!

Cute boats with a life ring for B

More to follow....watch this space....

Happy New Year - 2019 - New Ideas....

Wow, Happy New Year 2019!! How did that come around so quickly??

After a very busy end to 2018, I've already cut out pieces for 15 new mobiles, I'm ready to have a good few days of sewing and re-stock my Etsy shop ready for all those 2019 babies.

One of my favourite new designs from last year, that I can't wait to get around to making again, was an Alice in Wonderland mobile. It's so fun to read into the characters, and work out how I'm going to recreate them in felt (and which ones to use). I think this is a mobile that will always change slightly, every time I make one.

Here are some photos.....