Advent Calendar

I had all the right intentions of making an advent calendar of my own this year, but I've been swamped. Between caring for my sick little one and keeping up with my blog and shop there's been no time to sew for myself. I am happy to say my little monster is feeling much better! He's not 100% there yet he still has to take it slow, which is quite a feat for a mischievious little boy!

Anyway, no handmade advent calendar for us this year but a store bought Cars2 one, it has chocolate so it's all good ;-)
I have however contributed a little freebie to the French/German/Dutch Etsy advent calendar that will kick off tomorrow.

I know I'll be checking daily to see what fun freebies they have! {plus I don't know which day I've got so I'll have to check back often to find out lol!}

In other news, Sew Mama Sew is hosting another Give Away Day soon! I will be participating again this year. Not sure what I'll be giving away yet but there's still time to think about it. Meanwhile you can help me out by telling me what your favourite kind of give away prizes are. Mine is fabric for sure, can't go wrong with fabric!

x Leila

~Wednesday~ Small Sewing Projects

I am waiting for the weather to dry up a bit so I can go outside and take pictures of my new quilt. I am very excited about this one!

Meanwhile I've made some smaller things. This is a little peek of what I am making my partner in the Spicing Up the Kitchen Swap

 I spent a lot of time crocheting those flowers {there are more than the one you see in this pciture} and adding the crochet trim. I think it's worth it and I hope my partner will love this.
It's not time for a full reveal yet, for one it's not finished and I don't want to spoil the surprise. But soon I'll show you what it is, in the meantime give it your best guess! I'd love to hear what you think this is.

More kitchen things...I made these tea towels as well, playing around with an idea I had.

I love how these turned out! They're so simple yet really effective. The linen I used has a nice heavy quality to it, wich I think is great for a kitchen towel.

I listed these in my brand new Etsy shop The 'you wash, I'll dry" towel is already sold!!
Is it strange that I feel a bit shy announcing I opened an etsy shop?! But I did, and since I am still mucking around there trying out different shop banners and adding more items you get a 15 % discount if you enter the code SHOPOPEN1 at checkout.

Have a happy wednesday,

x Leila