A Shining New Sewing Machine

As part of my path to learn how to do more crafty things and make my own characters, I'm now the proud owner of a shining red and white sewing machine (courtesy of Mum and Dad this Christmas):

Ta-Da!

I had a tip off from friend Charlotte - these cute mini John Lewis sewing machines are a 'snip' (haha) at £50 and come in all sorts of colours - red was the colour for me.
So today, I threaded my sewing machine (with help from Jon) and using some cute fabric (I also got this Christmas from Ma and Pa) I made a cushion cover...

...yay!

I also wanted to give you a sneak peak at one of Jon's homemade Christmas presents - a special book of illustrations just for me!

The title of the book is: A Little Book of Drawings for My Best Friend

This one is a scene from one of my favourite shows, The Good Life:

And here is a Fox Friend!
There were lots of other illustrations and treasures in the book, including a beautiful necklace and a fabric badge from Spitalfields Market. Needless to say - I was very happy :)

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