My first stop was at the Salvation Army to sift through the drawers of buttons. I only had plain and boring at home and wanted some cute little bits of colour. I then made a phone call to a friend who has been making winter coats for her girls from old woollen blankets, to see if she had any scraps she could spare. I then had a heap of embroidery thread that came to me with all my nana's sewing bits and I was set to go.
On one particularly dreary day, I sat down in front of the fire and quietly stitched away.
Not too sure I'm going to do with them - but Danielle likes the idea of pinning them to one of her bed cushions as a cover which seems a great idea (and I pinned one onto one off her fabric hairbands). I thought they could also look cute on one of her winter coats, or woollen hat or her bag.
These will be a neat little project for the kids to have a try at as well in the winter days ahead...
