Truanting

With being at work so much, this morning when I woke up, I just couldn't get myself to go there just yet. Because I'll be working late tonight (last appointment until 8PM and after that some cleaning up and so before I can leave), I decided to stay home just a little longer.

Last night I had about an hour between coming home and having dinner and bedtime. And so I decided to start on a small sewing project. Do you remember when I went to the crafts fair? Not only did I buy the wonderful yarn I told you about. I also came across this lovely book from Marie Claire:

With some wonderful small projects to sew animals, such as:

 

I decided to make 'Charlotte the Koekoek', and worked on her for about an hour last night and another hour this morning:

As you can see, she's a bit shy. At the moment she's hiding in a place where she can keep a close eye on us:

I can't wait to get started on another one. They're so easy, can be made out of the smallest pieces of leftover fabric, and most important of all: they're all super super cute! :)