Stand Still

This week, my crafting has hit a little bit of a brick wall. I have been having problem on top of problem.
On Friday, I finished making my bunting, which I just love, but I finished whilst Mr Bee was still sleeping, so not wanting to waste precious crafting time, I got on and started making a little wallet. Only sewing through a few layers of cotton and then elastic as well, my needle couldn't cope under the strain and snapped. It was my last needle :(
With nothing else that I could do by hand, I made plans to head in to Leicester to get a replacement needle. However, I was mis-sold some truly awful needles, all of which broke almost immediately.

So I dug out Clive, to try and carry on my project, however I was having problems with the stitches. So basically, I had to wait to get some more needles for Percy. What a palarva!

This morning, I went to the Sewing Cafe in Hinckley, for some advice. We came to the conclusion that the machine needed special needles, not just universal ones. So I called Nana Bee, who was in town at the time and asked her to have a word with a specialist in John Lewis, and she brought some needles back for me.

They still weren't right though, they were falling out of the hole. So I asked Papa Bee to have a look, and after a bit of tinkering, he managed to get it in there and working. So 4 days later, I managed to get my cute little wallet finished!

Here she is:

Made from the beautiful fabric that I found at the Sewing Cafe, I love it so much I have bought some more :)