Some new Nana chickens

I've been busy today and have made some new Nana chickens. They are called Nana chickens because I use 'Nana' linens such as tablecloths and tray cloths.

This one here is Betty and I have two made from this fabric. I love the colour!

Chloe is a nice bright chicken who loves the sunshine! I have two of Chloe available for sale.

Chrissie is made from an unusual cross stitched tray cloth. I have two available but they differ slightly in colour as the person who made the original tray cloth wasn't interested in having symmetrical colours!

Freda is made from a large tablecloth which had been embroidered all the way round. Again all the stitches are similar but the placement of them on each chicken may be different from the one shown. I have six Freda's available.

Fabienne above is my favourite and she will be coming to BCTF with me so isn't available for sale yet :) I may be tempted to keep her for myself but I'll see how she goes at BCTF!

These will be available for sale soon but I need to show this post to a valued customer who has first choice :) I'll pop them in my Etsy and Folksy shops and update this post to let you know when they are available. And of course I can take pre-orders and reserve a chicken for you!

I'm still here :)

You may not have thought so by the lack of posts on my blog but I am still here! I had two fairs this past weekend and I had lots of stock to get ready for them. I really shouldn't have bothered with the second one as it was awful! But hey, looking forward now :)

For the next couple of days I will be chopping up nana linens to make chickens for Birdcage Vintage. They aren't going to the shop (yet) but are going to a fair in Otley next weekend on behalf of Birdcage. I will also be tidying my house like mad as it has been neglected for the past few weeks! I have a huge pile of clothes waiting to be put away and the house needs a deep clean.

Back tomorrow hopefully!

Mmmmmm - vintage linens

Today I am rummaging through my big box of vintage linens and choosing some that will be turned into Nana chickens - want to see which fabrics I have chosen?

The light is a bit odd today so the colours of the embroidery doesn't show up well so trust me when I say that they are very pretty :) Some of these are being made to take to a potential stockist on Thursday and the others to stock up my Etsy shop in anticipation of something that should be happening next week - I will let you know if it does and if not then I will have plenty of stock for Christmas buyers!

UK Handmade Christmas gift guide

The UK Handmade Christmas Gift Collection is out now and I'm showing it to you as my Nana chickens are featured! Yipeee :)

Here is a quick look at the first page - I will be featuring some of the other featured people on Cuteable today so look out for that too.

And here is the page all about my Nana chickens. Typically, I don't have any Nana chickens made up as they all sold out before this gift guide came out! Guess what I will be doing this week!!