No harm, no fowl.......

Last time I went to the craft Fair at the Brighton centre I bought the template for a Chicken basket and this yearI just bought a plain chicken. It has absolutely no purpose at all but I love it and have made five so far. I love the Cathie Shuttleworth templates, as they are so cute but well within the range of my limited abilities. Mind you just as I was standing at the Cathie Shuttleworth stall to buy this and another template (for a running rabbit - only £1 each - what a bargain!)some dozy tart stabbed me in the side with a walking stick folded up and sticking out horizontially from her bag. It wasn't one with a rubber stopper on the end but a sharp pint like on a shooting stick. She wasn't that concerned, commenting mildly that "Perhaps I should keep my hand over the end" Perhaps? It was an offensive weapon and it bloody well hurt. I was in shock at the time but I now wished I'd kicked off about it. People are so arrogant! The title of my post in no way indicates my well being or state of mind about this incident!

Valentine "Make & Take"

As mentioned in my last post I was given a Valentine Box "Make and Take" template to do at home by Cathie Shuttleworth . I actually traced the one she gave me and resized it to be a bit bigger, but on reflection I think the smaller size was better suited to it. I have made up the original now but haven't got a photograph as I haven't got round to embellishing it yet. Regardless, it is rather cute isn't it?

Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken

I'd forgotten all about these. When I went to the Craft Show at the Brighton Centre in February I bought some fabulous Cathie Shuttleworth templates and I thought I'd just run one up to see how it looked. To start with I was a bit nervous that it would be too difficult (although this Chicken basket is a beginners level project)but it turned out really well and was very easy to assemble. As you can see it is big enough for an egg to fit in,
so at Easter a Cadbury's Creme Egg or similar would be perfect in this as an Easter gift. Cathie was doing a "Make and Take" Valentine's box at the Craft Fair and although I couldn't manage to get to the head of the queue to have a go, she kindly gave me a blank to try at home, so I'll try to blog about that in the next few days.