We love having people come to play over at It's a creative world and today we have great pleasure in having the lovely Eleanor onboard.
Without further ado I shall hand you over to the lady herself .....
Hello, I'm Eleanor, and I live at the seaside with four cats, three children and an old goat, up in the north west of England.
I can't imagine not having at least ten different creative projects on the go, ranging from papercraft to drawing to knitting to beadwork to gardening to embroidery to writing to dressmaking, and it's sewing that I've been invited here, much to my delight, to show you today.
My youngest son aged 12 wanted bright cheerful tops, but all we could find in his size were the grungy dirt colours popular with his age group. Browsing in Home Bargains one day, he picked up a beautiful, light, soft fleece blanket and said "I wish I had a hoodie like this", and so the idea was born.
I think the slide show shows enough detail of how it's done, but I welcome any questions (I've never done a tutorial before).
Thank you so much for coming to play Eleanor I'm sure that many of us will be on the lookout for fleece blankets now.
If you'd like to find out more about Eleanor and her creative endeavours check out her blog Still cutting off tabs
If you have been inspired by Eleanor's hoodie please let us know and leave us a linkie dink if you make one.
These look fantastic Eleanor!!
Posted by: jo | January 13, 2009 at 11:14 AM
How wonderfully creative, Eleanor! You are an awesome Mum to do that for him. Wanna make me one? LOL
Peace & Love,
~Barb~
Posted by: Barb | January 13, 2009 at 12:14 PM
I was totally inspired by the simple do-able-ness of the fleece hoody you shared. Thanks for that.
Mandy
Posted by: Mandy | January 14, 2009 at 05:01 PM