The biggest thing I mended was Emily's old rocking horse - Mayo-neighs. You would think by looking at this photo, that he looked perfectly healthy but his frame (inside) was broken and unfixable so we decided the best thing to do was to "just" take him apart and sew him up like a toy.
We had to cut his feet off to get him off the frame and we couldn't undo the fixings so had to think of how to deal with that.
We got his feet off the frame as best we could but he needed new soles so I used some blue fleece that Debbie had in her stash to make those.
I covered the holes where the handles had been with some felt.
Debbie, Emily and Isla stuffed him and I sewed him back together. I said that in 4 words but it took me a whole morning to do!
Here he is all fixed and admiring the girls' Lego boxes!
He looks fabulous now. The girls have been told he is not to be sat upon as he's not strong enough for that but he is strong enough for lots of hugs!
On my last day in Canada, I made nighties for the girls teddies - Howard and Albert.
We had a lovely holiday in Canada spending lots of fun time with Debbie and Emily and Isla. I was sad to leave them but I was also ready to come home. We flew back overnight and I didn't sleep for long on the plane - 2 hours if that! So, by the time Jo picked us up at the airport, we were fuzzy-brained and exhausted. It took a couple of days to get into our old routine again. No doubt the sewing will start up again soon - after all, I brought back a TON of fabric! LOL
