daisyfleur at work!

At daisyfleur we like to sew together whenever we can - it gives us a chance to look at our new materials and choose the ones we need for our next project, work on similar patterns together and pass on sewing tips! We love all the liberty fabrics, as can be seen by the photos below, where we are choosing our favourites.

We have recently discovered a  new way of sewing together - we use skype! We both set up our laptops at an agreed time, and get busy with our sewing. The beauty of skype is that not only can we show each other how our work is progressing on the webcam, but can chat away for hours whilst we are cutting out and sewing, without the need to hold a phone! Our husbands have had to get used to hearing a familiar disembodied voice when they happen to enter the room! It is great fun.

The photos below show us working together.

Buttons, Haberdashery, Trims - these are a few of our favourite things.....

I don't know if we've mentioned to you how much we love buttons before but we are both avid collectors.  When I was a girl, I loved going through mum's button tin and matching together pairs or sorting buttons into groups by colour or style.  The noise of the button tin when I shook it was the initial excitement followed by many happy hours spent playing with the delights inside.  
As I got a little older, we used to use the buttons as currency whilst playing the card game "Black Widow" (also known as Black Maria) and my brother loved the big clumsy dark coat buttons whilst I strove to enhance my collection of 'loot' with tiny  pretty brightly coloured buttons and those spares I remembered from dresses I wore as a little girl handmade by mum.

We've recently found the most wonderful shop on etsy Overspill and I wanted to share a few of their lovely delights with you today.  I can guarantee they will soon be receiving a purchase from Daisyfleur......

Bunting Giveaway!

Exciting news!  We are giving away some free bunting to one lucky winner!  Please follow the link to our interview and feature on a wonderful blog called Heavenly Savings to find out how to enter.  I've included examples of our bunting below to whet your appetite's!