11) Make something for the house

So, I may be a writer but I'm not a great craftswoman. So this is a bit of a challenge. Especially when I realised that I also don't have a sewing machine and I would have practically been banned from our textiles classes at school. It wasn't pretty for anyone concerned. And here's a confession. That day when I got 80% for beautiful stitching of press studs and hook and eyes? It was Rebecca Surman, my best friend at the time who did them. Not me. I was appalling.

But in time I found that I quite liked doing things and making things but they will never be things I can sell. So I do them in the hope we can find them some place to live in our home. So far the only thing was a Winnie the Pooh sampler which took a mere seven years to make. Yes, seven years. Now, do you see this is a challenge.

But in the run up to Christmas I decided to make a Christmas decoration for my little daughter. I followed a pattern of course, but still had to get things done. I was a bit pushed for time so it won't actually get onto to the tree until next Christmas, but it was completed on Christmas Day itself.

I hope it will adorn our tree for many years and for my daughter's too when she's older. Our son has one too and one day, who knows there will be grandchildren to make them for. As long as they give me plenty of notice of course!

The finished decoration