I have a most fabulous friend (Crofty) whom I love with all my heart! She is the sort of friend that you always have instantaneous laughter with, who always knows what you are thinking and who you can be at ease with in silence. We have the same ridiculous sense of humour and we just kind of…get each other…!
We met at Uni as we were doing the same degree, and when we found out we had matching birthmarks we knew we were supposed to be friends. We have now known each other for 10/11years and we haven’t got rid of each other yet. We’ve had some really good times with lots of laughter. She was one of my beautiful bridesmaids, is a great aunty to my little man, and my husband’s (just about) got used to the idea he’s got to share me with her!
Well she’s only gone and turned Thirty! Where did that time go?!!! We are getting old…
For her birthday she had requested I make her some green/floral bunting…so I set on my project and made her some pretty bunting. Here it is…excuse the bad photo…I have yet to find a nice place to photograph my bunting hanging up!
As a little extra, I wanted to make her something special. Crofty loves reading and has always got her nose in some book at bedtime. This year she’d got a kindle…so a much more portable library for her. I decided to make her a kindle cover so I had to do a bit of sneaking to find out which version she had so I got the measurements right. I then found this tutorial and set about making. I wanted to get lots of pretties in there, so I turned my hand at my first patchwork (if you’ve noticed it’s the patchwork picture on the back of my blog). I really enjoyed making this…and it killed me a bit as I made it so far in advance of her birthday that I have had to wait ages for her to have it. Here are some pictures of her new cover. Now she can make sure her kindle doesn’t get scratched at home or if she chucks it in her bag/car. Or she can just use it for prettiness!
I am pleased with it…the patchwork’s all a bit wonky, but I love it as it was my first attempt and I know she’ll appreciate that.
Happy Birthday Croft! Love you loads you old hag!
Love from me and my little man x
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