Tapestry Mug Mat

My Grandson Is a Genius!

I think that I have told you before that some members of my family are very talented indeed. My grandchildren, their mother and their maternal grandmother (no not me!) are all very artistic in different ways. The children all sew and bake and do tapestry and the mother is a fabulous textile designer, knits and crochets, does cross-stitch and tapestry, paints and draws and is a renowned weaver, and the grandmother does all manner of artistic things such as paint, draw, does cross-stich and tapestry, print, knits, crochets and everything else besides.

I feel very enfeebled being part of such a family and can compete in no ways at all ...

Last week Mr Whizz Kid (he of the mid-life crisis motorbike fame) had a birthday, and the prettiest and cleverest gift came from my five year old grandson. He had designed and made a tapestry mug mat all by himself (perhaps his mother hovered in the background!) It is so very clever and will take pride of place in his home office ...

Isn't this cute?

We are a family of home made gifts (the very best kind of gift) and it is amazing just what the family come up with! Thanks A xxx Love you..

Tapestry Mug Mats

Budding Crafters

My two grandsons are so clever (which is not surprizing as both their Mother and Grandmother (no not me, the other Grandmother), are artists and extremely clever at whatever they turn their hand to. On Sunday they presented me with these pretty handmade tapestries ...

Thank you A ... this is really lovely xx

Thank you J ... this is really clever xx

Apparently these both took almost a week to make as they did a few stitches before school each morning. I am so impressed. They are almost tooooo good to put a cup of tea on! Thank you. xx