Brussels - We Love You! Our Happy Holiday

We have just returned from 5 days in Brussels, Belgium.

What a wonderful time we had!


My daughter is a HUGE Tintin fan and ever since she found out that there was a Herge museum near Brussels, she has wanted to go there.   This year we were deciding between Paris and Brussels and we chose Brussels.  Now you might think we are a bit crazy here, but just you wait.


In Brussels you will find

 Interesting museums:-

The Herge Museum (not actually in Brussels)

At The Comic Centre

The Comic Centre

Cinquantenaire Museum

Cinquantaire Museum

The Cafe at the Cinquantenaire Museum

Lots to eat:

Beautiful architecture and interesting sites:

The Grand Place

The Grand Place

Lots and lots of shops and shopping:

And finally, for the Tintin fan there is lots to see and do:

There is so much more to do in Brussels that we did not have enough time.


For now we say goodbye -

Our trip to Brussels made my daughter very happy and she will be thinking of her adventures with her friend Tintin for a long long time.

Snowy Dog!

It is World Book day again.  This is a day when children are encouraged to dress up in a character from a book. Ignoring the Disney Princess dresses, my girl decided to be Snowy.  If you do not know Snowy is - he is Tintin's dog. 

Last year she was as Tintin himself.  Next year she is thinking of going as Captain Haddock!

Anyway over the last couple of days (as I always leave things to the last minute) I have been busy sewing. Mary has been getting more and more excited..and at last the day has arrived.

Here she is in the hood.

This photo shows the big paws.

 Over the years, I have lots of Mary dancing down the garden.

Int his photo you might be able to see the paws in more detail. I made, out of the white fur, a pair of fingerless mittens.  Then I made the paws separately and stuffed them. Then sewed them on top of the mittens. Hopefully she will be able to write without taking them off.

Looking forward to next year. Maybe I should start sewing now? Nah.

Day Six & Snowy Dogs

Today was a day of moving more stuff around.  I try to do little sewing during the weekends so I can devote myself to my daughter who of course is quite happy playing by herself.  But I like to be around just in case.

I have found that I can happily sit and sew in the evenings now. It will be even nicer when the room is warmed by our lovely new radiator. Which I hope will be tomorrow night.

All I managed to do today was practise bow making as I have been asked to make some bow hair clips.

At lunchtime we went to MacDonald's. This is not something we regularly do but they are giving away Tintin toys with their Happy Meals and my daughter is a huge fan.  We saw the movie during Half term and she loved it.  She also loves Snowy and because of this she has a collection of Snowy dogs.  She took some photos this afternoon and as she is asleep, I cannot ask her permission but I will sneak in one shot.

I had been meaning to write less about myself but this make a day challenge means I am constantly talking baout things I make.  So to make the blog more interesting I will start to let you know of some of my favourite makers.

The plumber will be here in the morning and the radiator fitting will probably take all day so I will not get much pc time, or even sewing time.  I will have to rely on having ideas.