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Kerry
@kerryleslie.bsky.social
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Community Development by day / community busy body by night. Though here I will talk a lot about my 5yo & baby. Views entirely personal and occasionally a bit hot-headed - don’t quote me. Late diagnosed autistic. (She/they)
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Made it !!
Selfie in the vets waiting room of parent with baby in carrier, baby facing away. Two cream carriers are on top of black chairs in the background.
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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I’m back to stitching reversible, reusable Christmas cracker crowns (mat leave budget Christmas presents…) very happy that the star on the green Christmas tree is not cut off!
Illustrated fabric crown, sewn by the person who took the photo The trees are pink, green and grey. The photo only depicts two points, one of which has a tree with a red star. This could easily have been cropped during the sewing process but is in one piece.
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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I’ve started my next sewing project! I’m attempting to make another pair of billowy baby trousers, in more fabric I picked up at the fabric swap the other day.

Christmas cracker crowns - Christmas presents for family - are on hold, because I’ve ran out of padding / batting.
Harem trouser pattern paper cut out - laid on top of red and pink striped cotton fabric.
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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I went outside! And drew on a window with a pal!
Coworking space window with amateur drawings on it
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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As you can see with the spool in my hand - some threads are smoke damaged. My uncle had a house fire in the 00s, so he finally had to clear out my aunt’s possessions, which he couldn’t face doing in the 90s (she died rather young). I am delighted to be putting her threads into use 30+ years later!
Flat lay of a green zigzag cut out piece of fabric, with seven green tones of thread laid on top - label face up. In the person’s hand is a spool with some thread removed, exposing a paler green underneath, revealing that the thread is discoloured from smoke.
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Baby’s nap time = sewing! I *should* do tidying or something, but I’m starting to go a bit crazy, and need a creative outlet! I’m making Christmas cracker crowns. My aunt Mary’s sewing box stash has some close thread colour matches. Or at least, on the surface they are a close match…
Flat lay of a green zigzag cut out piece of fabric, with seven green tones of thread laid on top. There’s a pin cushion, baby monitor and iPad just in shot.
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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I think they will fit in around 12-18 months 🐚 😆
Baby on a grey blanket, wearing handmade big baggy trousers, face is covered by an emoji for privacy
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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These two are on wooden spools!
Hand holding two wooden spools of thread with old packaging labels
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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The kids are asleep so I am uncoiling. Making the smaller bab some trousers from material I got at my fabric swap! I don’t have a matching thread but have plenty close enough thanks to my aunt Mary’s vintage stash.
Cat sat on printer, overseeing orange linen trousers with various threads resting on top. Baby monitor on the left. Messy bookcase in the background on the right.
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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I’ve somehow got myself into the hand pillow trap with my second child too.
Baby’s hand on top of an adult hand on the baby’s face
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Really nice to catch up with friends at the fabric swap I organised at my coworking space. Quite an elaborate way to fuel my latest hobby, orchestrating a community event so I can boost my fabric stash - but look what I picked up!!
Pile of fabric in pinks, blues, greens, with coral print, stripes, giraffe print.
November 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I scanned through it while on a night feed
Cat blocks camera, in background a child builds lego
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Miso is birthday ready. Big ramp!
Cat sits on the back of a sofa. A big blue toy car ramp goes from a glass door along the back of the sofa and out of the picture. Bunting and birthday banner on the wall.
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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‘You’re allowed one toy from the charity shop and only if it can fit on the pushchair’

Challenge accepted - and passed! £4!!
Child bending over to play with a Hot Wheels garage in a charity shop Hot Wheels car garage balances on a pram
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Volunteered to weed the planters at my son’s primary school today. As well as digging up weeds - we dug up two eggs! Thanks Stirchley foxes 🦊
Trowel with a cracked egg in focus. Blurred planter seen in the background. A whole egg sits atop soil in a planter
October 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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First time I’ve ever been in a bathroom that is twinned with another one (Cotteridge Quaker Centre)
Framed picture of a brick outhouse. Text reads: This toilet is twinned with Latrine No. 1163 in Giharo, Rutana Province, Burundi, Africa Latitude: -3.953961 Longitude: 29.911000 twinning.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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I am going to tweak the bib pattern, as it’s not a good fit. Still, very cute!
A baby in a lilac pear pattern cream sleepsuit. With a yellow bib with red tomatoes pattern. Baby’s face is covered with a tomato emoji for privacy, but so you get the jist she’s very cute.
October 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Ta-daaaa!
Tomato fabric with a red popper. Popper pliers on the right. On a mint green cutting mat, sewing machine in the background.
October 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Hopefully the kids stay asleep long enough for me to follow along a YouTube video on putting poppers on fabric! I’m making bibs.
Cat sat on a printer, in front of the printer is fabric, popper pliers, fixings.
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Today was mostly spent eating chocs and giving out flyers while one pal played with my son and another held my daughter.
Open box of Cadbury chocolates, and stacks of Hope Not Hate flyers
October 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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I’m making a bib for my daughter from my son’s old t-shirt that got ripped at nursery. Imperfect and unfinished for today, but I am really enjoying the 15 mins switch off for sewing after the kids are asleep and the house has been reset.
At the sewing table, an unfinished craft project lays on a cutting mat. It’s a baby’s bib, with a tomato pattern.
October 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Ta-da! Erin posing like they own the joint 😆
Shop front, with postbox facing into the shop. The sign is teal and says The Old Post Office Coworking Space. A person stands in the doorway, proud.
October 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Sleeping on the job 👶
Woman looks into camera. Has sleeping baby on her. ‘Deep End’ sign in background.
October 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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It’s reversible!
Yellow fabric crown with Batman lining. Cutting mat is seen in foreground. Baby monitor is half visible.
October 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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While the kids are asleep (miracle), Phil’s out at a community meeting and I’ve sewn a Batman crown 👑
Fabric crown with a Batman pattern, on a sewing cutting mat, baby monitor is half in the picture, and a printer is half in the picture too.
October 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM