Ooh, I do love that word. It’s just so much fun to say! Say it out loud three times, go on. Muff muff muff.

Anyway, the real reason for this post is to show off my muff. (don’t worry, it’s not rude!)

My friends Louise and Nathan are getting married in three weeks, and I decided I was going to wear this red PPQ dress (I was so happy when I managed to get it on sale from Oli, after lusting after it for about a year!) with black accessories, such as my faux fur capelet, which I don’t have enough opportunities to wear. (Honestly, if I could get away with wearing it with jeans and a t-shirt, I would. Actually, I might do that at the weekend.)
The only thing that would have completed the look was a hand warmer. Or, indeed, a “muff”

I found this tutorial via the Craftster forums, and bought some excellent faux fur from John Lewis. (When the little old lady at the till asked what I was planning to make, I couldn’t bear to say muff to her!) A metre of faux fur cost £4.85, and was enough fabric to make two muffs. Or actually, one muff, and one mistake (I thought it looked wrong and an odd shape once I had stitched the smaller sides together, so ended up using the other bit of material, which also looked wrong.)
I made a slight modification to the pattern, sewing in a felt pocket into the seam so I will be able to stash my hip flask and iPhone inside it.

Here’s some pictures of the making of the muff…