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Thank you for all your lovely comments about the girls' Where's Wally costumes, I had so much fun making them, so I'm glad you think they looked effective!

Now for the second installment- my husband's costume. He really isn't very keen on fancy dress at the best of times, so I needed to think of something a little bit more low-key, but clearly iconically British. I drew inspiration from the kitchen cupboard and decided that a jar of Marmite was just the thing.

I cut out shapes from brightly coloured felt to create the basic elements of the jar and label, overlaid them and then hand-stitched them all into place with blending cotton.

I then just stitched the jar onto an old white tee shirt and- voila! What could be more iconic than a trusty jar of Britain's favourite yeast extract?

Hope you all have had a super weekend- I hope yours didn't fly by as quickly as ours. I'll be back tomorrow with the third and final (and most exciting, in my opinion) installment of British Icons costumes- mine!