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Sunday Snippets

2011-12-11T20:34:00.000+11:00

Getting ready for a busy couple of weeks.

Joining in over here.

Blogtoberfest Day 26: Wordless Wednesday

2011-10-27T00:11:00.000+11:00

Blogtoberfest Day 24: My Place and Yours

2011-10-24T18:30:00.000+11:00

So when Vic was giving us the option on this weeks' MPAY I was against having to show my stash (or secret under the bed, stuffed in draws etc etc stash)! I should have remembered how bad my pincushion situation was as well...

So beside my sewing machine we have...

Yukky cheap pins that I don't want fraternizing with my good pins...

Longer pins that I like to use for piecing long strips of fabric together when sewing quilts together and a few stray quilting safety pins that do have their own tin but that was a little too messy to photograph...

And look! An actual pin cushion!

Made for me in The Foxy Pincushion Swap by Susan L

Here is where my slight OCDness comes in, good red pins in the orange square, good fine and sharp white pins in the red square, needles on the blue and forked pins in the green!

Now that I have shared my disgraceful lack of pincushions I really should be off and make myself some more...

Playing along over here!

Blogtoberfest Day 23: Sunday Snippets

2011-10-24T18:03:00.000+11:00

We spent all day yesterday in the lovely weather looking at wedding reception places and finished off the night with a family dinner at the Boyance's aunt and uncle's place.

Meant to post this last night but crashed into bed and was asleep within 5 minutes of being home!

Blogtoberfest Day 21: Two dolls for two little girls

2011-10-21T20:39:00.000+11:00

About four months ago my cousin bought her two little girls to come and visit us.

CB1 (cousin's baby one) who is four was devastated to find the our old toy does not contain toys like hers does but wood for the fire and the other big box (my blanket box) is full of tupperware!

After she made my dad open and close the wood box a few times just to double check there was really no toys in there, I remembered my ooshka babushkas on my bed.

Oops, just realised I never blogged about the other one!

CB1 carried them both around all day and had a hard time giving them up when she had to hop in the car and go home. I promised to make her one of her own before I saw her next.

Fast forward four month and my cousin told her I would be coming to visit.

First thing she said was "Is she bringing dolly for me"! My cousin had not said one word about it for four months and she still remembered!

So here is my very happy customer!

"My" two little girls and their dollies.

Think CB2 may not understand dolly is for cuddling not crawling over!

Hi everyone!

Blogtoberfest Day 20: Excuses, excuses

2011-10-20T22:49:00.000+11:00

Dear Blogger,

Please excuse Brianna from not posting anything of significance here today.

She is far too hot and tired to think straight.

But she did cut and sew 32 meters of piping today so I think she deserves a night of the couch with a drink.

Normal posting will return tomorrow.

Blogtoberfest Day 18: Giveaway Winner

2011-10-19T22:13:00.000+11:00

Sorry this is a day late but I am having trouble with Blogger and getting posts to appear on schedule.

Congratulations Cam!

Blogtoberfest Day 19: Wordless Wednesday

2011-10-19T21:50:00.000+11:00

Joining in over here.

Blogtoberfest Day 17: Tea for two

2011-10-17T23:02:00.000+11:00

A beautiful tea cosy knitted for me by one of the ladies at the craft store.

It even has a knitted lining!

Need to get myself a bit plainer tea pot to put it on as you have to take the cosy off the tea pot every time you want to use it!

Blogtoberfest Day 16: Self-Portrait Challenge

2011-10-16T22:47:00.000+11:00

Ooops, just realised that this didn't post yesterday as scheduled.

Joining in over here.

Ps. NOT taken at my home just in case you were thinking I owned lots of bolts of fabric. (Well I do but I keep it a bit better hidden...)

Blogtorfest day 15: Country Wedding (normal blogging resumes tomorrow)!

2011-10-15T23:08:00.000+11:00

Blogtoberfest day 14: Family time

2011-10-14T21:17:00.000+11:00

Blogtoberfest Day 13: My Creative Space

2011-10-13T23:27:00.001+11:00

A late entry today so maybe I'll just blog about what I did do today.

Spent my day at Frankie & Swiss just general helping out and I also made a couple of metres of bunting, a bag for Michelle, 30 or so bunting flags out of vintage sheets and ooshka babushka (just a quiet day of sewing!).

I went along to the Gocco session at Southside Brown Owls tonight and printed up a heap of cute little bags, cards and envelopes using a very cute picture from the lovely Jess as seen above. I won't share any more pictures of them on this post because there is a ton and I think they deserve their own post.

I am now of for a well deserved sleep before a road trip to my aunty and uncle's tomorrow as my cousin is getting married on Saturday.

Get ready for some pictures of a country wedding!

Blogtorfest Day 12: Wordless Wednesday

2011-10-12T23:47:00.001+11:00

(see full image)

Sent from my iPhone

Blogtoberfest Day 11: The long and short of it

2011-10-11T22:00:00.000+11:00

Finally started on the blanket for our friend's baby due on the 31st December.

Four and a half bunnies to long and short stitch in 81 days, 13 hours, 0 minutes, 1 second...

Blogtoberfest Day 10: Donna Hayes Macarons

2011-10-10T18:24:00.000+11:00

This afternoon I tried out Donna Hayes new Almond Macaron with chocolate filling packet mix.

It was easy to make up and instructions were easy to follow.

May have made the biscuits a little big, although I followed the instructions.

Will use a teaspoon instead of tablespoon next time.

Yummmmmm

The finished project!

I found these quite easy to make.

I know I always found the thought of making macarons a bit scary so the fact that these were so easy to make will probably convince me to make the real things and hopefully you too!

Ps. Not a sponsored post, just what I've been cooking today!

Blogtoberfest Day 9: Sunday Snippets

2011-10-09T19:00:00.000+11:00

(Vintage glasses given to us by The Boy's grandmother as an engagement present)

Playing along here

Blogtorfest Day 8: Busy, busy, busy

2011-10-08T23:57:00.002+11:00

Had a big day today. 9 hours of work, two cushions made, 4 lines of bunting and 6 softies! Now off to bed before 6am wake up to watch Boyancè run a half marathon!

Blogtoberfest Day 7: Here's looking at you kid

2011-10-07T23:15:00.000+11:00

Very cute little faces to embroider and then use on these.

I started tracing off six to make for a girlfriend that is having a baby at the end of the year (31st December to be exact!) and then thought "these are way too cute, I need to make some for myself as well".

Hence I now have 12 little boy and girl faces to embroider!

Blogtoberfest Day 6: My Creative Space

2011-10-06T22:02:00.001+11:00

Today My Space is a little different.

I wanted to share a great app for your iPhone/iPad that Michelle from Frankie & Swiss showed me today.

It is called Percolator.

It turns your photos taken on your phone

into artwork!

From this

into this!

The Pantone colour chart turns into...

This!

It will even turn this gorgeous Go Granny fabric

Into this amazing looking print!

I am going to have a go at printing some of this up onto fabric next week.

I'm thinking a dress in the bottom print would look amazing!!!

PS. This is not a sponsored post. I just really liked what you could do with the Percolator App and thought you would too.

Blogtoberfest Day 5: Liberty

2011-10-05T21:05:00.000+11:00

What is ~~better~~ almost better than an this beautiful engagement ring?

Engagement fabric!

Boyance (My new name for him, The Boy + fiance) felt a little bad that I had to pull out of doing a class with this lady, here and with these lovely ladies that he took me there on the way home from Daylesford.

Even better he bought me fabric (I mean is there anything this boy can't do right, ok he is a workaholic)!

My Liberty stash is getting so big I needed to move it into a bigger container (Eeep, I was excited when I had to do this)

Maybe it is time to start using it instead of hoarding it...

Hello Kitty

2011-10-04T21:58:00.000+11:00

How long do you think they will take to get here?! So excited!

Now I just have to find something special enough to use them on...

Blogtoberfest Day 3: 200th Post!

2011-10-03T21:27:00.001+11:00

When this fabric came into the craft store I just knew I had to have it!

It is Terrain by Kate Spain for Moda.

The colours are so bright and gorgeous, a real summery fabric line.

Hoping I can get some yardage of the flower fabric in the top right corner, I'm thinking a summer A-line skirt in it would be beautiful.

The layer cake will be made into a quilt very quickly I think!

If you are looking at me with jealous you can get some over here or hopefully at your local patchwork store or leave a comment on this post! See I was sneak then and just built it up slowly. I will leave it open until the 17th of this month, good luck to you all!

Blogtoberfest Day 2: Sunday Snippets

2011-10-02T22:55:00.000+11:00

Crazy busy Sunday!

Joining in over here.

Blogtoberfest Day 1: The Start

2011-10-01T12:54:00.000+10:00

I'm joining in again with Cathie and doing Blogtoberfest.

I love being able to visit new blogs, fingers crossed to win and giveaway some things and getting my blogging mojo back during this time.

I am hoping to blog every day but things are a little crazy around here with wedding and engagement party plans.

I am starting to understand why people elope!

Thank you to everyone that left a comment as well, they mean a lot to me/us and I am planning on printing them out to keep with our engagement cards.

I've got some new fabrics to show, some finished and started projects that I should really blog and Nicole is taking me wedding dress shopping next week so there might even be some funny pictures for you too!

So I'll be back tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that and the day after that and...

Surprise!

2011-09-28T19:30:00.006+10:00

Just a quick post to share our happy news!

(Yes, of course I had to make a quilt to share as well!)

Feels like Heaven

2011-09-05T11:01:00.000+10:00

On Thursday last week I went to Heaven.

Or more likely my version of Heaven.

There was very pretty with flowers and sunshine everywhere, fabric being printed onto the roll, I got to sew all day, and men were vacuuming.

Where is this magical place you all cry?

Here!

I had a wonderful day helping out Michelle and Jacqui by doing a little sewing of cushions.

They had printed the fabric themselves!

And then I got to have a play...

Yes, I got to "design" a quilt on the computer and then Florence, the 2 tonne stainless steel digital textile printing machine printed it for me.

Easiest quilt I've ever put together!

I didn't get to take it home as Michelle wanted to keep it for the weekend, but hoping to go pick it up this week and get it basted and made into a quilt!

Ps. For your information, there were workmen at Frankie & Swiss and they were vacuumed up their mess, hence "Heaven"!

Saturday's in the Sun

2011-09-04T18:56:00.000+10:00

The Boy and I had a gorgeous time in the sun yesterday with a picnic at Emerald Lake Park.

Best thing is seeing Puffing Billy go past all the time!

Funniest thing was when a kookaburra swooped down and grab a piece of cheese out of The Boy's hand as he was trying to put it in his mouth! He has now got the gashes to prove it.

Hope you all got to enjoy some sunshine yesterday and Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.

Flea Market Finds...

2011-09-04T15:51:00.000+10:00

My Flea Market finds are a couple weeks old, but I keep forgetting to post them!

My first thrifted chenille blanket, two pretty doilies to add to the collection, cute chicken hatching tablecloth, and three spools of thin wool thread that now sit above my bed. I have no use in mind for them, just loved the pretty colours!

For more beautiful Flea Market Finds.

This means I can buy another one right?

2011-08-24T13:32:00.000+10:00

This may be the most beautiful unusable chair I will ever own!

The stool started it's life as this yukky velvety 'thing'.

I have recovered it with a Liberty Dresden plate and white hanky linen.

The only thing is what I am going to do with a stool that is way too pretty to be sat on?!

Our Synchronised Travel Journeys…

2011-08-19T17:08:00.001+10:00

1. First stage is your starting point.

2.Walk in any direction for 50 or 100 paces, then turn 180 degrees.

3. Continue walking in that direction until you see something blue.

4. Make a left turn & walk 50 to 70 paces.

5. Walk in any direction until you see something that either is or looks like the number 7 or 11

Photoshopped a 7 in so you could see where the branches were making it

6. Take the first left & continue walking until you find somewhere to sit.

7. Choose any direction & walk for 25 or 50 paces.

8. Continue walking until you see an unusual colour, shape or texture. Turn 180 degrees.

9. Keep walking in any direction until you see an archway or an unusual architectural feature.

10. Head for home but continue looking for something that catches your eye. When you find something, take your photo with it.

A great "I've just walked 5kms and I'm looking glamorous" shot!

Playing along over here

My Creative Space...

2011-08-18T07:00:00.000+10:00

I finally did it!

I somewhat mastered the crochet hook.

I may hold it like I'm trying to knit, but each to their own I think.

(Plus it hurts my fingers less that way)

I have started on a baby blanket, yes no small projects for me!

I it will now be added to the never ending and always growing list of on the go projects:

Wool blanket embroidery

Stitching project

Free motion quilting picture

A secret project

Binding left to finish on Dick and Jane quilt

Quilt blocks on the design wall ready to be sewn together

Half cut out quilt

Resewing in the lining of a bag due to bad pattern writing (instructions were missing steps!)

And the list goes on

and on

and on....

For the home of Our Creative Spaces

Sunday Snippets

2011-08-14T21:06:00.000+10:00

Playing along over here

My Creative Space; Kaffelicious

2011-08-11T15:39:00.000+10:00

Spending my day reading the new Kaffe Fassett book (before the September 1st release date) thanks to the wonderful Michelle who found and posted it down to me!

I think Kaffelicious is the only word (made up or real) to describe the new Kaffe Fassett book, Quilts in Sweden.

The book is full of beautiful quilts and beautiful photographs of the Skansen Museum in Stockholm.

Rattan Square, such a beautiful quilt and only three patch shapes making it a easy quilt for beginners.

Parquet, the use of floral, stripes, seashells, dots in this quilt is amazing.

Crosses

Barcode, I can't wait to get the fabric to make this one!

Striped City!

Can't wait to make this one for The Boy, just have to work out where to get one of those Dalecarlian horse.

Vintage by Pauline Smith, love all the blue.

Illuminated Lattice, also being added to the make list!

Reflected Pool by Sally Davis.

The greens, blues and purples just pop in this quilt.

Gorgeous pictures of the building at Skansen.

Love the painted tiles on the pillar and that gorgeous emerald colour!

The article about how Pauline Smith and Kaffe Fassett work together to create the quilts is fantastic.

You get to see and read how the quilts change from beginning of the first blocks on the design wall, Kaffe making changes and then the finished quilt.

The only problem is, even though I have meters,

and meters,

and meters of fabric,

I still don't have enough or any of the fabric I need!!!!

For the home of Creative Spaces.

Wordless Wednesday: Health kick

2011-08-10T16:58:00.001+10:00

(more wordlessness here)

Shhhh, don't tell The Boy!

2011-08-06T10:00:00.001+10:00

A little bit of fabric has sneaked into the stash,

Little Menagerie by Melly and Me

Don't you just love these cute prints!

Elephants, owls, little bees,

and cute little monkeys!

Some cute prints from the range as well.

I'm going to save these for a special quilt (open to suggestions) and then pack it away in the blanket box for a later date.

I also snuck away from helping Nikki at Craft Fair and grabbed myself a like bit more Liberty to add to the stash.

~~Four~~ Oops, Five 30cm pieces and Five fat 16ths mostly from the new collection

After a long and busy day at the show I would wander down to the Amitie stall and chat to the girls and just stroke the Liberty.

(yes I'm weird, but it did make me feel better!)

I have a little something in mind for these....

And, don't worry The Boy sees all the fabric and even rates it all for me!

I wonder if I can sneak this some of this in http://www.fatquartershop.com/Children-at-Play-Sarah-Jane-Michael-Miller-Fabrics.asp?Store_id=499&T=1

Cute things for your Friday night

2011-08-05T17:31:00.000+10:00

My cute lil B-Fab arrived today and made herself at home.

I love her soooooo much!

She is now sitting on the laptop watching me type.

Thank you so much Jess!

Nicole and I went to Meet me at Mikes on Wednesday and I just had to bring this cutey home with me.

To meet it's bigger version!

The Boy bought and surprised me with this week!

Even better, she is a lamp and quite big!

At the moment I keep carrying her around to every room just so I can see her all the time!

Third cute thing for your Friday viewing is the cute little macaroon that Mel helped me needle felt on Wednesday at NCB.

It is as hard as nails as I got a little too stabby.

Next NCB we are going to all have a go at needle felting, I can't wait!

And lastly but maybe the most cute of all...

My Hottie's much loved new home!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Patiently waiting

2011-08-04T17:45:00.000+10:00

Dear B-Fab Posswonk,

Where are you?

We are all waiting patiently for you to show up.

Please arrive soon, we can't wait to meet you!

Still here and now stitching

2011-08-03T16:44:00.002+10:00

The hand has healed up pretty well and are back to stitching. My finger is still a bit swollen and can't get my ring back on yet. Thank you for all your well wishes, I am sure they helped in the healing!

I have had a busy few days helping out Nikki at Craft Fair and having heaps of lovely visitors. Snuck a little bit of fabric home with me as well. (shhhhh)

Had a lovely day out with Nicole buying a bit of fabric again (oooops!)

Unfortunately I have misplaced the cord for the laptop and are now writing this on the iPhone. I will tell you that this is a mean feat on something so small!

Fingers crossed the cord turns up soon!

Crab Claw

2011-07-26T16:08:00.001+10:00

Things are going to be a bit sore and painful around here for the next few days.

Had a little bit of a slip and burnt three of my fingers on the wood fire.

A lot of pain, buckets of cold water, burnaid and bandages on, I'm starting to feel better today.

Finding it a little difficult to do things with one hand and I'm not exactly the best patient either.

Whoever knew it was so difficult to thread a needle with one hand?!

Fingers on my good hand crossed that I heal quickly and are back sewing in no time!

Ps. Am writing this in my PJs on the couch. Waiting for The Boy to come home and help me shower and thread some needles.
Such a glamorous life!

{Sunday Snippets}

2011-07-24T17:48:00.000+10:00

A nice relaxing Sunday after heaps of excitement and a late night last night.

Joining in with Tinniegirl

Northern Craft Bonanza

2011-07-23T09:00:00.001+10:00

On Wednesday NCB had our fortnightly crafting session at Stuzzi in Northcote.

Five of us girls braved the cold, and missed the last episode of Offspring (Not looking at anyone....).

Mel, Nicole, Lou, Tracey and I grabbed a table by the fire, ordered some drinks and dessert and pulled out our crafts.

Nicole was making some kind of medieval weapon,

Oops, I mean knitting a glove with three double pointed needles.

Lou started her forth knitting project, and first scarf.

She even managed to pick out her own mistakes but did have to get Tracey to fix them for her.

Tracey was crocheting a gorgeous green beanie and got an inch within finishing it before she ran out of wool.

Fingers crossed she can jig it a bit and get it finished at home.

Mel was feeling a bit stabby and did a little bit of wool felting.

Cute little macaroons Mel had made at home.

She made two tiny little toadstools and a little hill to put them on on the night.

Nicole managed to finish knitting one glove for a girlfriend.

I think her girlfriend may be going Micheal Jackson one glove style for a while.

And I managed to add some more embroidery to my blanket but never took any photos of it or myself!

You will just have to trust me that I was there.

Join us on the 3rd of August for the next NCB.

When she realised she had too much time on her hands....

2011-07-22T16:54:00.000+10:00

Inspired an embroidery I had seen on another blog I decided last night to start something new...

Almost 24 hours later I am finished.

Yes, I'm not exactly sure what possessed me but I have embroidery a badminton racquet.

And I love it!

So does Babushka, although I'm not sure how she is going to play with it when she has no hands (but don't tell her that!).

My Creative Space...

2011-07-21T06:00:00.003+10:00

Today is all about choices...

Should I do my wool embroidery,

Should I finish cutting out this quilt,

Should I try and make myself a skirt without Bec's help,

Should I finish quilting this quilt,

Should I layout this quilt and start finally sewing it together,

Or should I just stay in bed all day snuggled under this quilt?

Edit. Have just realised I lent The Boy's mum my machine to do a free motion quilting classes with. I guess my choice has been made for me, stay in bed it is!

The home of Our Creative Space

Craft Camp Quilt

2011-07-16T09:45:00.000+10:00

I managed to finish a whole quilt top while at Sewjourn last weekend.

I absolutely love this quilt.

The fabric is Minny Muu 3 from Lecien and the quilt pattern is Hidden Stars from Layer Cake, Jelly Roll and Charm Quilts by Pam & Nicky Lintott

I love that it looks like a solid colour quilt until you get up close and can see the tiny little prints on the fabrics. (You may have to click on the picture in order to see the prints)

I am going to quilt this myself with diagonal lines across the quilt.

Just have to find some equally cute fabric to put on the back!

I am now up to date with blogging about finished quilts, oh except the other one I started at quilt camp and the one I have started cutting and the next one I have planned and...

Animation Friday

2011-07-15T09:00:00.000+10:00

Picture to gif

Someone enjoyed my Pumpkin Soup a little too much on the weekend!

If you want to enjoy yourself just as much, here is the recipe:

Pumpkin Vichyssoise

750g pumpkin
2 large onions (or leeks)
250g potatoes
3 chicken stock cubes
1L water
1 cup cream
1 tpsn brown sugar
1 tpsn cumin
1/2 tpsn nutmeg
salt, pepper

Peel pumpkin, cut into small pieces and place into a large saucepan. Add peeled and sliced onions (or leeks), peeled and chopped potatoes, crumbled stock cubes and water. Bring to the boil, reduce heat; simmer uncovered, 25 minutes or until the vegetables are very soft and tender. Puree in blender or food processor. Return puree to saucepan add cream and season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, stirring, then reduce heat and simmer for a further 5 minutes.

Serves 6

My Creative Space...

2011-07-14T08:00:00.001+10:00

It's all about the quilts over here again today.

I started this quilt at craft camp and maybe should have read the whole pattern before starting!

I have so far sewn two of the 2.5" jelly roll strips together with a plain cream and ironed then cut them,

Then sewed these bits into nine patch blocks,

And then ironed and cut them up again!

I am just starting to sew them all together again for the last time(no more cutting but a bit more ironing!)

I also decided I would use the whole jelly roll instead of the half the the pattern recommended. So now I am drowning in 3 1/4 blocks.

Wish me lucky as I'm going to need it to get this one finished.

What a Hottie

2011-07-13T10:31:00.002+10:00

This is the "Hottie" I made for the The Hottie Challenge.

The challenge aims to raise funds for the Margaret Pratt Foundation. The challenge was to make a hot water bottle cover usable or otherwise to be sold to raise money for the foundation

A little about the foundation as taken from the The Hottie Challenge Exhibition Flickr page; "The Margaret Pratt Foundation Heart Lung Transplant Trust is a registered charity whose aim is to encourage, develop and maintain Australia’s world class expertise in the field of organ transplantation by supporting research that addresses the problems faced by children and adults after heart and lung transplant.The aim of the research must be to improve the outcomes for heart and lung transplant recipients."

I decided after a lot of umming and ahhhing that there would be nothing better than snuggling down at night with a patchwork hottie (except maybe with Johnny Depp).

You can go see my hottie for yourself at Open Door, and vote for your favourite or check out a lot of the hottie goodness on the flickr group page.

A huge Thank You to Ms Curlypops for organising the mail out of our kits and taking of finished hotties into Open Draw. Also for taking these beautiful pictures of my Hottie as I didn't get time before I had to hand it over to her.

Oops, how did he get here...What a Hottie!

The "I must stop sewing quilts and write and show pictures of them before making more" post

2011-07-12T08:00:00.001+10:00

I started and finished this quilt in the last couple of weeks.

I got the inspiration over here, or more like I loved it so much I had to copy it for myself!

The fabric is Sherbet Pips and the pattern is Corner Store from the Material

Obsession book.

I added two extra rows on the left and right side to make it a bit bigger and now it sits perfectly on my queen sized bed.

I used the girl on the swing fabric from the range on the back.

I'm almost liking the back as much as the front and won't be surprised if I end up with it on the bed upside down!

The binding is the scarf print in grey and matches in with the sashing I put around the center blocks.

I had it professional quilted with swirls and feathers all over it.

The Boy has decided that this is his favourite quilt that I have made (apart from the one I made him) and is quite happy to sleep under it!

Craft Camp

2011-07-11T18:36:00.000+10:00

I just had a fantastic three days away with Mel, Bec and Liesl.

We stayed at the gorgeous Sewjourn in Lancefield and ate

(pumpkin soup with yummy bread from Baker's delight)

and sewed,

had some fun with "invisible" zippers

Had a romantic candlelit path down to the studio as the security lights were not working.

We thought of this on the second night.

The first night I may have almost walked into the cactus patch in the dark!

Ate some more. Very yummy roast pork and vegies for dinner cooked by Liesl.

I also made sticky date pudding but we may have ate it all before I took a picture (oops!)

The Girls enjoying dinner and drinks.

Some more sewing.

Tried to eat more (wool felted macaroon, because we just didn't have enough food!)

Basted quilts,

tried to lay down on the job,

cut it back,

and pinned it all over.

Had fun with long pieces of sting piecing.

I swapped Bec and sewed her and my blocks while she ironed all our blocks.

Cooked and ate some more,

Liesl made some very moreish donuts,

and then dipped them in chocolate icing!

Almost untouched platter of fruit...

self timed photo,

Lots and lots of sewing happening in the studio,

Mel hogging 1/2 of the table space!

Yep, we had four machines, two overlockers and two irons between just four of us!

It just got too much for some people

All of our finished and half finished projects,

One quilt finished, one in the planning stage, one top and skirt finished, one bag and four purses made, one quilt basted and another basted quilt and binded (with a little help ;P), one macaroon, one cutre little pair o almost finished pants, and a lot of quilt blocks made.

Cute purses made with tiny little strips leftover from quilt by Bec.

Bag also by Bec and top and skirt by Liesl (love the FMF flower on the bag, may need to pinch Bec's scraps)

Macaroons felted by Mel and purses by Bec

Cute red cord pants by Liesl with phantom boy wearing them

More pictures of the macaroons, don't you just want a whole plate full of them!

And a very happy and relaxed me in front of the quilt I made on the weekend. (More photos and better post on the quilt coming up later).

I had the best weekend and can't wait until our hopefully 4(!) day weekend next year!

Wordless Wednesday: Craft Camp

2011-07-06T15:01:00.001+10:00

Joining in here.

Stitching Away

2011-07-04T22:25:00.002+10:00

I'm still here but very busy sewing and stitching away. I have finished a Sherbet Pips quilt completely and almost finished quilting the Dick and Jane quilt as well. I started this blanket embroidery last week and it is keeping my lap warm on these cold nights in Melbourne. I think this is going to be a nice long winter project.

Joseph the technicoloured wheat pack

2011-06-24T16:42:00.000+10:00

What every crafter needs for their sore back

A Joseph to sooth their sore muscles and make them feel happy all at the same time.

It is especially fun watching him go round and round in the microwave.

Although very hard to get a photo of him in there.

He likes to hide in his techicoloured shell to avoid the radiation (he is scared he might start glowing!)

If you would like a Joseph all of your own or maybe a Bottie or Hedwig you better go see the lovely Curlypops.

Disclaimer: No snails were hurt in the making of this blog post.

No Brianna don't cut the puppy in half!

2011-06-13T20:58:00.002+10:00

The Boy and I have sent our long weekend watching Fringe and I've been trying to cut up my sherbet pips fabric. I am planning to make Corner Shop from the Material Obsession book. It is going to look a little like this one but bigger and I've got a different plan for the middle of mine.
I'm heading over to Bec's on Wednesday to relieve her cabin fever and hopefully get some sewing done this time.

I hope you have had a fun and relaxing long weekend as well.

Tell her she's dreaming

2011-06-11T10:00:00.000+10:00

A girl can only live in hope right...?

I've been a naughty girl

2011-06-10T11:32:00.000+10:00

I popped into Patchwork House's 50% off sale on Sunday.

The store was packed full to the brim with ladies and fabric bolts flying everywhere!

I dragged The Boy along and he turned out to be very helpful!

I picked up some Far Far Away 2 by Heather Ross

Backing for this quilt

and lastly backing for this quilt (which I've just realised I've don't think I've shown you!)

Some how this slipped in as well...

The sale is on until Saturday so run along and get yourself a bargain!

I'm off to lounge in front of the TV. I've put my back out very badly so are not allowed to sew at the moment :(

My Creative Space...

2011-06-09T13:22:00.000+10:00

Run rabbit

Run! Run! Run!

Run rabbit

Run! Run! Run!

For the home of Our Creative Spaces

Hexie iPad cover

2011-06-07T16:51:00.000+10:00

I finally got around to making something with my hexagons and it really didn't take me that long to sew it together.

It's a cozy, cute little home for my iPad.

It had two layers of thick pellon on the inside and a magnetic metal clasp to hold it shut.

It gets a few complements every time I pull it out of the handbag and no one ever picks that I made it myself. Now I just wish I had more than one iPad so I would have a reason to make more!

Show and Tell

2011-06-06T10:00:00.001+10:00

I have been a busy little beaver and have finished another quilt.

See there is a reason the blogging has been a little slow around here!

The Pattern is Dick and Jane; Sally Look Quilt by Marinda Stewart.

The Boy's mum bought me the kit for Christmas the year before last and I finally got around to making it.

I hated making the triangles.

The OC person inside of me had to make sure all the text was facing the same way on each side which made it a lot more tricky than it probably should have been!

Think of quilting this myself (with the help of this lady, she just doesn't know it yet!) and maybe putting chenille on the back to make it nice and cosy.

Cushion Swap Received

2011-06-04T10:30:00.001+10:00

After a little bit of stressing that my cushion had been lost in the mail it finally got here having winged it's way all the way from UK.

I absolutely love it!

I had seen this cushion while checking them all out on Vic's blog and had remembered I had some of The Boy's old shirts stashed away and was planning on trying to make something like it.

Eli was a little worried that I wouldn't like it but it now takes pride of place on my bed.

She also sent me some goodies as well.

Vintage buttons, crocheted flower hair tie, lollies and dark chocolate (the skittles packet may or may not be empty...)

Thank you so much again Eli and also to Vic who organised this great swap!

Naked Bed Challenge-Completed

2011-06-03T18:23:00.000+10:00

Well my bed is a hussy no more, or will be once I have quilted my quilt.

I designed and made this quilt on Saturday night while The Boy was out and would have had it finished that night too if someone had not need a lift home from the city at 1am!

I used a Layer cake (42 pieces) 35cms of the sashing and 60cms of the border print.

The fabric line is Swanky by Chez Moi which is a couple years old but this could be made with any 42 piece layer cake.

I took pictures along the way so hopefully I can write this up soon as my first ever tutorial!

You can check out all the other Naked Bed Challenge goodness on Flickr.

The world's prettiest Jatz Cracker

2011-05-31T16:33:00.000+10:00

That's what these girls thought.

Cushion Swap

2011-05-28T10:00:00.000+10:00

Things have been a bit quiet around here but I have been busy on a secret project.

I wanted to make sure my swap partner Michelle had got her cushion before I shared photos of it.

This was my first ever Dresden Plate and I think I am in love!

I used Liberty fabric for the petals and white linen for the background.

I then quilted it on the machine in a sun burst style.

Better picture of the cushion flat.

I liked it so much when I had finished it I had a hard time putting in the mail!

Thank goodness Michelle liked it and has put it on her sewing chair.

She is hoping it will be safe from little fingers there!

I loved making it so so much that I have almost finished one for myself but are going to do something a little different with it...stay tuned.

Picnic and Fairgrounds by Denyse Schmidt

2011-05-27T18:34:00.000+10:00

Had to pop into Spotlight this afternoon and almost fell over this...

Beautiful Picnic and Fairgrounds fabric by Denyse Schmidt.

I quickly text Bec, who rang and almost screamed down the phone at me to get her some as well!

We decided on half a meter of each which we are going to split into fat quarters for each of us.

The lovely Spotlight lady who was unpacking it made sure I had all the different prints and colours, shifting bolts off trolleys and unpacking any that were not already on the shelf.

So this was my trolley as I lined up to the counter.

Lucky the lady behind the counter was someone I knew and was very happy to cut them all for me and have a little chat while she was doing it!

It's now all sitting on my cutting table waiting to be cut into fat quarter pieces.

I took closer pictures of the fabrics so you can have look...

Reds,

Light blues,

Mustard yellows,

Greens and dark blues.

Now I just have to decide what to make with it, oh and give half to Bec (must not forget that!).

My Creative Space...

2011-05-26T11:07:00.000+10:00

I'm spoilt for choice at My Creative Space today.

I have two beautiful projects I could be working on.

I received some soft and warm wool blanketing that I had ordered.

This is going to be my winter project, a wool embroidered blanket.

I can just see myself on cold nights snuggled under it embroidering bright pink and orange flowers all over it.

The second project which I'm hoping to finish most of today is a little refurbish project that I had a "Wow, that's what I could do with that!" moment last week.

So I'm off to chain myself to the sewing machine and iron and hopefully churn out a little project today.

For the new home of My Creative Space.

A giggle for your hump day...

2011-05-25T09:54:00.001+10:00

What is better than one hand knitted Aspen style jumper?

Matching hand knitted Aspen style jumpers!

Bec and I are now saving up for a crafting weekend to Aspen in say 2050!

BYO hand knitted jumpers.

Sorry about the blurry photos, Cam, Bec and I were laughing too hard to take proper ones (along with half the Op Shop)!

FYI: Fortunately or unfortunately we did not buy the jumpers.

Flea Market Finds...

2011-05-08T14:57:00.000+10:00

I have a fair bit of luck with the Op Shopping these last couple of weeks.

Wire magazine rack found while on a op shopping trip with Bec and Cam.

Cute little cane basket with leather straps and Kaffe Fassett knitting book found while checking out a new op shop. The basket is now home to my growing pile of hexagons.

Vintage Oroton Scarf found while on another shooping trip with Bec.

And a very exciting find! I saw this case in the window at an op shop while on holidays and when I opened it...

I knew I had to have it!

I think it is a New Home Janome Model 671 or 670 but I just love the gorgeous colour.

It also came with a buttonhole attachment.

Head over to Her Library Adventures for more Flea Market Finds.

Five Little Blind Chickadees

2011-04-30T23:16:00.000+10:00

Oops, forgot to take the black floss.

Masterclass

2011-04-29T13:44:00.000+10:00

For our anniversary (was in February) DJ and I decided to do a cooking class while on holiday.

So on Sunday we headed off to our Pasta making class. We learnt how to mix and knead the dough, and then put it through the pasta machine. This was not as easy as it seemed, definitely a two person job when making spaghetti!

Me mixing up the flour and Semolina,

My Spaghetti and Fettuccine

DJ about to sneak a bit of pasta into his mouth!

My wild mushroom and bacon fettuccine (no cream)

DJ's much better looking creamy pasta.

Scoffing it down!

My Napoli Sauce with Spaghetti

DJ's mix of Napoli.

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We had so much fun that we went back the next day and did knife handling.

Trying to learn how to cut Julienne and Brunoise. I had a lot of trouble trying to hold my fingers in the claw hold when I'm use to holding it with my fingers flat.

Tomato roses.

My headless apple swan.

We now can't wait to get home and get a pasta machine and some good sharp knifes! We are hoping to come back later in the year and do some more classes, Indian anyone?

My Creative Space

2011-04-28T15:15:00.002+10:00

Not a lot of sewing happening around here. Down at the holiday house and the sewing machine hasn't actually made it out of the car yet(has more to do with a sore back than not wanting to sew). I'm starting to plan out my quilt for the Naked Bed Challenge using the above vintage sheets (what's better to cover a naked bed with than vintage sheets?) but freaking out a little about cutting into them and not actually having a pattern to follow. I've decided to make up my own pattern which I have done before but this one is a bit more complex than what I've done before.
Fingers crossed it works!

For more creative spaces.

Ps. First blog post from the iPad so hopefully it works! (Shhhh, I'm actually sitting at a winery in the sun writing this)

Holiday Snaps

2011-04-26T20:49:00.000+10:00

Easter Chickens

2011-04-18T17:49:00.001+10:00

Although I tried my hardest to coax Karen's chickens into my tin at NCB,

They just wouldn't come home with me.

Photos taken by Beccasauras

That meant I just had to make some of my own using this pattern.

and Tada!

This little one has gone off to live with a girl who promptly named him "Nugget".

Off to make some of my own with these gorgeous felts.

My Birthday Weekend (Otherwise known as the weekend when I got spoilt rotten!)

2011-04-18T11:48:00.000+10:00

I had a lovely birthday weekend, breakfast and presents in bed. No DJ didn't get me anything of my list but what I did get was so much better (and pink!).

An iPad! I am totally in love with it, it comes everywhere in my handbag. I have been taking it to bed to twitter at night or read my blogs and even better I can blog from it unlike my iPhone. Just need to make a cover for it or convince someone to make one for me! My parents got me some beautiful clothes, quilt pattern and very cute babushka headphones that I forgot to take a picture of. DJ's mum made me the beautiful table runner that everything is resting on, and got me Nikki's book and another babushka. My grandma made me the gorgeous card on the right.

I also woke up to lots of birthday twitter love from the girls.

DJ was a very very good boyfriend and went to AQC with my mum, aunty and I. Although I did have to drag him away from the quilting machines, he was obsessed with how they worked!

I then got to go Ice Skating! It was so much fun, and I even managed not to fall down. DJ did think it was very funny to hold my hand and skate as fast as he could while I'm trying my hardest not to fall over.

I had a wonderful dinner of Thai takeaway with my family and boy for dinner, and of course cake.

On Sunday I was feeling a little sad that it was all over, but DJ had news for me.

He took me for drive along Beach Road, we had lunch in Sandringham and went for a lovely walk along the beach. The weather was fantastic and I could have fallen asleep on the glass had I been allowed to!

But no we had to get home because he had arranged one last surprise for me.

Can you guess where?

He had arranged dinner at Sky High on top of Mount Dandenong with friends!

The food was fantastic (spiced salmon on top of warm Japanese salad, yum) and the view was even better!

Thank you DJ for a wonderful birthday weekend.

(Best Boyfriend ever!)

Project Still Unknown

2011-04-12T14:14:00.001+10:00

Flea Market Finds...

2011-04-11T08:53:00.000+10:00

This will be a monster Flea Market Finds post as I haven't done one is ages.

I have kept it to one Find as a have Opped a lot recently and don't want this post to get too long!

Not something I bought but this is the old kitchen out where my Grandparents lived in the country. Really wanted to bring it home, DJ was not impressed!

Vintage sheets from a little Op / Vintage Shop where my Grandparents live. It is a tiny little town about five hours from Melbourne but they have the best Op Shop.

This is a picture of said Op Shop, DJ is glad we didn'y walk away with the whole shop,although he did like this bar selection. I can see 100 things in this photo I wish I had of bought!

More goodies that I did come home with, scraps of bias binding and some wooden spools,

This gorgeous top, love the lace and it's so comfy to wear,

And this top as well, haven't had a chance to wear it yet but love the look of it.

Much to DJ's delight I did not come home with this dress!

I'm still behind with my Flea Market Finds but don't want to make this too big of a post so I will leave it here for this week.

For more gorgeous finds.