A new link...

Have found that some dear person has linked to our blog, loving our party bags, thanking you dear girl.

And so sharing the love with everyone else... here is the site which has some great ideas, some very pretty pictures... and loads of eye candy.

Hiding?

Where are you dear sister?

Off To The Markets

Today I am off to have a look at the markets... relatively new ones that have started on the coast... the great thing is they are at The Arts Centre INDOORS so rain, hail or shine they WILL BE ON.

Did you want to come along Pippy? I have tried to email you, I shall call you this morning as well... Hopefullly I will be able to offload The Little Men so that I can take my time and really have a good look.

What next?

This is a mystery post.

I am going to give you a taste of what my next project will be made from... 

So pretty. Some beautiful vintage fabric I bought off eBay and some pretty lilac from my sister's stash...

My quilt...

I spent part of the summer school holidays at my mother-in-law's (MIL) house. She is a mad keen sewer and crafter and runs classes and has oodles of inspiration and fabric and ideas and and and...

So while I was there I got to thinking and decided that I would revamp a couple of things at home:

1. I had an old doona cover that was past its day but too good to throw out, and

2. I had a beautiful old woollen blanket that the kids REFUSED to have on their beds because it is scratchy.

What to do?

I made squares of all if... 35 of the blanket, and 70 of the doona fabric. I stitched the blanketing into the centre of the fabric and then stitched it all together like a patchwork quilt... well... it IS a patchwork quilt I guess.

I thought I would get a bit creative and see what I could do with the freehand embroidery needle... 

I am sooo happy with the results... I added the boys' names, plus all our pets that have made an impact on our lives... plus those little inspirational words to fill in the gaps.

I also decided to keep the original tag that was on it... a throughly vintage and gorgeous tag that has pride of place in the corner square... just to remind whoever finally ends up with it that it is a:

"Physician

Standard Chillproof All Wool Blanket

Made in Australia"

And to top it off, My Little Man sleeps under it every night, 

loves it to bits and thinks I am amazingly clever. Gotta love kids.

Who's Counting Now ?

16

sleeps until

Christmas Day !

It's Party Time!

OMG! 

Once I got started on party bags, I totally loved it... there are so many pretty ideas in my head... how can I get them all out quick enough... all I need is a little girl to have a party and bingo, I can use them myself... which makes me think... I must make some for boy parties...