Easter holidays.........

Well  the Easter holidays are almost over here.Much chocolate was eaten over Easter itself, with Laura (3) in particular making herself sick with her sneaky fridge raids, Mark attempted to make himself sick as well, eating an entire bilby in one sitting. There is still way too much chocolate in the house.

We are planning on going camping soon (weather permitting), so of course "mummy make" beanies were ordered by the big girls, cant pass up an opportunity to get crafty though!

I also crocheted a pair of "mary jane" style booties for Jocie, to match her hat and cardie, One is slightly bigger then the other... oops!

I'm thinking of making a hexagon blanket, so thought I'd better try it out before committing myself, the results aren't too bad for a first go.

I have finally started piecing my green and brown quilt, I'm really liking how its coming together.

Fungi, Moss and a Faerie Kingdom..........

A Gnome's Home.

A Faerie King's Throne.

A Pixie's Seat.

A Brownie's Bench.

Some coral-like fungi.

More fungi on a tree stump.

A toadstool in a bed of moss.

Laura, Imogene and Charlotte, Imagining and exploring.

What a beautiful day!

Birds in a nest.

Two more "Love Birds", This time in a nest.

A birthday gift for Mark's Nan. (I think she liked it)

A little bit of this and a little bit of that....

A little bit of Relaxation.

Some applique and crochet.

A little bit of happiness.

This is a free download, from Indie Fixx's Feed Your Soul free art project.

A little bit of excitement.......(or a lot!)

I won One Red Robin's 3rd Blogiversary giveaway!

I can't wait to have a go at making a cheery chimp, and how sweet is the little woodland girl brooch! 

 

I think that the lovely fabric will be in my, "too good to cut" pile for a while! 

 Thank you so much Jhoanna!

Don't look now....

Kellie, at Don't look now! is having a giveaway! 

I absolutely love her patterns, for a chance to win go here and leave a comment!

We Love Bears

I had a great time with the girls making these, Charlotte and Imogene, did all the embroidery on theirs by themselves, they also chose their own colours. They were finished last Sunday, and have been well loved all ready.

They are sewn on calico, with thread I had laying around, I also couldn't find the polyfill, so i cut up a big stack of scrap batting to stuff them with.

They are so proud of their work!

"Love Bears" pattern from Andrea Zuill's blog, Badbird's.

Amigurumi Love Birds

I've been wanting to try out an amigurumi pattern for ages, So when I found this one, on the weekend I thought I might as well give it a go.

I found the pattern here, though I think you need to register to see the pattern, anyway it was super easy and fun, and oh so cute!!

The Love Bears are complete, just waiting to be photographed, hopefully I'll get around to that tonight!

Also my sewing/craft desks are finished, they just need to be moved into position!

A Daddy Make WIP

The request:

 A craft/sewing table, and a computer desk.

Craft/sewing table

The Plan: 

Computer Desk- Long and narrow, the length of the short wall, extra width where the keyboard goes, Holes for cords, sturdy enough for the printer to be used without the fear of the monitor falling over.

Craft/Sewing table-

Part 1- A narrow but long sewing machine desk, that is sturdy enough, not to rock when my machine is going at full speed. With room to design at one end.

Part 2- A wide and long cutting table, with lots of inbuilt shelves, set at right angles to the other desk.

Some of the mountain of MDF

The materials:

MDF, Pine, Blood (my poor  toe), Sweat (Its still quite warm outside, where mark is building this), and thankfully so far, no tears!

Progress report:

Computer Desk- Complete, in use, still needs another light sand and second coat of paint on the top, and legs painted.

Part 1, Built, still needs to be sanded and painted.

Part 2- No progress to report.

Timber and MDF

Crochet and Cuteness

After seeing this post from my friend Roshanne over at Mumma Nature, I decided to give this crochet thing a proper go.

So I'm not so good at following patterns, though I know where I went wrong now....... but its cute and wearable and nice and warm for winter.  I found this really sweet, silky soft bamboo/cotton blend pink yarn  at spotlight for only $2 a ball, so the whole project only cost $8! 

How sweet is my littlest princess, with her big eyes that have caused a lot of debate in this house.  I wanted her to have blue eyes like me, Mark wanted her to have brown like him. Well she is going to do her own thing it seems and at the moment, best guess is  hazel.

I'm planning to do some embroidery with the girls on the weekend,  using this pattern, "Love Bear" from Andrea Zuill's blog Badbirds. So hopefully I'll have more to show after the weekend.

Green, Brown, Cream and PINK!

I haven't made much the last week or so, just another library bag, this time for my little sister, Its the same as Charlotte's and has already been delivered. 

So i thought i would share my latest fabric purchases and a lovely present from my husband.

Material Obsession by Kathy Doughty and Sarah Fielke, I have been coveting this book for months, so Mark decided to buy it for me for our "Anniversary" (of when we met not wedding!)

Such a sweet heart, and such a beautiful book, the photos are stunning, and the quilts themselves are beautiful, there are quite a few in here on my "one day soon" list.

Some material for my stash, the pink with stars is for a pink and green quilt that i will make eventually. The pink flowers is for a bag for me, the apples for an apron, and the leaves, just because. 

This stack of greens and browns, and a cream, is for a quilt that im up to cutting stage on, stay tuned for some sneak peaks!