I also won a guess the fabric scraps in the jar competition and I won the fabric which includes some lovely pieces which are nice a big and will work wonderfully well with softies.
This is the guy that looked like a penguin before getting his ears so I am going to adapt the pattern and give a penguin a go.
And here's Lucy have her first ice block, she usually has to share with Charlotte, which means dolled out lick when Charlotte feels like it, but yesterday Charlotte had a friend over before the dance and they both had one so of course Miss Stubborn had to have her own.
A few things I'm working on at the moment, envelopes with patterns in, the unravelled tape measure (the kids love it, I'm often tied to the chair as part of some game), the trusty unpicker. It's a bit of a mess but if you could see my desk at work, well let's just say I can't even see the desktop.
Ok Sydneysiders get yourself over to the new Remnant Warehouse. They have finally opened their new store (although the old site is still operating selling remnants only). The new store is bright and there is plenty of space to get around. For those mums out there no troubles here with a pram now. They still have their great range of quilting fabrics along with dress fabrics, now they also stock patterns, more ribbons, threads etc. They also look to be doing classes as well, so if you live nearby or are willing to travel give them a call. Best of all they still have the same friendly service.
While I was there I had a call from Adds. I'm sure they thought I was crazy as I was describing fabric to her over the phone. I ended up getting her 8 fat quarters from the new Moda Nest range. I hope I got all the right ones.
I got myself these other fabrics. Mod Girls from the Sis Bloom range. I am actually going to ring and get some more of this because when I got home I realised it would make a great tunic or skirt for Charlotte.
The orange dot which is an American Jane, the brown which is a Denyse Schmidt and the other dot which is a Heather Ross.
I also should have gotten a charm pack of the Moda Nest so might have to add that to the order.
After many nights in front of the tv I finally finished embroidering it and it is now sitting proudly on my mum's toaster (unfortunately it is too small for ours).
I really enjoyed doing it and I am now thinking of other embroidery tasks I can do.
Next this very, very basic tote. I sometimes take crafty projects to work and have been taking things in plastic bags so hopefully this will do the job a bit better. It was very quick as it's not even lined but it suits what I wanted it for. I stitched my Brown Owls name on the front too. it was made from a vintage sheet I picked up at the op shop recently.
Then I made this sewing holder. I tried to use the pattern from here but it really perplexed my for some reason so I ended up making it like a pencil/notepad holder and next time I will change it even more to make it simpler. I used the embroidery pattern from Kootoyoo though and it was great. I stitched my Faraway embroidery onto the front.
And finally I have been making envelopes from vintage children's books. I will probably pop these onto Made It soon
I lined it with some Michael Miller fabric I picked up at the last Remnant Warehouse sale and used the back jeans pockets as well.
And just because they are being cute here is a photo of the kiddies
I thought it would be a great way to keep things especially the fruit I dried in my Sunbeam Food Dryer (which incidentally I used to use heaps). Of course that never happened though because the fruit never lasted that long.
Is it just me or are presents never opened at parties any more. Charlotte has been to quite a few parties this year and the presents are never opened, even though the kids often want to. 
Book becomes a pencil/notepad holder
Vintage books turned in paper globes
Vintage Seasme Street fabric
Book pages become magnets
Bag
It made with the American Jane range and backed it with fabric from the Peas and Carrots range which I also made the binding from because I am trying to use my stash up. 
I quilted around each square and then also diagonally across them.
Lucy by herself, excuse the outfit but she has been home all day so is a mess. For a girl who used to hate hats she now puts them on all the time.
And her and I
Happy Mother's Day to all the mum's out there
Here they are in their carry bag.
They will be joining this set (as soon as I finish the carry bag) on their way to Mikes
I've been having a bit of a dilemma for quite a while now marking my cookbooks and magazines and lots of other stuff too.
As you can see they are marked with bits of post it notes or else the pages are folded over. Neither of these look very nice. I recently saw the corner of an envelope being used to mark the page and thought what a good idea but it looked a bit plain for me so I decided to funky it up a bit. So I made a test one up using some vintage storybook paper but I am thinking vintage cooking magazines would be great for the cook books.
I might even bundle them up with a shopping list board and sell them over on Made It
I made a sewing clip board a while ago by the same method using a vintage pattern. I am always losing drawings and things so it is coming in very handy. I think I will probably make some more.
Now onto my frightening experience this afternoon. I was driving home from work along the Gore Hill Freeway in Sydney and all of a sudden there was a screeching of brakes by a Porsche two cars in front of me and dust flying everywhere and large objects bouncing across the road. The car in front of me and myself swerving to avoid the debris. Would you believe it but one of the light poles on the medium strip had actually fallen down. I don't know how anybody wasn't killed let alone hurt. I'm still in shock that something like that could happen.
