I went along to my first patternmaking class on saturday and realised I’m glad I paid attention in maths class. I was dividing this, adding a bit here, doing 45 degree angles, erasing here, ruling there…my homework is to make a sleeve block. I’m loving my class, my japanese teacher who goes a mile a […]
{Keep Reading...}quilt in progress
January 31, 2009 By 9 Comments
there is a quilt in progress on the sewing room floor…when finished it will fit the single bed in the room. I decided to use a bit of everything and it will be my biggest quilt to date. I’m joining a quilting group tomorrow (located a convenient 5 minutes away) so hope to have it […]
{Keep Reading...}how do you find the time???????
January 28, 2009 By 18 Comments
If there is one question I get asked a lot…other than are my boy/girl twins identical..and especially in the queue at spotlight…its how do I get anything done with these three beautiful children of mine. I can honestly say I don’t know because each day just flies by and I grab precious moments to myself […]
{Keep Reading...}water painting
January 21, 2009 By 9 Comments
when its hot outside and mummy doesn’t want paint inside there is only one thing to do to keep a toddler happy and my little miss really does think she is painting so everyone is happy! Try it…….it also works really well on outside walls and concrete…thank you Aunty Debbie for the suggestion
{Keep Reading...}vintage fisher price
January 19, 2009 By 17 Comments
This morning I nearly knocked Keira over in my excitement to take this off my mum’s hands. It turns out she had given all of our fisher price to someone in our family (now divorced from our family) but after all these years this was returned to her… sadly this was all that we can […]
{Keep Reading...}$3.99 pillowcase project
January 17, 2009 By 17 Comments
I love Saturday afternoons when Keira goes to her little swimming lesson and I get some time at home with sleeping babies……today I took some $3.99 white pillowcases from Spotlight, some trims and in an hour whipped these up! I just love them!!!!! the red and pink ric rac is from my stash, red gingham […]
{Keep Reading...}dancing queen
January 16, 2009 By 5 Comments
gosh this girl makes me laugh….I was having my coffee while keira was modelling her new top a few minutes later she’s ripped off her pants, accessorised her outfit and is yelling ‘shake your booty’! thankfully the camera was on hand to snap the moment…and retro daddy (since he occassionally reads the blog) the shirt […]
{Keep Reading...}hibernating hexagons
January 14, 2009 By 9 Comments
these hexagons have been hibernating at the bottom of my knitting basket for a few months but I’m ready to get back to them…and I’ve also decided to keep the red! and we breed crafters young in this house….miss keira is loving her new scissors and told me she is making a quilt for her […]
{Keep Reading...}ok last photos of the quilt I promise
January 13, 2009 By 13 Comments
Ok well the chance of me getting this ironed this week are pretty slim so lets just say I’ve gone for the rustic look….to recap the pattern is Candy Shop from the Material Obsession book (great book by the way for any level of quilter) and I’ve used a mixture of Amy Butler and some […]
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