phew, its time to put our feet up after a concert with Dan Zanes inside the Spiegeltent this morning…. It seems the only concerts I go to these days are aimed at under 5’s but we had a lot of fun inside that very warm tent but the heat didn’t stop Dan from putting on […]
{Keep Reading...}drying off….
January 12, 2009 By 16 Comments
almost there…its just drying off after a bath to remove the water soluble pen (and an almost heart attack moment when Julie told me last night she doesn’t use those pens after she’s heard horror stories….let me tell you I raced to finish the binding so I could get those blue lines off)…and thankfully the […]
{Keep Reading...}still hand quilting
January 10, 2009 By 12 Comments
yep still going….a bit more to do tomorrow and then I’ll be ready for the binding. I needed some sustenance this afternoon to keep going….after a month of no carbs I’m back on them and life is good again! and Finn had a quiet word to me that he wanted a cute photo up on […]
{Keep Reading...}progress has been slow
January 8, 2009 By 10 Comments
two teething babies has definitely slowed progress on the quilt…..I also have to break up their fights every now and then…. but I’m getting there with only 3 squares left to stitch…its been very enjoyable except when Keira finds a ball of perle cotton and decides to walk it around the house like a dog […]
{Keep Reading...}gone quilting
January 4, 2009 By 15 Comments
while the babies have been sleeping peacefully like this…… I’ve been quilting….2 nights (I fell into bed at 12.30 this morning) and 1 morning have produced this quilt top which is the Candy Shop quilt from this book….I’ve used Midwest Modern and Farmers Market fabric in lovely shades of pink, red, green and yellow and […]
{Keep Reading...}Dolls quilt in a day
December 31, 2008 By 8 Comments
My little miss loves nothing more than cuddling up on the couch with her pink pillow and her blankie, but lately all her blankies have been used for the babies to play on so I took a packet of charm squares, some $2 homespun from spotlight (I bought 5m at that price) and whipped this […]
{Keep Reading...}year of the fat lady
December 30, 2008 By 7 Comments
Wow what a year……when I reflect back on 2008 all I can think about is being huge….we were only in melbourne for a week or two before I got doubly pregnant….I went through 4 pairs of maternity jeans (thank you Ripe in Brighton for the best ever maternity jeans), gained 18 kilos (only 2 more […]
{Keep Reading...}Simple Summer Top
December 30, 2008 By 10 Comments
While Keira was at her kindy for the day, retro daddy was in the office (instead of being on holidays) and in between loads of laundry, sterilising bottles, tending to babies and talking on the phone to my nana…I moved the sewing machine to the dining room got out a new pattern and fabric I […]
{Keep Reading...}our Christmas
December 27, 2008 By 8 Comments
phew, all our festivities are over for another year….they began with church on Christmas eve which was a hot and crowded affair with a sweet nativity play put on by the parish school complete with a real baby jesus, tea towelled shepherds and tinsel angels…Christmas morning Keira had to be woken up to open up […]
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