Plans
About 7 or 8 years ago I was given a ziploc bag with a few scraps of fabric and directions for making a paper pieced patchwork pincushion. I had been dabbling in pottery for a few…
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October 2009
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20 entries
You have GOT to be kidding me!!!
I haven’t been quick enough with the camera to get Jasper’s expression the moment the food enters his mouth. It’s like the above pic, but he wrinkles up his nose more and looks at…
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Mummy
Random thoughts about motherhood: – it’s fabulous to see Jasper develop and grow everyday. – looking after Jasper has turned out to be a lot nicer experience than I anticipated. I…
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Shakin'
I felt an earthquake last night! The bed rocked backwards and forwards and our wardrobe doors rattled in sync. It was 7 on the richter scale, but it originated a long way away, so…
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Mmmm I can smell dinner cooking
Ok I’m just popping in for a quick post so I don’t completely lose the blogtoberfest spirit 🙂 This week our friends Catherine and Heath had a baby girl, Matlida Olive, born with…
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Baby Sewing
Onwards and upwards. To get over the dissapointment of cutting too much off the hem of my skirt I moved onto a new sewing project with lightning speed. I am happy to report that…
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Distraction
This post was going to be titled: Measure Twice, Cut Once; When Good Skirts Go Bad. But I don’t want to talk about it. So I wont. Instead, I’ll share some doodly drawings I did…
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Ooops
It was almost inevitable. I was triming the seam which attaches the waistband to the skirt. And SNIP. I cut a hole in the waistband. Crap! I had three options. 1) screw the whole…
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Clothes
Against my better judgement I’ve bought a book called Clothes for Kids Who Are Just Able to Walk. Seduced by the cute pictures of children in beautiful clothes I ignored the…
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Weaving on a Cardboard Loom
I like learning how things are done. It might be the engineer in me, I don’t know. Anyway, I’d love to learn how to weave but I can’t add a loom to my already overstuffed workshop…
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Bounty
Today I had FOUR (4!) parcels waiting for me at the post office. One cute little package contained Renilde de Peuter‘s georgous pincushion all the way from Belgium. The $AU – EURO…
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New embroidery
Stitching and the use of stashed fabrics have been occupying my creative thoughts over the last few weeks. The yellow, hand dyed muslin has been waiting for many years. I this is…
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Pool
My two hansome fellas lounging beside the pool. The water in the Jabiru pool has warmed up beautifully since our last swim. Jasper loved it! We swooshed him around and he spashed…
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Progress
I’ve started embroidering the tablecloth. Little sprigs placed at the intersections of the square grid pattern which is part of the fabric’s weave stucture. I think I got this…
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Handmade
I live in the middle of nowhere and there are few opportunites for retail therapy. The highlight of the day is going to the post office box… where I’m often disappointed to find…
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Random thoughts about household linens
Squares and rectangles of terry towelling, muslin, cotton knit, seersucker, flannelette and waffleweave. I get a lot of pleasure using, washing and folding baby items. (we use…
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Mitred Corners for Hems
Mitred corners are a neat finish and are easy to sew as there is no great wad of fabric to sew through at the corners. I’ve been on a roll with sewing up baby blankets and wraps…
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Love
Last year I made embroidered felt balls to hang on my Christmas tree. But I seem to have lost them in our move PLUS they would be a major choking hazard for our little one. So I…
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Yay for just blindly following your impulses
This top took me 5 minutes to ‘make the pattern’ (ie trace a top that I already own), cut out the fabric and sew together with my overlocker. Until today I was scared of sewing…
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