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Ramblings of a Mum to 3 kids. Wife to 1 husband. I sew & am a wannabe knitter/crocheter & no those skills aren't just for your granny! Oh, I'm one of those mummy bloggers too.

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It's finished! #matsewalong

So this week I have been following along with the quilted mat sew a long run by Ros of Sew Delicious. Today was binding day! Yippee And here is my finished quilted mat. My sewing machine is so much...

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ASWC Fat Quarter Swap- Sign Ups close today!

Over on And Sew We Craft we are hosting a fabric swap. But signups close today so get in quick! Sign up here: http://www.andsewwecraft.com/2013/05/aswc-fabric-swap-sign-up/

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Fabric Love

Lookie what arrived in my mail box this week! Isn't it gorgeous? It is the May Sweet Spring Japanese Fabric Bundle from Blossom Heart Quilts on Etsy. I can't wait to play with these fabrics, they...

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Cuzco Jelly Roll Race Quilt

I must have been living under a rock because I had no idea what a Jelly Roll Race Quilt was until a few weeks ago when I was browsing flickr... And well of course I wanted to give it a go. I had a...

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Quilted Mat Sew A Long with Sew Delicious {Part 2}

Today Ros shared how to baste and quilt our mats. I skipped ahead and did this yesterday... I had a bit of 'spare time' so thought I might as well get cracking on it! Next up is binding! And I just...

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Because I don't already have enough projects on the go...

Yes, that's a long title. But it was the only thing in my head when I started writing this post. This morning I managed to fit in a bit of sewing and instead of finishing something I have already...

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Quilted Mat Sew A Long with Sew Delicious

This week I am taking part in the Quilted Mat Sew A Long with Ros of Sew Delicious. It is a quick and easy sew a long and I just couldn't say no. Today is day one and the task was to create the...

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Weekending

Well it feels like we packed about two weekends worth of activities into one and I am beat! We thought it would be a great idea to head to the coast for the day on Saturday as we needed to do some...

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{Tutorial} Super Easy Place Mats {Part 2}

Yesterday I showed you how I made the 'quilt sandwich' for my place mats now I am going to show you how I made the scrappy single fold binding for them. What you need: Charm Squares or scrap fabric...

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{Tutorial} Super Easy Place Mats- Part 1

This tutorial is very photo heavy so I am breaking it up into two parts. Today we will be making the top of the place mat, the 'quilt sandwich' and quilting it. Tomorrow I will walk you through how...

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Etsy Shop Love: Pin Cushions

I've been window shopping again! This time it was Pin Cushions. {found here} {found here} {found here} {found here} {found here} {found here} {found here} Aren't they gorgeous?!

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{Upcylcing} Baby Blankets to PJ Pants

A few weeks ago Ros from Sew Delicious made a gorgeous long sleeved top for her daughter out of some baby blankets. It reminded me that I had a few baby blankets packed away and thought I could...

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KCW: PJ Pants

So I know that Kids Clothes Week was weeks ago. And well I didn't really do everything I had planned to during KCW. My Mum was here on holidays, so I couldn't do much. But I did make three pairs of...

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Top 5 Family Movies

We are starting to implement some Family Fun Nights here and one of the things we were hoping to do was incorporate it into a regular family movie night. We have a few movies that we enjoy watching...

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Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day was a nice quiet day here. I did some sewing, some gardening and we took the dogs out to a local park for a run. The kids gave me some lovely gifts this morning. Happy Mother's Day to...

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{Tutorial} Super Easy Coasters

What you need: 12- Charm Squares or 5 inch x 5 inch squares 6- 5 inch x 5 inch squares of batting How to: Lay a square of batting then place a square of fabric right side up on top. Then place a...

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Etsy Shop Love: Rubber Stamps

By now you would know that I have a thing for window shopping on Etsy. Here are some rubber stamps I have been lusting over! {found here} {found here} {found here} {found here} {found here} Do you...

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Fabric Love

When I order fabric I tend to do largish orders to take advantage of postage rates and specials. A few weeks ago I stumbled upon an AWESOME sale over at Everyday Fabrics.The prizes were around...

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In my bag

I bought myself a new bag a few weeks ago, my old faithful was getting a tad, well old. So I thought it was time to update. My new bag is Orange and gorgeous and not to mention pretty clean at the...

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Bosisto’s Eucalyptus Prize Pack Giveaway!

I use Eucalyptus oil pretty much everyday at home. I use it when I mop the floors, in the washing machine, when I wipe down benches, I even put it in my oil vapousier regularly. I have always used...

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What I've been watching

Won't Back Down: This movie has Maggie Gyllenhaal in it. So I was sure to love it from the start. Do you have a actor that you just love for no apparent reason? I do, a few actually. And Maggie is...

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Me, elsewhere

Lately over at And Sew We Craft: Creative Mess Block 1 of the ModernQAL The Block List for the QAL And Sew We Craft Together Linky Party- Have you linked up yet? Modern Blocks Linky Party {link up...

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{Recipe} Orange Cake

Ingredients: 250g Sugar Juice and rind of 1 Orange 170g Butter 4 eggs 50g Milk 250g Plain Flour 1 tbsp baking powder Thermomix Instructions: Pre-heat oven to 170 degrees celius Place sugar and rind...

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I have a slight problem...

I appear to be addicted to Craftsy classes... There I said it! You see I am completely self taught, you could probably notice by all the mistakes I have made lately... but as they say in the Disney...

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Trimmings

I purchased some Trimming from Umbrella Prints about a month ago. I ordered some linen to go with them too. Then they preceded to sit on my desk looking at me... I opened one of the packs on the...

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Modern Blocks Quilt-A-Long #modernqal

Today is the first day of the Modern Blocks QAL over at And Sew We Craft. The first block is Follow the Leader and I am sharing a little tutorial of how I put it together over at ASWC. I made two...

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Giant Star Quilt

I seen In Color Order's Giant Start Quilt tutorial a long long time ago. I pinned it and then forgot about it until about a month ago. I knew that I wanted to give it a go. And since it is turning...

Apr 28, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Sunday Stash

A few weeks ago I got a scrumptious fabric delivery from Quilt Fabric Delights. In it there was this gorgeous jelly roll of Cuzco by Kate Spain for Moda. Some gorgeous linen, some pink chevrons and...

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Procrastinating no more!

Guess what?! This here Queen of Procrastination and Works In Progress is actually update with not one but two projects! I am completely up to date with my Fat Quarter Shop BOM AND I have finished...

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It's finished! #matsewalong

ASWC Fat Quarter Swap- Sign Ups close today!

Fabric Love

Cuzco Jelly Roll Race Quilt

Quilted Mat Sew A Long with Sew Delicious {Part 2}

Because I don't already have enough projects on the go...

Quilted Mat Sew A Long with Sew Delicious

Weekending

{Tutorial} Super Easy Place Mats {Part 2}

{Tutorial} Super Easy Place Mats- Part 1

Etsy Shop Love: Pin Cushions

{Upcylcing} Baby Blankets to PJ Pants

KCW: PJ Pants

Top 5 Family Movies

Happy Mother's Day

{Tutorial} Super Easy Coasters

Etsy Shop Love: Rubber Stamps

Fabric Love

In my bag

Bosisto’s Eucalyptus Prize Pack Giveaway!

What I've been watching

Me, elsewhere

{Recipe} Orange Cake

I have a slight problem...

Trimmings

Modern Blocks Quilt-A-Long #modernqal

Giant Star Quilt

Sunday Stash

Procrastinating no more!

Another one done

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