My first fortnight of crochet.Thirty-five joined hexes, sixteen circles waiting their turn. About twice that many still to be hooked! Could it be border time in just another fortnight?Next up might b...
My first week of crochet.During the week I mostly made the three-colour central circles, then last night I followed Attic24s instructions for joining the edges as you go. I got through a 50g ball in ...
Since last posting, I have taken up crochet. And whats a new hobby without new accessories? I found hooker extraordinairé Thornberrys Crochet Project Roll tutorial and decided it was worth diverting ...
Other prints I want to add to the loungeroom wall. Proteaflora by Lara CameronLara of Ink & Spindle only released her range of prints last week, and this one went immediately to the top of my Want Li...
After five months here, Ive finally summoned the courage to hang things on my lovely soft grey loungeroom wall.Another way to put that is, after five months here, Ive finally got around to putting so...
Hiya! Ive got new followers and I dont know from where or how or why. Theyre probably forgotten they followed me, as its about six weeks since my last update. I have been in England visiting the in-l...
You may have noticed a riotously colourful bag in progress over on Curlypops blog a couple weeks ago. Today I finally claimed the finished project - my very own custom camera bag! It fits my DSLR and...
Im on a bit of a cushion-sewing spree at the moment.A work colleague bought a passel of vintage teatowels at the op shop one lunchtime. I exclaimed over them, and from the goodness of her heart she g...
For my birthday I received a mixed pack of vintage kimono and obi offcuts. My immediate instinct was to turn them into cushions.One feminine, one masculine.(Those seams are straight, I swear. They ju...
I gave the You SEW Girl hat pattern a second outing, making a hat for my SILs birthday. (Last year I made her this apron.)Ive been saving this bit of velveteen for a couple years with the idea of mak...
It was my birthday this week, woo! I went a bit mad on fabric.com and overspent my birthday money. I think I may need to make cushions from some of these and turn my birthday overspend into profit. A...
Alfred Shaheen Designs Bamboo Forest drum lamp shade by SeaScape:US$37045cm drum lampshade kit from NeedCraft UK:£14.99Free Spirit Alfred Shaneen Bamboo Forest quilting cotton on fabric.com:US$5.98/y...
Ive finally, finally added all my new W Class Cushion styles to my Made It shop.Hubby took the kids out for a couple hours so I could take photos and update my shop. Of course, five minutes after the...
Finally decided where and how to hang these things that make me happy.I need a bigger desk, but thats fairly far down the priority list, well after lamps, filing cabinet, rug, mortgage repayments... ...
Something strange is happening in my new sewing studio. One, Ive sewn four things in a row for myself. Two...Yellow has never popped up in my OFMS sewing before, yet its obviously my colour of the se...
In October I bought an amazing last-of-its-kind upholstery remnant from Retro Age Vintage Fabrics. Over the past week Ive snatched a minute here and there and followed this Sew Mama Sew tutorial and ...
Apron #10 for 2011 was actually sewn in 2012. I dont care, Im including it in my tally. Finally I found time to make my own apron - mostly motivated by that massive Spotlight sale last week. I feel s...
Apron #9 for 2011 was for my mother-in-laws birthday. I finished the apron on Christmas Eve, the day of her birthday. Unfortunately she lives on the other side of the world so she didnt exactly recei...
Apron #8 for 2011 is for my BFFs birthday. My brief for this apron was blue floral.I adore this royal blue fabric with the yellow flowers. It reminds me of the bridesmaid dresses and bouquets from BF...
Let us travel back in time to June 2011, when I sewed and did not photograph an apron for my mums birthday. This was apron #5 for 2011.Sorry for the slightly dodgy photos - I nicked mums apron for th...
Its always nice to start the year by kicking a goal. Hat pattern by You SEW Girl! and fabric from Spotlights immense discount sale.I was very flattered to discover Nikki thinks I have a small head. M...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Ive really enjoyed seeing other bloggers holiday photos and seeing the joys people found in the Christmas period. Our family had a great one too. No photos really,...
I was inspired by Vic to log onto the blog and share some gift tags I made for my work Kris Kringle. Normally Im a second-hand paper with pre-loved sticky tape type of wrapper, so I was surprised tha...
They make it sound so easy in magazines. My beloved/behated Real Living recently had a whole feature on ways to spruce up tables, with the first step for each project being a simple "Sand the tab...
Going from this......to this.Sewing curtains......but not quite finding time to buy the right rings and hooks.And winning this giveaway in my spare time!Thanks Cathy!
My mum bought me this poster/print at the heritage homestead out near Maldon a few months ago. I unrolled it once to exclaim over its loveliness, then rolled it back and up stashed it in a safe place...
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