Weve had a sick week this week. A lazy week. A watch-too-much-tv week. A buy too much fabric online because you spent too much time on the computer and none doing the dishes type week. We have those ...
Its a cold, windy Saturday morning here in Newcastle. Tims away for the weekend and Saturday cartoons arent quite doing their job; Evie is trying very hard to wedge herself between me and the l...
This week my world has been overtaken by quilts in waiting. Its so unlike me. I usually work on one at a time. But I needed one I could hand-stitch while watching Iron Lady and one to machine quilt w...
So Im chilling out with my coffee last night after all our guests left, scrolling through blogs when suddenly, popping up all over the place, is the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day Button. Thats righ...
Good Morning! How are you? Its a sunny, sewing Monday morning here in Newcastle and Tims taken Tully and Eve to Daycare. The coffee has got my fingers typing a little faster than my brain and Im read...
Today we are celebrating and grieving. Its what makes up much of life, isnt it? Finding joy in the grief and being free to grieve even when blessed.Last night I hit 500 fans on Facebook. WOO! Im tryi...
This week Ive ticked (checked?) boxes, kicked goals, cross off the list all those things you leave till later. Ive had my cousin Naomi coming over on my sewing days to help me with custom order while...
Hi friends! Back again, after a mad sewing binge, with my adorable kids (they really are, arent they?;)) and some beautiful weather.I made this vest for Tully last night. Its a pattern by Tie Dye Div...
Ive had a change from my usual bursting colours this week. Partly from necessity and partly from a deep need to put it aside. Running a competition always does that to me. Three or so weeks of emails...
Photographing a new quilt is a family affair, dont you think? You can get nice ones on your own, good ones with hubby holding them up for you...But my favourites are always the ones when my bathed an...
Look what weve been making this weekend! I can hardly believe its mine! Last Saturday we drove down to Sydney, left the kids with my folks and slipped out to Ikea and shopped like two child-free pigs...
Got a toddler on my lap so cant write much or she may try to help me! Heres what Ive been making this week! Little Folks quilt top...Jackets just waiting for buttons...Boys shorts cut and ready to se...
Sometimes we get dressed in a quilt I would make if I had the time... But sometimes its even nicer on two little kids in the morning light, dont you think?
Sometimes you can never expect what life will bring, how it will change us. A little over six years ago, I was getting ready for my wedding. Jem, by beautiful friend here behind me, and her husband B...
I (almost) finished another quilt! Theres still a bit of hand-quilting to do but I really wanted to enter it, with binding, into the "Festival of Scrappiness." I just dont usually reall...
Hello! Its been a while! My head is so full of ideas and colour and fun orders, Im letting myself get lost in the sewing room and at the park with the kids and snuggling in front of a movie, rather t...
Custom orders always excite me. They give me a chance to work with colours and ideas that I hadnt thought of before. So when a lovely customer from London approached me with her special r...
I received two special gifts this week. We were sitting in Aunty Ginas lounge room, the kids finally asleep, sipping tea and chatting while I stitched away at my woven mini. Suddenly Ginas eyes lit u...
“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up pers...
Im in the finalists! I cant believe it! There were so many beautiful mini quilts, I feel very chuffed to be picked out of the bunch. So, what happens now is that you can vote! Head over to Jenn...
We spent the weekend in Brisbane (about 10 hours away, 300 if you have small children - thankfully, we flew up) for my brother in laws birthday (my Spinning Stars quilt was for him) and to catch up w...
I think I learned something important about the way I make through finishing this quilt.Ive always hand-quilted my quilts. I started machine quilting when I started making my drawstring quilts...
So, Im slowly learning that when I find, or come up with, a great idea, I dive in before Ive put thought into how to see it through to the beginning. Is anyone else like that? When I was thinking of ...
Every so often, Im so caught up in making and home life that I hardly go near the computer. Thats been this week. The uni semester has started back, Tims working, and a steady flow of visitors, mostl...
I shared this photo a few weeks ago in a post about Tim losing his job, again. I remember feeling a bit uneasy about it. Would you all get sick of hearing about our drama and disappointments? Would y...
Did anyone else used to have an outdoor Banana Lounge made out of woven plastic like this? A friend and I recently went and visited the Maitland Art Gallery, about 30 minutes west of us, and found a ...
Once upon a time there were two scrappy blocks. Destined never to become a quilt (I got a serious case of cold feet!), they were forever separated and made into two, beautiful, individual pieces of s...
Hey! Im joining in Lucys Fugly Fabric Party over at Charm About You! If youre new here, welcome! Im Jodi, mum to 2 munchkin kids and budding textile artist. I make reversible clothes, quilts, drawstr...
It all started with two blocks. Just like this one.I said, "Ive made these two blocks. And now Im a little bit overwhelmed at turning them into a whole quilt."Then she said, "Maybe anothe...
Well, it turns out the camera on my phone is pretty ordinary so these photos will just have to serve as a shadowy reminder of our beautiful ride around the Newcastle coast yesterday morning.I never g...
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