sunday stash #3

Happy Sunday folks :)

I hope where ever you are you are having a wonderful day.

Currently hubby and I are sitting outside, listening to the neighbours mow their lawns, our children playing (nicely at times) and thinking about tidying. We are good at thinking about it ;)

This week, Quite Contrary by The Quilted Fish for Riley Blake

 

 I love this range! Girlie but not babyish.

I would have loved the lot but I was good and only got 8 prints from the range.

All from Hawthorne Threads 

 Tomorrow I have another quilt top to show you. I've finished 2 in 24 hour

xox

When life gives you lemons...

....buy an over locker!

A complete splurge post fire. Simply because :)

Hope you are all having a good week xox

Shopping and more friends

There was shopping. Oh yes. Needless to say there will be no more 'But we had a house fire' comment from me to justify stashing. Hubby has put the foot down ;)

First up, Amitie! And they had a sale! Timed that well hey? ;)

Kei honeycomb

Spots, just because :)

1/2 price finds :)

Then Ikea. My first ever time there! Loved it!!

These lot were meant to cover up the new couches but they don't go. So will be used to make cushions instead.

Fun prints, just because :)

Ballarat Patchwork. Heaven on earth! 

Don't look now pattern and pack

  

A rainbow of fat 1/8's because, well, they are awesome!

2 lovely ladies gifted me some gorgeous patterns! Thank you :)

I also neglected to mention yesterday that I also managed to pop into my old sewing group. These lovely ladies are the reason I started blogging so it was very rude of me to forget. Hi Jacquie, Judy, Simone and Michelle!! Now comment lovely ladies!! I know you are reading ;)

Must run and continue unpacking and washing my new Tupperware!! Ekkkkk!! xox 

Sew It Together

Hard to believe it already been over 2 MONTHS since Sew It Together! About time I blogged about it. Seeing as though I claimed it as the best/worst weekend of my life ;)

So my weekend start with catching up with my gorgeous high school friend for loads of coffee and shopping at DFO….including half price Birks and a $10 dry season dress! Woohoo! Shelly was kind enough to drop in off in the city where I meet the lovely Lisa from the princess and the monkey who I was sharing a room with the first night. We shopped, we ate, we talked, I froze! Twas lovely, I got ‘the call’, but we had cake so life was gooooooood!

Gift from Lisa with yard and hook :)

Next morning, I must confess, I was a little worried. Actually A LOT! I had arranged to share a room for two nights with someone I had never meet…..she might be creepy. She might fart. She might snore. She doesn’t have kids so I might just bore her to death. Plus I don’t know how to talk to ‘grown ups’! Turns out she does fart, she is a little creepy, I did bore her at times, and well, she really isn’t a grown up! And she is totally my new bbff (blogging best friend forever)! So obviously we hit it off and even had cupcakes for breakfast!! Abbe, my dear, you rock my little world ;)

Anyway, back on track, Friday afternoon SHOPPING!!

I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves ;)

Amitie...20% off just for us :)

Amitie....1/2 price...nice!!

Patchwork on Central Park

Ink & Spindle was the highlight! Those girls are totally awesome! Can’t wait to use my little pile of lovelies J

We ended the evening at Nicole's for a tour and more shopping….plus some much need wine and food and wine. Again I was really excited and really nervous. No secret my first blog crush was/is Dearfii. Plus Fi too was sharing the room with me and Abbe......oh the fun we had…...what happens at SIT, stays at SIT ;) Anyway I am happy to say Fi is just as gorgeous and lovely as I thought she would be. Actually, probably more so ;)

Pinched pic from here

Saturday, day of laughter, crafting, chatting and inspiration! I meet some amazing; blow your socks of talented people. I was lucky enough to share a table with Corrie, Lisa, Fi, Abbe, Julie, Katia and Renae I got to meet twitter buddies like Holly and Bec and loads and loads of my fav bloggers plus a few new to me ones as well.

The totally hilarious Trash tried to teach me crochet……and, well, kinda failed. Not Trash’s fault, believe me!! Yarn is not my friend (Kirsty has had more luck, more on that in another post)

Pinched pic from here

Fi showed me how to make her tiny ¼” hexie’s. New obsession!! And Corrie had hexy kits for everyone! So lucky!

Swap SCORE!!

Cass had organised a sample swap. So excited with my pressies!! So much fun!! Sadly in the madness I have no pics of what I made. But they were awesome. Yes they were ;)

There were prizes. I was tempted to tackle a pregnant Kiwi lady for her score and I resisted ;) We were all so incredibility lucky that there were so many fabulous sponsors and supporters. Please support them where you can! See here for details 

4.30 was kick out time. Of course I was one of the last to leave. The extra lovely and extra gorgeous Corrie and Julie came up for more chatting and crafting before heading out for tea.

Pinched pic from here

Tea was fab. I think. Don’t really remember what I ate. There was just soooo much talking and laughing. Trash and I talked politics. I meet a fellow home birth mum who makes her son dance for cheese. Some awesome Daylesford bloggers that made the trip down for tea. I laughed so much I cried! It really was amazing J

We all said our goodbyes on Sunday L But Abbe and I weren’t done just yet. We travelled out to Daylesford to hang out some more with the gorgeous Kate and family. A very dear friend of mine made the trip up from Horsham to say hi. So great to see her. Bit sad not knowing when we’ll make the trip down south again.

And then, it was over. Abbe dropped me at the airport. And then I was home, well, back to reality.

Sheridan and her right hand lady Donna did an amazing job! A thousand thank you girls, to you and your families. It can’t have been an easy job. Please sign me up for next year. Although I might have to bring the whole family to Sydney just in case ;)

I did learn one very important thing while at SIT……

Said by Fi, stiched by me xox

my creative space

Firstly, thank you :) You guys are so lovely. Seriously. This week is really sucky. And you guys are great :)

So I'm going to pretend for a minute that we have curtains instead of boxes covering our windows and that we have a kitchen full of lovely thing instead of paper plates and plastic spoon and show you some seriously yummy fabric that will soon (end of the year) become a grandmothers flower garden :)

Sweet!

Old New Fabric Collection '30 by Lecien brought from Threadbear :) 

I can't want to start!

And yes these pictures are taken on our new stove top. With the safety switch OFF ;)

More spaces, as always, over here where Kirsty is playing with Aunty Cookies Cheaters. Love it! xox

Loads of happy mail!

Hi guys! Hope you are enjoying your long weekend!

We didn't make it to a service for Anzac Day, house full of sickies, but took the time at home to remember why it is we are the lucky country. Hope you manage to do the same.

Today, while on my death bed with a man cold * cough cough* I thought I'd share what has arrived in my post in the last few weeks :)

This arrived the day we left for Victoria

A give away win from Amy at badskirt! Amy has a super cute online shop and has just released her Moxie the Dog pattern! And also has loads of new fabrics that she pick up on her trip to Japan last week. Lucky duck!

Next, another give away win!

Aren't they cute!! From Loopi for you. Super sweet, and she's tweets too :)

Now I swear I'm not a give away hog! But here is another give away win...

So excited to win this! Beautiful winter scarf, perfect for Melbourne, and some gorgeous fabric! All from Kate from One Flew Over. Did you know Kate has only been blogging for a year?!? And in case you hadn't heard, Kate is member of the creative team putting together Fat Quarterly, a super modern and awesome eZine!! And it's available TOMORROW!! Wee bit excited lol!

There was also stuff that I paid for...

 

From Retro Mummy of course! I've also loaded pictures on flickr of my favourites in here. Can't wait to be able to actually fit into the patterns in Cotton Friend!! Will up date WW later in the week :)

And finally....

My Sew It Together Name Tag!!

Just lovely! Simple with some sparkle just like me :) Thanks so much Sophie!! And Sophie also has a shop, Barefoot Babies, with gorgeous clothing for kids! Check it out! 

Now, back to moaning and coughing, and hopefully some more playing later in the day xox

Mothers day wish list

Hello! How are you? Me, crappy, nothing major, just life etc.

So to cheer myself up, some window shopping! Here's my mothers day wish list, and yes I am serious hubby, from madeit.com.au of course :)

That Vintage

Kitty Robot 

Buttons by Lou Lou

Brilliant Trees Collective

Miss Isa

The Rabbit and The Duck

Pocket Carnival

Loopi

I will be back later in the week with my happy face on, hopefully! xox

Wedding Quilt no. 2 and on time!

Hey you! How is your Easter long long weekend treating you? Me, totally blew my points for like the next month, but today is a new day and I will stay on track! More on that another day.

Today I want to show you the other wedding quilt I finished while I was away...

Fabric used - fat pack of "Love" by Amy Butler purchased from The Fat Quarter Shop

And my favorite white quilters muslin ;)

Pattern - I used Crazy Mom Quilts flea market fancy tutorial after seeing Corrie's. The quilt was going to be too big so I took one of the pieced strips and added it on the back. Very pleased with it!

I had heaps of scraps left over so I made a scrappy binding! Little tip, iron your seams open! I ironed mine to one side and the seams in the binding are too balky. Not that they will notice. If I had time I would have unpicked and redone them. At least now I know! And so do you ;)

Again the quilting was done by Wendy, a Horsham local, and member of Horsham Patchwork Quilters Inc. And again I used 100% Australian made cotton batting from Retro Mummy.
Quilted with love hearts on the 'Love' fabric for a love wedding quilt!! How cool is that?!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend! I'm off to tidy then sew....I hope! xox

Wedding Quilt.....only 4 years late ;)

I am so happy with how this quilt has turned out!

Fabric used - 2 charm packs of 'Botany' by Lauren and Jessi Jung for Moda. I purchased them from Retro Mummy however they are all sold out. You can still get charm packs from the Fat Quarter Shop and in Australia from Busy Thimbles.

The white fabric is quilters muslin purchased from Retro Mummy. I love it! I will not be using anything else now. Beautiful and soft. Fantastic to work with. 

 So happy with the quilting! Was done by Wendy, a Horsham local, and member of Horsham Patchwork Quilters Inc. 

I used 100% Australian made cotton batting from Retro Mummy. Beautiful and clean. Quite light in colour, so doesn't show up under the white. The white batting at my local Spotlight was more than twice the cost!!

And I have no idea who or what the binding fabric is lol! Was purchased at Horsham Sewing Centre and matches perfectly! 

So there is quilt no. 1. Finished, gifted and hopefully on their bed or couch! Only thing missing is a label. Can't rush these things after all ;) xox

 

ta-da!

All tidy! Woohoo!

Gotta love inspections, 5 hours of cleaning and tidying for a 5 min walk through!

In other news....

I have been suffering. Terribly.

I have lost my sew mojo.

Yep, gone :(

I have read blog after blog, book after book and mag after mag hoping I would find it. But no...

I even forced myself to find it and just sew something to see if that would work. But no....

 

 

 

So I am without my sewing mojo...

If you happen to see it can you please return it? I miss it :(

Panel from Aunty Cookie and blocks from Blockage xox