A very productive day

I was going a bit bonkers during my week off looking after the poxy kid, so my young pal said she'd come for a play! Blog land is the only place an old bird like me would make friends with a spring chicken like B Fab!

She came bearing gifts (the best kind of friend ha ha). A slightly used but about to be thrown out cutting mat! Too long for my table, but practically perfect in every way!

we didn't muck around and quickly set up the machines.

A beautiful winter's day....the sun called us outside....

to the backyard of quilting! My old neighbour Wal came and repaired the table for me,

and we couldn't resist the sun. I needed sunglasses!

 We got 2 cot sized quilts basted, and then did some machining.

Fresh cupcakes made by Little Miss and I

and a little trip to the oppy, or a 'tea break' as we like to call it. B-Fab spotted

 these Ken Done placemats, perfect to go with....

my other set! Ah, the genius that is Ken Done!

Thanks, Brianna, for braving the pox and hanging us with us girls for the day. 

My Creative Space

Running a little late, but still wanted to join in....

The Kid has already said no, but still I plough on....

The home of such spaces.

The Last One Today, I promise!

hmm, it seems as the day went on, the sillier we got. is it just me, or is it cold? Hibernating is essential at the moment (and quarantine too!)

So here is today's finished dress; I need more tops, but I like this style, it's so easy to make (4 peices) and looks good over anything (a bit short to bare my legs, though). It's New Look 6922. I've made it a few times, but the only place I can find it is here, the too small one!

I added the pockets after, thankfully the cat had knocked over the box of doiley's haha (see here)

I learnt some new hemming techniques when I was pattern testing recently,

which I really liked as a quick finish.

Sleeves too.

Oh, and my poxy photographer... 



Sewing projects from the Long Weekend

So, of course, in between kid wrangling, and a bit of hard core bathroom cleaning, endless

washing and food prep, I have managed a bit of sewing.

For a new baby girl Alana in Sydney, 3rd baby of my bestie I've known since Year 7 in

high school (ie 13!) a new quilt...

 my first go at a pinwheel quilt, inspired my by mate here.

with a vintage sheet backing, lucky I waited till I knew the sex!

 Also, a finished top of the Pips quilt....

And a sneak peek of the backing. Now to quilt it!

I've finished my 2nd project from the book. It was meant to be a test run, but I made sure I liked

the fabric, in case it worked....

and, of course, it did!

Posing near my broken table tennis table; to be repaired soon....



Long weekends.....

We Aussies love a long weekend, don't we? Actually, anyone that doesn't is a bit odd. I usually don't have plans for the long weekends, I've usually run out of money, but I've started to love pottering around at home for them; a sewing room will help with that!

Saturday morning had The Kid helping her uncle at Essendon Farmer's Market on his Happy Fruit stall; that brought us home some yummy Green Eggs and Nicolas olives. Got to be happy with that!

However, by the afternoon, the 'mozzie' bites Little Miss thought she had were spreading; they were itchy, and a call to Nurse On Call confirmed my tentative guess- Chicken Pox! She's having a mild dose, there isn't much itching or other signs of illness; but unfortunately a contagious disease means we are housebound for a bit longer. I'm confronted all the time in my professional role with idiots people who don't immunise their children, for their own beliefs, not taking in to account the effect on the child. These people spend the whole pregnancy doing the best for the baby, to then expose them for the rest of their to preventable illness! Yes, they may still get the illness, but the effects are so much less. I truly believe those parents needs to tour the hospitals and see the effects on the kids before they are allowed to non immunise!

Sorry, rant over!

So we have had forts; Enid Blyton story Cd's on constant repeat (Curious Connie is SUCH a pain);

getting everything out but not finding 'anything to do';

 and lots of silly message-bot notes.

The other family member is causing just as much fuss. I woke this morning to find the sewing room

on its way to being trashed....

only to find the 'Guardian of The Stash' flat out at work. She had knocked the doily box over in

 her efforts to get to the vintage pile!

Using part of the vintage stash also causes lots of fun- bunny kicks and crazy eyes! What have I created??????



My Creative Space

I've joined the dark side.....

I hope the force is strong in this one, hmm?

More groovy spaces over here

Getting started on the BOM quilt.

After all my crazy wedding dress sewing of the last few weeks, this week I haven't been able to get off the couch! So I picked up the BOM blocks I've been getting, and started paper pieicng them.

It's quite addicitve!

 

3 down, I'm sure my stitching will improve by the end. I still can't quite believe I'm

 going to hand sew a queen sized quilt....