Cool weekend trip

So we jumped in the car last Saturday, and headed off for 2 nights down here.

A bit of R&R (no sewing machine, but definitely cross stitch taken. But no time to do it!)

The first afternoon meant a huge walk around the lake and ocean.

and LOTS of swims in the pool.

jumping pillow (I tried it. It doesn't like back injuries like mine, unfortunately!)

but I ignored the back to go on this beauty! Flicker was pretty gentle on me.

here

I cut a striking figure as usual (not!) Some people look good on a horse; I'm not one of them! But the view....

ooh, yeah!

paddle boats the next day meant my legs didn't work for a while. I channeled The Biggest Loser doing this one....

and the car trip home was hard. 

but a brilliant time! Unfortunately it was at the beginnings of the holidays, so it has been forgotten for a while....

Another day trip

So our third day trip/car drive this week was courtesy of my sister, who has a new car and wanted to hit Bendigo for this. Thank God I got to be a passenger for once! Bendigo sure put the weather on today, too, thanks!

I gifted my sister her 'horsey Tova top' after she saw this in my stash. It was immediately worn, and declared fantastic (yay!)

We went up via Lark in Daylesford first, to take advantage of The Sale. The MS shop next door was open too, apparently not usually open on a Saturday, hence me not checking it out before!

The tags read$1.50 per sheet, and $2 for the fabric on top. A chenille bedspread I'll photograph tomorrow was $6.50! anyone who purchased got a bunny or 2 fro free (over breeding of stuffed bunnies in that shop teehee)

The Lark sale increased the fabric stash, vintage and modern (yep Amy Butler and Denyse Schmidt made an appearance at $5 a piece!

a few more larger pieces to photograph tomorrow in the daylight, too.

After the exhibition we hit the town for a late lunch (it takes about an hour to get through the exhibition. You must book, it's very popular!)

Both ridiculously photogenic!

The book was a huge hit, I hop it becomes dog eared and well read! The whole exhibition was perfect for Little Miss, she had a million questions I luckily had help answering, and it's given her things to Google when she's bored!

Ridiculously huge meals, too!

Ahhh, tourist stuff!

Get you're butt up there to check it out!

An awesome day!

I've been anxiously waiting for this day to come....

the venue

the reason 

the pattern

and a hell of a lot of lollies!

The class was HEAPS of fun, great people and kids, and they all finished a toy (better than some adults Jodie said...)

lots of incentives (and distractions) to stop the kiddies from getting bored...

 little prompts to remind the kids about their softie making;

lunch; gosh, have to add a few pics of that! The class included ANYTHING off 

the amazing menu! Plus coffees, drinks and afternoon tea!

then back to it!

And at the end of the day there were 5 finished pups! From left to right;

 Dottie, Spottie, Raspberry, Kevin, and Sally!

(3 mums and 1 Nanna were the assistants)

And my daughter's badge for Jodie says it all......

'Jodie rules'

What a fabulous day!

(and more on Millrose in the next post.....)

My Creative Space

I haven't played along for a while, busy with work and usually just finishing 

something by Thursday!

This ones taking a bit longer.

We're heading down the coast this weekend, and I realised I had still hadn't made myself a toiletry bag in my friend Nikki's book!

I used some leftover  I&S fabric, my fave colour lining, and all ready to bind. I was planning to use the yellow dot, but a trip to Spotty meant I nabbed some turquoise (or "Peacock" homespun) and decided that would be used instead.

Off to finish it off!

Op Shopping

I either haven't been op shopping, gotten good bargains or remembered to post them on here, but today I made sure I did!

I was lamenting after the last post over the fact I'm running out of vintage sheets, especially big ones.  ! went to 2 oppy's today (Salvo's and Vinnies) where it's all tending to be modern and expensive. So I dropped into a few smaller ones on the way home, and got luckier.

A few paleish ones, and the orange beauty, which is flannelette;

and this one. Not sure how vintage it is, but it yelled out to me, so I grabbed it 

for a few bucks.

A hounds tooth cap for $2, a mug (for a pincushion) and a few patterns;

and this was definitely NOT staying on the rack. Not for $8!!! 

It has a beautiful thick purple satin lining, delish!

Very happy with my haul! Now the washing (and soaking) begins!

Doona or duvet?

I was asked/commissioned to make another doona cover, by my real estate agent of all people! (Very handy having handmade stuff everywhere at inspection time I say!)

So I present the 2 latest ones I've made this week.

One for the Little Miss. She's requested the doona this week over a quilt, and decided she needed some vintage (with a bit of modern in there). She requested blue, green and purple.

Matching pillow case

Light blue backing on the pillow and doona

And all the fave cushions

And the queen size one that was ordered. My favorite green sheet (last one I had!)

 for the back, and stripey pillows.

Yep, just about perfect I think.

I probably only have enough vintage fabric left for 1 more queen size cover, so if you have ever

 wanted one, now could be a good time!

Another Tova??

I love my Tova pattern, and was pleasantly surprised when I found this pattern I bought a while a go as it looked a bit similar. I originally cut it out in black and white spots, but the kid changed her mind!

 Racing outside for the photo shoot!

I like the collarless version, she would like an extra button on the placket though. 

Felt a bit breezy I guess!

The little mistake of cutting it off too short (her request, silly mumma listened) was fixed and

 I think is barely noticeable.

Yep, very happy!

The fabric is from Spotlight, I bought extra when it was on special for quilts/binding.

 I have a little left, thank goodness!