Loving this week

This week my baby girl turned two

and from previous experience, in a blink of an eye she'll be five

and I'll be wondering where my little toddler went.

I'm already trying to remember my youngest boy as a toddler.. that just seems like such a long time ago.

So I am loving:

Simply Birthday cakes - my speciality

Home made gifts - this one was a collaboration

Bed - Mike

Mattress - Me

Blanket - Grandma



Creepy Doll eyes!

And homebaking to fill my tins -  Courtesy of Grandma

Oh and lastly - Ancestry.com.au .... completely addictive!

I have been able to track back one side of my family to the 1700's

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My Creative Place - Sew September Day 6 and 7

I'm still working on those trousers... so nothing to show ... yet!

But I have started and finished this mattress for my

 lil misses birthday present

Mike made the bed

And I ironed on pellon to two sides of fabric before sewing together, then boxed the corners and stuffed, and tied.

Voila... a mattress!

I still have to paint something on the headboard, and I want to make a mini quilt for the bed... but until then......

Grandma came to the rescue with some of her granny squares

And lil misses reaction of ooohhs and aahhhs, followed with trying to climb in herself!......made it all worth it.

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Sew September Days 4 and 5

So this is what I have been working on in the last few nights

It took alot longer than I thought it would

But I think it was worth it!

I started with a sketch

then cut

then a few nights infront of the tv, I sewed in a 28 gauge wire for more structure around the wings, and for the antenna's.

Then since I'm on a bit of a hairclip binge, I used this tutorial

and made a few more

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Things I'm Loving in my week

Yay! Loving the sunshine... at that its spring in the air

Loving that I hang my washing outside

( yes never thought I would say that )

Loving waterplay

And even when its run off from the car being washed

Loving this man, and his achievements in the snow.... he is quite chuffed with how well he is doing,  and every wednesday I enjoy finding out what he learnt that day on the ski field

Also loving the beanie that I made for him for skiing and the way the crown decreases looks

 

Also aren't these creations just the cutest!

My dear friend turned up with these on craft night....

I just had to get a photo of them the next day....

 she is one talented lady

And lastly I'm loving Lil Miss and her sudden interest in the Mc Donalds song.... dah dah dah dah dah..... okay that may mean nothing to others, but I know thats the last tune on the end of the Mc D's commercials, and she copies it everytime.

Who said kids weren't their target audience!

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Sew September Day 3

Day 3

Nothing completed yet!

But I have got atleast halfway through Middle B's trousers and learnt a number of new techniques along the way.

I am just about to put in my first front fly zipper.... so far so good!

Now its time to sit infront of the telly and do some more knitting..... or maybe finish of that project I started the other day.



Sew September Day 2

I have been looking everywhere for my overlocker power cord.... afterall if I am to do a bit a sewing everyday of September I would like to use my overlocker at least once.... that and its the reason I haven't finished Middle B's trousers.

This week I've been trying to retrace my steps, search my deep receases of my memory of where I may have put it. Obviously it was stashed somewhere in a rushed clean up!

So today I tried again, this time having a real " mothers look" sometimes searching 3 times in the same place.

Then fed up I decided my craft cupboard which was spilling out into all corners of the bedroom needed some attention.   My fabric was all refolded and packed away, patterns gathered together, and odd bits and pieces put back in their rightful place.... I closed the cupboard satifsfied.  I glanced up above......  and there it was! peaking out amongst bags of random junk.... yay! my overlocker cord!  Ha Classic!

So hopefully I can put a smile of my boy with a finished pair of trousers by the end of this weekend.

As for today......

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Well it's official!

First day of spring and the first day of Sew September

After reading Green Valley Crafts blog the other day I have taken the plunge and decided to join in here with the pledge....

Sew a little a day for every day of September.

So here's my first project

A bit of spring and a quick satisfying project 

Tutorial from here

Most of it was made while waiting for the boys at pick up time.

I get there early everyday, just so I can get a park nearby....

 and yip I have them well trained and they come to me... 

so I guess you could say I'm lazy, I like to think sneaky!

It saves me rushing between 3 classrooms and I

get a bit of craft time before all the chaos

So this is Day One done.....

Now I'm looking forward to trying to squeeze in a bit of sewing everyday for the next 29 days

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