Stitches & Craft Show

I ventured out to Rosehill today to the Stitches & Craft Show, even though I'd read a post on a blog that put me off it.. I still went, mainly because I knew Amitie were there... I wish I could open an Amitie in Sydney! :)

Anyway, I started on the ground floor and was so disappointed... not in the stalls but in the layout, it was so confusing, with no clear path to follow. I then left my son with my Mum and went upstairs where the lovely girls from Prints Charming pointed me in the direction of the level above - where all the "bloggers" were! Thank you Kirsten! I forgot to buy a scarf kit for my Mum, she loved them when she saw them somewhere earlier... doh!

It was just wonderful to see the talent up there.. I loved it! I met some lovely girls... Nanette from Rummage who does such gorgeous free hand stitching on beautiful pillows and other wonderful things, they're so unique, I love them.

Dear fifi who I bought a pattern from and had a little chat to... and so inspired me. Your little creations are so cute!!

The girls at Ink & Spindle where I bought some lovely fabric.. I wanted to buy one of each! I love their work!

Kristen Doran - I have long adored her work... I finally bought something! Hopefully my son will love these as much as I do?

I really enjoyed being surrounded by such creative people and such beautiful things... ahhh!!! Thank God for Mum downstairs minding Johnny!

I finally found Amitie and bought these. I just love Amitie, you are so talented Jenny, I bought two quilt patterns as well as these fabrics, and I never buy patterns!

I couldn't decide on the colour I liked best with these so I just bought all three! :)

This is sooooo cool.... Not sure what I'll do with it yet, but I just had to have some. Jenny had a gorgeous quilt with some of this in it...

I left with a full bag and an empty wallet... and oh so happy. I am so glad I ventured out and I recommend going, just take the good with the bad. But isn't that life? :)

Oh, and I can't remember where I bought these from... but I love them too!

Sam x

Quilts and dresses...

I've finished the back for my Mendocino cot quilt... I'm now wondering if I should have done the front pink instead of white?! Oh well... maybe on the next one? I have enough fabric to do the same quilt which I'm very pleased about because I really like it.

And here's some fabulous fabric I bought to make a Summer dress with. It's Florence Broadhurst. I'm going to make either one of the patterns below... not sure which one to do.... I might sit on it for a little bit longer and keep quilting! :)

I've got a few other fabrics for some Summer clothes... I went to The Fabric Store in Surry Hills and they were having a sale... 30% off!! I got enough for 4 dresses and 2 tops... my Summer wardrobe done! :) Now I just have to make them!

Exciting deliveries

WOW, two posts in one day... not like me at all!

But, I forgot to mention that Kate from One Flew Over sent me a little package of fabric with a cute little card - thank you again Kate, it was very sweet of you and I love them! Especially the helicopters! :)

Also, I checked my mail box this morning and my labels have arrived!!!! Rita from Red Pepper Quilts told me about the etsy shop Lilla Lotta and so I had to buy some. I am so excited about using them!!! Thank you Rita.

So, there we go... my 2nd post in one day.... now I'm off to do some sewing!

x

Sewing frenzy...

I have been so busy sewing! I started a sewing course to make an a-line skirt. I have made many over the years but thought I'd learn a few things along the way from the wonderfully talented teacher. After the first night at the course I was so inpsired to sew that I've since made a dress (that I don't have any photos of yet...) and two a-line skirts! I went to Material Obsession last week and the lovely Kathy had a gorgeous skirt on that she'd made from some funky Echino fabric so I bought some and whipped it up! It's from the Amy Butler Barcelona skirt pattern that I've had for a while but haven't made yet... It was so easy to make and I'm really happy with the result. Originally it was about 3 inches longer but I didn't like the length on me so I shortened it. I also copied Kathy's idea with the rick rack on the bottom - fun! :)

Then I went to Remnant Warehouse and bought some more fabric and made another skirt yesterday! I love it - it's so comfortable and I just love the fabric!!! (I've bought it in the blue & white too, shhh!) :)

And I've also finished piecing the top of a quilt - here's a sneak peek.

My photography leaves a lot to be desired, sorry!

Well I'm off to the park with my son... then hoping to piece the back of this quilt top while he sleeps later....

x

Postman delivery...

Oh how happy a fabric purchase (or 2) makes me! :) It's absolutely ridiculous... the endless ideas I have of what to do with it... and the desire to just keep it and never cut it... crazy!?!!? Anyway, here is what my lovely postman delivered today - how utterly fabulous! I just had to get some of the Kerchief Girl fabric when I heard Amitie had it. The next lot are Japanese etsy purchases, the little flower one is really cute, the photo doesn't do it justice. And the next lot is mainly the Amy Butler Coriander print which I just decided I needed to have a big stash of as it's not available anymore and I love it, with some Kaffe Fassett prints that I liked. I've been very bad!

And here are some more Liberty prints I bought a couple of weeks ago... I hope I have a daughter one day so I can sew her some lovely things...

And here's a sneak peek of the back of my Drawing Room quilt... Please excuse the photo, it's spread out in my lounge room with the furniture around it. I was looking for plain charcoal fabric for the border but I found this lovely Lecien print which I think matches fabulously. I'm really happy with it. I can't wait to see it basted and ready for me to quilt.

Quilts...

I haven't written for a while... we've had a lot going on with our house reno and life but I've also been busy sewing!

It was my birthday too. My husband totally surprised me with a Kitchen Aid mixer!!! I've been wanting one for years but I certainly wasn't expecting it this year. I just love it! I am embarrassed to admit that the first thing I made with it was a packet cake mix! Terrible huh? Anyway, I made these lovely little cupcakes that I got the idea from retro mummy - thank you, they are very yummy. I swear next time I'll make my own vanilla cake mix though... I then made yummy little individual chocolate pudding deserts which were delicious!! The mixer is every bit as fabulous as I thought it would be, I love it! :)

I've finished hand quilting my baby boy cot quilt for a pregnant friend (if she has a boy)... My 20 month old son loves it - he keeps saying "woof woof" and "broom broom" and pointing at the dogs and cars... even a couple of "nays" to the bigger dogs! :)

And I've also finished the queen size quilt I've been piecing for my husband & I. I now just need to piece the back and then it's off to be basted. I think I've decided to hand quilt it, the biggest quilting job I've taken on - who knows when it will be finished!? Hopefully by next Winter!

I have other projects on the go already too.... I just love this quilt I came across on flick - it's just beautiful. And I have some Mendicino fabric stashed away so I'm going to make a quilt similar to this in the colours I have... I'm looking forward to that. It's simple but so lovely. And I bought some cute little panels - pink flower & blue car - from Prints Charming that I'm going to put in the centre of quilts. I wish I had more time to do all of the projects in my head! It makes my head spin sometimes... and my fabric stash is getting out of control!!!! I found out from the lovely Rita at Red Pepper Quilts that Amitie had the Kerchief Girl fabric in every colour so I just had to buy some!!! I can't wait for it to arrive. I'm so jealous of the Melbourne girls for that shop!

Finally...

I finally got my hands on our camera... my husband had his car broken into last week and they stole our camera. We're renovating a house and my husband has been taking photos of every stage along the way so suddenly we only have one camera and he's had it at the house! I've been so busy and wanting to upload photos but haven't been able to.

I went to the Sydney Craft & Quilt Show and bought a few fabrics... not too many, but some lovely ones. I could have gone crazy though, but I was on a deadline, my Dad was minding Johnny so Mum & I could potter without him. I found some Heather Ross Munki Munki at Patchwork on Central Park and just had to buy a metre... now I just need a daughter to make something for! Then I found a lovely little shop called Be Be Bold and they had a sweet baby cot quilt made with lovely Japanese prints so I bought some of those too! I'd like to re-create the quilt one day... I especially love the bear fabric in the middle with the lines of bears doing various activities - it's so sweet! I ended up buying a metre online from their shop after the quilt show - I might do a quilt with mostly that... not sure yet, but just had to have more! :)

I've finally decided on some fabrics for a quilt for my husband and I - I got the inspiration here. It's just so gorgeous, I've bought all the fabrics and now just need to start. I just love this line of AMH fabric, I know I'm late in falling inlove with it, but I just love it!!! I'll have to pay to have it basted, but I'm not sure whether I should quilt it myself (by hand) or pay someone to machine quilt it. I've never machine quilted so I don't want to start on such a big job! But the Anna Maria Horner fabric is a quite thick and I'm using it back & front so I'm not sure how I'd go hand quilting it?

I've finished my quilt for a friend who's pregnant. Well I have 2 friends who are pregnant so this is a girl quilt if one of them has a girl. I now need to finish the boy one! I'm really happy with this, it was fun to quilt, although I was a bit over it by the end... it's so bright and cheery though. I haven't washed it yet but I wanted to get some photos up.

I've started a stripy quilt, after the last one I need to do some straight line quilting... I've been inspired by all the lovely stripy quilts on flickr. I don't have any photos yet... So I need to quilt that, then quilt another boy quilt I've done the top of, then do our queen size quilt - I am going to be very busy!!! I love it!!!!!