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my creative space :: crafty friends
I was going to tell you a tale of knitting woe* for today's creative space but then I went to my craft room meet up last night and was caught completely unawares by some surprise, handmade and of...
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29 weeks and counting ...
The blogging mojo seems to have exited stage right around these parts. I love it when I read blogs that have seemingly ordinary day-to-day stories (I'm a bit of a voyeur like that), but lately mine...
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my creative space
"... at the end of the day, it's only a quilt". I have had these words ringing in my ears since I read them on Monday on Kate's excellent blog series detailing her process of making a quilt. And with...
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my creative space - progress report
It's been a quilty kinda day here today. Quite fitting really given the weather is finally starting to feel slightly cooler.So you might remember this pile from last week's creative space? Well here it...
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hanger challenge
What better way to while away the seemingly endless H-O-U-R-S associated with a move back (or forward?), from daylight savings time, combined with a sick child home from school AND a rainy day to boot,...
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32+ weeks
Oh the poor 'ol blog has been sadly neglected of late. Instead of blogging I've been choosing to put my feet up and out and catch a few zzzz's.And here's why ...Those of you who follow my nattering...
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my creative space :: for my boys
Hi! How are you? I hope you had a great Easter break however you spent and celebrated it. Since my last post I've had a birthday and we've all been on a little trip north to catch one last "family of...
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the countdown begins and other excellent stuff
So here we are, my little traveller and I with five weeks to goExcept that I'm pretending it's seven weeks so as not to be too stressed out when I inevitably wind up being overdue.This past week has...
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my creative space :: a long awaited birthday quilt
A long long time ago a pink quilt was begun for a then just five-year old, pink-obsessed girl.For some reason that seemed to make perfect sense to the mother of said pink-obsessed five-year old girl at...
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my creative space : another week, another quilt
With each passing week towards the birth of this baby another "must have that done" gets checked off the mental "to do" list (mental, because I never actually write these lists and mental because there...
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ready
From the looks of this tummy (photo taken last week I might add) ...... you'd have to think this baby is not far away right?In the meantime there has been much crazed nesting involving moving large...
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leo
... decided to make his entry into the world last Thursday afternoon thankfully weighing a full kilo less than his older brother.He's a hungry little fellow though and so the last few days have mainly...
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a problem with monogamy
... of the knitty variety that is. Either I have to commit to one project or ...... I need to make myself a bigger knitting bag.On the sticks at the moment we have a cherry red Milo vest for Leothe...
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boy/s on film
Man it's hard to get a good shot of a newborn baby. Especially when said baby is born during a week long downpour. In winter. Leading to pretty poor light conditions. Add to that baby's compulsion to...
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how to make an A-line skirt ... with a newborn baby
Five weeks post this little dude I found myself in a bit of a conundrum: none of my regular clothes would fit (of COURSE though I stupidly tried them on just to check), and all of my maternity clothes...
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a fête accompli
Picture this: you're in the midst of the busiest time of the day (school pick up), at the busiest time of your life (baby number three only a few months old), when you get a note home from school about...
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today
... I have a date with the quick unpick and the couch in an attempt to salvage my first attempt at the Yard Sale skirt from Weekend Sewing*. If the weather continues on the way it's been in Sydney for...
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Unblocking
Ugh. Writer's block. Blogger's block. Whatever it's called I've had and I need to un-have it. So I have finally downloaded (uploaded?) the TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY photos off the camera and on to the...
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fabric printing
Hey look! I said I'd be back and I am! Wow to be honest I've surprised even myself. I was sure I'd find something to drag be away from blogging yet again but it's proving surprisingly easy to sit here...
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Just in time
Whoops. I did say I'd be back to share a few more completed projects didn't I? Honestly this whole family caper is a serious impediment to my ability to blog. And maybe the amount of time I spend...
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