Wordless Weekend

A Finished Project - Yay!!

Actually, I have quite a few projects that I have completed but not blogged, but this one is has me feeling pleased that I have finally added some nice touches to the house.

We have been living here for about 1.5 years now, and felt such a sense of relief to have the renovations completed and to be settled in that we kind of just stopped...... We bought a new lounge and I had wanted to live with it for a while to see how it fit in with the rest of our furniture before adding any throw cushions. It was for the same reason that we didn't hang any pictures until recently.....we just had to live here for a while first.

When I decided it was time to accessorise, I went back to King Furniture to look for throw cushions. At $600 for 4 cushions (as lovely as they were), I had to find an alternative. So, using a few of the pieces of fabric that I picked up at the Stitches and Craft Show (Lara Cameron), and some of my stash (generally from Kristen Doran)...... I have finally completed the project. The lounge is very large, so quite a few cushions are required.

I am not sure what other people (or stylists) would think, but each of these fabrics makes me happy to look at them so I think they will stay in place for a while yet.

Wordless Weekend

Wordless Weekend

Well, it is meant to be wordless, but I will add some words here......

Bowral, last weekend for the Tulip festival.
Leaving Sydney.....mild dust storm, gale force winds
Approaching Bowral.... hail, wind, rain
In Bowral.... gale force winds, rain, freezing cold weather, tulips still carrying the dust from the previous dust storm

Argh.....

Wordless Weekend

My Gorgeous Girl

Long awaited photos of Layla in the gorgeous dress/tunic that Novy made for Layla when she was born. I love it! Thanks Novy.

Yes, I do sew.....

A play mat for a friends soon to be born baby (sex unknown).....


And the start of our much anticipated throw cushion collection for our lounge. Lounge is from King Furniture. I love it. However I did not love the $600 quote for 4 throw cushion. So I started with the fabric from Kristen and Lara. More to come.....

Wordless Weekend

Love a Giveaway....

I don't normally enter for blog giveaways. Generally because it they are normally run by the friends that I have made as a past member of the EB sewing group. I feel like I am taking from my friends...... better leave it to someone else.
But this giveaway made me break my ban. It is a cute dress!

Stitches and Craft Show

Last Friday Layla and I made our way over to the Stitches and Craft Show at Rosehill Gardens. We both had a great time. Layla, interacting with all the lovely ladies who took an interest in her. And me, looking at all the lovely fabric and chatting to some lovely ladies myself.

I bought a few things that I am very happy with. Fabric panels (destined for cushions for our lounge) from Ink and Spindle, an Apple pin cushion and Baby Ruffle pants pattern from Tutti Frutti, some hair clips from Please Elouise, another Cuckoo panel from Cheeky Beaks, and a quilt pattern from Audrey and Maude (for James one day) . I am not sure how busy it would have been on the weekend, but I was really happy with how cruisey the atmosphere was on Friday.