Some sewing again!

Nice to do some sewing again. I converted this shirt into a maternity shirt seeing as everything is getting a little short around the middle.
From this

Yep the weathermans old work shhirt (he says it shrunk) to

and the back

it looks better on, well at least it looks like it should when it's on. The idea is from a great tutorial here: http://diymaternity.com/tops/shirred-maternity-tunic-top/#more-8415 I'm really happy with how it turned out and best of all it fits!
And now for some knitting

I even managed to knit booties! and yes the colours err towards a boy that's not for any reason in particular I really don't know what we are having.
Enjoy your weekend

Michelle

A new obsession?

Possibly I've just joined ravelry wow you could waste spend a lot of time cruising that site. I'm so glad it doesn't include fabric crafts coz I don't think I'd ever get off the computer! Now I've never been a knitter until I decided last year I'd better learn to knit before I turn 40, so I made a scarf, then started another, which is almost finished ( new UFO pile coming up?, no not really I will finish it soon....I promise) and with all the new yarns I can find lots that feel nice to work with. Also with a new baby on the way the baby knitting is so cute. So I started looking for baby hats, but they all use circular needles which I'm not game to try just yet, then I found this pattern by Bonnie Brann.

And I made my first hat! This is about a 6mth size and it's in a navy/purple cotton. The next one is also started and will be a NB beanie with a rolled edge, well that's what the pattern says. Looking good so far.

Enjoy!

Michelle

Good place for a village

I've been building houses, and these ones use such small little scraps it really is a joy to see those tiny pieces that I cant bear to throw away be used.



 These little ones are only 4"finished size and they are going into a table runner, I love how the colours stand out against the black, not a colour I use a lot of, but ...

And this one is for the foundation piecing class at Mrs Martins on the weekend, it's 6"finished size, not so fiddly to learn with but still really cute! If you like house blocks and want some inspiration have a look at this site http://buildinghousesfromscraps.blogspot.com.au/ I think the little houses around the edge are only 3" and they are all hand pieced. The idea is to make one house a day all year. Thats one big village!

Happy building

Michelle

A Little Birdie told me

Isn't he cute



 This pattern is from http://www.spoolsewing.com/blog/ and is really quick to make up, Tulley loves it and its been flying around the room with her all week. I might have to make a few more.

These guys aren't bad either, they are back for their winter seed it must be getting cold out there. Not much time for sewing at the moment, this year I started a course for children's services so I've been busy trying to get all my homework done and there is a placement component too which I am trying to finish before September because....

I might be a little busy after then.

Cheers

Michelle

Autumn colour

Just a few pics from the garden this week in all it's autumn colour.

Fairy toadstools hiding under the lavender.

Grevilleas

It was a bit windy while I was taking the photos but this lassiandra is the most stunning purple!

and this is Acacia Lime Magik which is a lot more lime in real life with the most graceful weeping foliage.
Cheers

Michelle

Happy Mother's Day

To all the Mum's out there I hope you had a lovely day and were very spoilt!

I had a lovely lunch with my Mother in law and then tea with my Mum neither of which I had to cook.

Hope you had a lovely day too!

Arrgh!

Blogger has changed, I don't know where anything is anymore and really this post is mainly to find out if I can still post!
I have some new patterns coming out this week they will all be at Mrs Martins just as soon as I can get them there.

Well that proves I still have no control over which way round photos are put on the blog I still cant turn them!

That's the right way round! Now how did I do that?

And this one is Stonehouse Mill, which is now finished with a couple of borders but the photos have gone AWOL so this will have to do for time being.

Cheers
Michelle