CHERRY PIE

Been busy sewing this week.  A custom order pencil case for Rosie.

 Remember last year I was teaching my friends 8 year old daughter to sew and I got her to sew quilt blocks.  Well she finally finished sewing them and I finally got around to piecing it all together.  Here is the result a gorgeous bright coloured quilt.  I used a fabric line called Oh Cherry Oh which features cherries and lots of bright colours.  On one of the blocks I personalised it with her name.   All I have to do now is quilt and bind it.  Hopefully I'll get some time over the weekend to work on it.

Have a great weekend.

FINALLY SOME SEWING

Haven't had much time to sew lately with working 4 days a week and I really miss going into my sewing room and playing with my fabrics.  Last week I got a request for a custom order which gave me the push to get back into my sewing room again.

The customer requested grey fabrics.  I went through my stash but didn't really have anything so off to the quilt shop I went and found a nice combo.  I had a little bit of fabric left over so I made good use of it and made a cute little monster/alien soft toy.  The customer picked up today and was really happy with it.

I will be around to visit your blogs soon.  Have a great week. 

QUEENSLAND A MUCH NEEDED HOLIDAY

Went away to Surfers Paradise for 4 days.  Got back last night and Melbourne was freezing big difference compared to Surfers which was hot and humid.  We had a great time and we are planning to go again next year for longer.  Loved the fun parks especially Movie World and I had a ball on the water slides at Wet and Wild.  Here are a few photos to share with you. 

Back to reality again........boooo hooooo!!!!!

Carol

xxoo

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas everyone I hope you all had a great day. 

I haven't had much time to blog I've been busy working but I did manage to get some sewing done.  I finished a custom order just in time for Christmas.

I have 3 weeks off work........yippee!!!!!

All the best for the New Year.

MORE BUDGIES

Well mum and dad have been very busy and we now have 4 more babies.  Here they are with Charlie.  Charlie is a girl she is sitting at the back.  They are 7 weeks old and very cute.

We are going to keep the yellow one sitting in front of Charlie.  She is a girl the kids named her Lulu.  The other 3 have already been sold.  They are being picked up tomorrow.

Have a great weekend.





NEW ADDITION TO THE FAM!!!!

We have a new member in the family.  Our budgie Penny had a baby and it came out of the nest last week but for some reason she attacked it so we took the baby budgie out and we have been mothering it since.  The mother is nesting again and I've been told that is probably the reason she attacked it.  This is our first time with breeding so we are still learning.

It is 6 weeks old and we don't know if it's male or female yet so the kids gave it a name to suit both male or female.  It's so cute and loves lots of cuddles.  It has it's own little blanky to snuggle with and it spends most of the time snuggling with the kids inside their jackets on their shoulder or inside the hood of their hoodies. 

Actually as I type this post it's sitting on my shoulder snuggled inside my jacket.  A very spoilt little bird. 

It hasn't learnt how to fly yet so it spends alot of type running after us to get back onto our shoulders. 

Meet Charlie.

Charlie on the right snuggling with it's mother.  They look like twins.

More snuggles.

Snuggled in her blanky having a sleep

Snuggled in Julia's jeans

Have a good week.

BUSY SEWING

Finished a few more orders.  The first was a custom order for a personalised name cushion with an Essendon Football Theme.  I was told to only use red and black.  I found the perfect red and black stripe in my stash and used red for the background and black for the letters.  I used fabric from a Pillowcase for the back.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  I hope the new owner approves. 

Next up is a bag and zipper purse I made for Julia's teacher for her birthday.  Julia chose the fabrics.  Cute birdies and red polka dots, too cute.  I had the A+ teacher button in my stash and Julia wanted to put the teachers initials on it which we found at Spotlight.  Her teacher loved it. 

Next is a bag I made for a friend.  She requested red and paisley.  I found the red fabric on Etsy and I had the stripes in my stash.  I love how this turned out it has that vintage look about it.  I think I will be making one of these for myself.

School holidays are here again.  I took a week off work and I will be busy entertaining the kids and hopefully doing more sewing. 

Have a great weekend.