photos to share...

 

these guys just keep getting cuter

some progress has been made on my little ladies, the pink girl is ready to be stuffed and the blue girl isn't far behind ...

pattern is from AGirlinRedBoots at Etsy 

and  the lovely Lindsey at Green Beans n Strings makes my made by/care labels (as seen on the side of this doll)

my apologies to anyone who would like to comment on this post... i tried turning off word verification for a couple of days, but the number of "spam" comments i received was excessive.  so i have had to turn word verification back on.  why do these spammers feel the need to make life difficult for everyone else??

on a more personal note, i wish that i had the energy to spend more time sewing and posting here -  i love seeing bits of fabric turn into wonderful (and often useful) items.  sadly two years of unsuccessful fertility treatments has taken a toll, one that i wasn't expecting when i started trying to make my dream of having a family come true.

cuteness in progress

these little girls are just too cute, so i had to share!!

i think they are going to make gorgeous gifts for a couple of children that i know who are about to celebrate their first birthdays!
  

poppy, lilly and rose

my 3 little angels are finished...

and a close up

the pattern is from Australian Homespun vol.3 no.1 (issue 9)

my fabrics were from a challenge that we were given at our annual quilting retreat in 2010.

we each brought 1m of fabric (either blue or green), passed it to the person next to us, they ripped off 1/3 to keep and passed the remaining 2/3 to the person next to them.  this continued until the fabric was about 5cm square.  we ended up with a variety of fabrics in a variety of sizes.  the challenge was to create something from this selection of fabric, we could add one fabric (in my case i added calico) and we needed to use each of the fabrics.

 

progress!!

from this...

 

to this....

then here...

and here...

next step... pants!!

F.R.I.E.N.D.S. swap parcel

my swap parcel has arrived at M's place (and i think she is pretty happy with it!) she has posted photos on her blog Farmyard Crafts but i thought i would post a few photos here too...

F is for framed fabric

R is for ribbon rose tissue case

I is for incredibly cute bookmark

E is for edible delights

N is for new cross stitch projects

D is for doll (made by me!)

and a little peek at her underwear...

and of course it was her shoes in my previous post!

S is for snap bag (made by me!)

Photos and the weekend that was

a sneak peek at one of my recent projects...

i wonder who this parcel is for...

got a heap of jobs done out in the garden today (with a little help from my dear dad):
- fertilised and mulched the fruit trees
- tidied up the garden edges in my front garden
- cleaned up the shed (it was looking like a bomb had gone off in there!!)
- tightened the shade sail
- planted 3 pot plants into the garden
- set up some big pots ready for the kids to plant some strawberries, carrots, cherry tomatoes, sugar snap peas and mixed lettuces (dad drilled some holes in the bottom of some cheap flexible plastic tubs)

and had a lovely Sunday afternoon nap!!