I have been sewing........ honestly!!!

As soon as I can find the battery charger for the camera I will take some photos of what I have been doing and will post them up here.

I promise.

EBDSQ2 Received

This little quilt arrived in the mail for Elizabeth weeks ago but I had to resist opening it until Friday, but it was well worth the wait. I'm in love with the colours and all the little stitching detail is just wonderful, oh and Elizabeth thinks its pretty special too lol!!!! Felton and Snowey all tucked in.
It goes really well with her Raggedy Edge quilt

New Babies and their presents

Last week I went to Wagga to see a couple of new babies that were born in the previous weeks.

Before heading down there I finished off the quilt I had been making (well actually I had to finish sewing down the binding after I arrived)

And whipped up this little nappy wallet based on the "Trolley Monster" wallet that I bought earlier this year.

Christmas list

No... not my christmas wish list.

In following Kylies lead I'm posting the list of the hand made items that i'm aspiring to get finished before christmas.

Pencil rolls
Felt food
Hopscotch Mat
Ballerina Bag
Fabric garage/ House x3
Felt board and characters
Aprons x4
Kids Aprons and teatowels x2

I'm sure there are a few more things but I cant for the life of me think what they are right now,

I'm also planning on making the kids a couple of pairs of summer pj's each, plus a couple of outfits suitable for Connor to wear to Kindy next year.

EBDSQ2 Sneak Peek

My quilt is on it way to its new home, so I thought I'd post a couple of sneak peeks before the big reveal on the 7th.

While the cats away!!!!!

With the boys away I've had a bit of spare time to get some sewing done.

Finished the squares for the couch quilt, now I need to choose the sashings, border and backing fabric.

A pair of pants for Izy that have been sitting on my sewing table for a month, I love the contrasting cotton on the hems and false fly.

And a new bag to take away with me next week, its not quite as big as I'd hoped and I don't normally like bags that cross over my body but I thought it would probably be best for keeping my hands free to control two kids in the airport.

I decided to do a bit of fancy stitching detail for something different. Its growing on me!!!!!

I turned 30 yesterday!!!!!

And to celebrate this milestone I decided to have a party........ 1920's style.

Finding costumes for Aaron and myself was easy (I just went to the local costume shop and pulled a few pieces out of our wardrobe) but dressing the kids proved a little more difficult, so what is a sewing mumma to do???

Make her own of course!

My mum had some material left over from making my bridesmaids dresses a few years ago so I got her to send some down to make Izy's dress, added some frill and wah-la

My gorgeous little flapper

Her toddler waddle made the frills swish, too cute!

And finding a black long sleeve shirt for Connor proved impossible, luckily I stumbled upon a white pumpkin patch shirt at the op shop which I dyed black. Then I just sewed some white cotton onto the shirt to make it look like he was wearing suspenders. I think he looks quite dapper all dressed up. (the moustache wore off during the night though)

And speaking of dapper.... I think my hubby looks pretty spunky too.

I'm not sure about the hat, I think she looks more like a cow girl now

And just because I loved this photo of me and my girl