my day at craftfest

Last Friday my little girl wanted to go to Movie World with just her daddy. So I bonded with my son at craftfest for a couple of hours on the Gold Coast.
I ran into Susie (yarnplanner) there, though I am not surprised I was lucky to have seen her.
I didn’t buy much, I wasn’t [...]

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review of downloadable sewing patterns

This is a long overdue post.
Mid summer was very hot here in Brisbane and I was inspired to make my little girl some simple cotton dresses. I got some cheap cotton from spotlight.
I trawled through sewingpatterns.com for what seemed like hours and settled on NEWLOOK 6504

So then I googled the pattern the see if [...]

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wee olive doll

I met for lunch with a few girls from work. One of them recently had a baby and I could not go without giving her something.
I have had this wee wonderfuls pattern for ages and thought I would give it a go. This is Olive from the Make-along series.

She has proper “bottom” and [...]

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bug jar to jam jar

I haven’t done anything “new” quilting wise in a long time. The last couple of quilts I have made were very project orientated. Meaning the focus was more on the end result rather than the process. I am a process kind-a-gal.
So when scouring the net for something interesting I came across [...]

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kool aid as dye

I have never really been into dying yarn before. For my last swap I bought my swapee some Kool aid sachets from wired for fibre, so I got a couple for myself just to give it a go.
Now it astounds me that people drink this stuff. If it is toxic enough to dye [...]

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kitchenette Pj’s – intrigued?

I was doing a bit of web surfing this morning and I came across this pattern on sew mama sew.

Kitchenette Pajamas by Decades of Style pattern company.  They are loose fitting once piece pajamas with the opening at the back.
I am all for wearing my  PJ’s for as long as I possibly can each day.  [...]

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This is …… my weakness

We are on a budget at the moment and I am finding it extremely difficult to stop shopping online.
Instead, I have created a wish list.

From Tall Poppy Craft I would like the carpet bag frame and associated pattern as well as the Amy Butler Sophia pattern.
A set of clover crochet hooks , Vintage Crochet [...]

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buy handmade

I just took the handmade pledge.
I am going to try and give some gifts this christmas that are handmade.  My goal is to give something thatI have made (time permitting) or something handmade by someone else (like from etsy or made it).
I am also going to broaden it a little and include gifts that will [...]

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yep …. more fabric and lots of plans

Some more fabric arrived …. this time from repro depot. And I am still waiting on some more from super buzzy too.
I plan on making some grocery bags with these fruit and veges.

The Brisbane craft show was also on recently and I picked up a few patterns and some yummy fat quarters.
I couldn’t resist [...]

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It’s my birthday and I’ll shop if I want to!!!

It was my birthday earlier this week. I was totally spoiled by my super special crafty friend with lots of georgeous things.
Amongst other things she got me these two fantastic books

and this beautiful pendant from lisa leonard designs.

I asked for money from the family and I went on an online shopping spree. I [...]

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