My Creative Space Thursday

It doesn't look like much, I know. Every time I post a picture, the damn quilt still looks the same!! But I have now hand sewen the star onto some green fabric. The emboridery loop is fantastic for handsewing and quilting.

Plus I have paper pieced the other squares so it's all ready to simply sew straight onto the backing fabric and then I can start quilting it. Neicephew is due on the 15th so I'm hoping it stays in until then so I can finish it!!

As you can see, I also have my bag that I haven't unpacked since brown owls 2 weeks ago - an my beloved Holga which I've resurrected. I need to try and get out to do more photography.

And this is Mr Honi's creative space! His new tool shed! Here he is demonstrating the hilariously over sized screw driver.

PS - I will be posting the winner of the hankies tomorrow (last chance people!) - PLUS I will also put the sewing machine up for grabs :) I should probably have built up to it, but we need to get rid of it now to make space!!

Soo childish but...

Google, are you trying to tell me something??

Trying to seduce me??

I'm flattered, I really am!




leaving a nice little comment on Jess' blog, and I'm told I have a hot rac!!

i told you it was childish!!!

My soon to be craft room

eee....soooo exciting!!! We're nearly done with the clean out.

You can see I desperately need to brighten the room up though with a lick of paint and a few pictures.

I've got some great shelves in place already, and I'll be using the old Singer Sewing machine table for my sewing table. It's got 2 lids that fold out to extend the table (kind of like a reverse drop leaf) It's quite a heavy table but we'll see how I go with it. So many of my dresses were made on this machine.

I wouldn't mind purchasing a new Ikea drop leaf table like the one over at the lovely Clutterpunk's place but this one will do me for the moment:) I still miss my OLD, OLD craft room - with the MASSIVE craft table though....

PS- don't forget to jump onto this post if you'd like the vinatge hankies!! I'll draw it on Thursday!

My Creative Space Thursday on Friday

wow - I missed out on it yesterday!!!!!

For my Creative Space This week I'm working on some Google Sketch up stuff. This is my new very favourite application!! It's basically a 3D modelling tool, with all these interior design functionalities. You can also download all these pieces of well-known furniture too - you can see I used an Eames Chair (not that we can afford one though!)

It's free to download, and I have literally spent HOURS using it lately. It's also very user friendly and I highly suggest it for anyone planning a new home or small renovations. You can draw things to scale, select paint colours, carpet textures, wood floors and even customize it to drop in your own textures and paintings!!

Download it here!!

Winner and New giveaway

The winner of last weeks Super Duper Blogtastic giveaway of the Vintage paper is Cass!! I'll email you and you can send me your address to recieve your prize!!

Up for grabs today is a set of 3 Goldenweave mens hankies (Very effeminiate mens hankies if you ask me!!). They have the letter "R" and some sweet crosses embroidered on them. New in box, from around the 1970s. Click on the pictute to enlarge the item.

Leave me a commenet if you'd like them!!

The giveaways seem small at the moment, but will get bigger throughout the weeks. I've got a sewing machine, oil paintings to give away and more!!!!

Quilting progress

For a hand sewn quilt, I'm quite happy with my progress actually!! I only have around 15 days before neicephew is due, so i need to get a wriggle on!

I roughly laid the plan out on the floor last night and I like the way it's going to look. The cream squares indicate where the Beatrix Potter "scenes" fabric will go. The "scenes" are gorgeous and are basically taken straight from the books with tales of Tabitha Twitchett, Jemima Puddleduck and others.

The background will be a cream or cream check material to match the alternating diamond in the leMoyne star below.

In the middle of the star I've made a yo-yo with a well-sewn in button from Grandma's stash. The yo-yo protects the button edges so neicephew doesn't pull it off!

I needed the central yo-yo (or Suffolk puff - i think i like this name better!!) as there was a gaping hole in the middle because the template I used was for "folded" machined edges, but I used it for paper piecing instead which meant there were no "points" to match up in the middle

i LOVE my life...

Saturday night.........Sitting on the balcony with Mr Honi, while he stoked the fire and Buttons (the cat) wandered around our feet. I sat with my scarf and uggies on, reading Frankie with a glass of Red, while Regina Spektor’s new CD played in the background.....

My life can’t get any better than this moment....

The picture above is a collage i made of all the special things from our relationship....the first flower Mr Honi picked for me, the Moet lid from the night we got engaged, 2 sparkly hearts from our engagement party and the newspaper clipping from our engagement announcement.