Pretty in Pink

Just a quick note.

I finished another Princess and the Pea Set.

This time we have a pink bag as well as the standard blonde doll 

(there is nothing wrong with a bit of Barbie peoples)

My New Friends

Well they aren't that new but they are finally finished!

Yes you heard right I finished my appliqué monsters.

managed to fix this one using a wider zigzag stitch.

sorry about the picture he is flat promise

this one is my favourite

this is everybody else's favourite

All together it looks like this

I really like the green border.

And here is the back

well the start of the back 

I'm half finished.

On another note Spotlight had a bit of a sale this morning on their clearance fabric.

Half the marked price had to be a little excited and a little controlled

Makes good mattresses for my Princess and the Pea Sets.

Some of the fabric was only $2 a metre, YAY!!!!

Thats it for me for now.

It's Wednesday Already!

OK my Dad is worried that poor Jack won't get his blanket so I have been working on it a bit.

I now officially hate appliqué or it hates me one of the two.
Here is the biggest mistake so far!

I will fix it but it isn't going to look as good as I had hoped.

Now that I have orders for my Princess and the Pea sets I do have to do some work on that as well.

mattresses

bag material

Hobby fill

Laminated story sheets

Whats Martin doing to help?

My Hero

Take2

I really am going to work on Jacks quilt and even get it finished before winter is over but I am just so excited by the Princess and the Pea playset that I had to finish the bag.

Has 2 pockets on the front.

One for the doll

One for her pillow and the pea

dolly really enjoyed her photo shoot yesterday so here she is again with her new bag.

Each set contains

1 Princess Doll

1 Pillow

1 Pea

12 Mattresses

1 Story

and 

1 Bag

see it does fit in there snuggly

I have decided to make up a few to sell at a fete sort of thing Brooke Avenue Public School is having in October.

I needed peas though so Martin went through his extensive rang of marbles and found me these.

He could only find 17(one is in the set I already made)

He says the green ones weren't really popular so he didn't have a lot of them lol.

Now I really must get back to Jacks quilt!!!!!!!

Princess

OK so I was supposed to work on Jacks quilt today, but I started something else instead.

 This is my version of the Princess and the Pea playset.

Certainly not an original idea, you can find examples all over the net.

Anyway I love it!

I do need some help though.

I want to know if you think this bag is the right size (its not the fabric I want to use)

David wouldn't let me take photos without him

Must get back to it!!!! YAY!!!!!

Taking my Time

I have been so busy. The little boys are becoming so much more demanding of my time. That means not too much quilting.
On Thursdays and Friday Jack goes to preschool and David sleeps for a couple of hours so that when I quilt.
So last week I worked on two projects.

First up I made another naughts and crosses set.

This one is the best so far!

It was a present for a Birthday Party on the weekend.

The second project is a blanket for Jack for nap time at preschool.

I am basing it on "Little Monsters" from Don't look now.

I am making a cot sized quilt so some alterations

some laying out

some more laying out

then some relaying out

Once I was happy with the over all look I started laying out some of the details

Now I just have to work on the appliqué.

I am very nervous!!!!!

But thats next weeks project so I'll worry about it then.

Saturday's are AWESOME!!!

I have had the best day!
Two really good things happened today.
Firstly I had a photo shoot for Adara.
It was so much fun.
I did her hair and make-up
I've worked a little as a make-up artist but not for awhile now so that was fun in its self.
Then I got to help with the photo shoot, just simple stuff like helping Adara know where and how to stand.

The photos were done by Sosaia of  Makalo Photography

He took some good photos but what he did to the after is amazing.

Isn't that clever

We had a lot of fun!

The second thing was that I won my very first blogland giveaway! YAY!

Isn't all this stuff awesome!

A big thank you to Bec Johnson from Chasing Cottons.

Alright now I'm on a high gotta try to go to bed, wish me luck!

Gathered In

I know its been a quite a long time since my last entry. My excuse is going to be school holidays!
I do love that the government give me a 6 hour break each day from at least 3 of my children.
Not alot of quilting got done but that didn't stop me being creative

Yes that amazing track was built by me and that is Jack loving it!!!!

Well the kids are officially back at school so back to quilting!

Thought I should finish Kate Conklin's "Gathered In" pattern.

It looks quite nice sprawled across my bed, but here's a better look at it

Not bad for my 3rd quilt

This is the back - couldn't leave it plain

Now all that's left is to fold it up and send it to my sister Cheryle

If I can bear to take it off my bed, just kidding.

While I am happy with my efforts you should check out the original Gathered In by Kate Conklin

Birthday Time

So in this last week I had a birthday (not going to say which one ;P)
I received some lovely gifts

From my mother I got this

Trolley of drawers for my fabric

From my BB

My choice of material

From Miss Adara

They are nice and warm!

This came from my friend Jana

Beautiful Yellow Ballet Shoes

(reminds me of Danny Kaye in Hans Christen Anderson)

From everyone else I also got some lovely gifts
Thank-you to you all

Just to finish off I made another Naughts and Crosses set

This one is for the Preschool. My son is in the Reef Room.

They loved it!

Any one for a game?

I was a little bored on the weekend, yes it was Biancas birthday but Martin had a thing in Sydney on Saturday morning so we were all watching movies and cleaning our rooms. Anyway I decided to try something different and make a tic tac toe quilt. I must admit not my own original idea was surfing blogs and saw one (sorry can't remember which blog). It is my own pattern for it though.

What makes mine different?

A pocket on the back to keep the piece and material pieces.

It is great for travelling as it folds up small!

I already want to make another as they don't take long, you use scraps, and I want to make some design changes!

In the mean time anyone for a game?