With so many people I know having babies, it has given me the opportunity to make some more quilts. I hope cousin kym and bubs to be have many years of snuggling together with this quilt.

When one of our friends invited us to his daughters first birthday I squealed with glee. It gave me the opportunity to pull out a pattern I bought online from The Tie Dye Diva. I searched eBay and found some Packers fabric. I was happy how it turned out and it was well received on the day.

Yesterday I had pleasure of visiting the Royal Easter Show. The main reason I go is to visit the arts and crafts pavilion. It’s so inspirational. The standard of work is exceptional. I’d love to enter something but I think I need a few more years under my belt first.

Thank you to Michelle for sending me the pictures of her Peter Rabbit charity quilt.  It’s gorgeous and I’m a little jealous at how quickly you’ve learnt to quilt.

With the expected arrival of bubs, we both decided to keep Valentines fairly low key. I made hubby a quilted card file to store any personal letters and cards he might like to keep, a hand made card and hand made envelope. I was very happy with how all the items turned out.

I love Christmas. It’s a time of creative madness for me, usually a little too much tinsel and seeing family and friends.

This year I made quite a few items. Here are just a hand full of the items made.

All the cards were made from scratch using mainly scrapbooking materials.

This stocking used a combination of techniques including patchwork, needle turn applique and cross stitch. I hope that this stocking will stay in the family as a heirloom.

For the past 3 days I have been working on a quilt to give to my baby to be. I found the Stella Pattern online at the Killara Village Quilt shop. I bought the pattern and fabric for only $38.
Tonight I just finished piecing together the main part of the quilt. I plan on putting a few borders around it to inject a bit more colour.

The hard part is figuring out how I’m going to record the details on to the quilt. I’m thinking perhaps a simple cross stitch which I can then sew on to the quilt (yes, thank you to Sonia for picking up the error ‘baby’ instead of ‘quilt’. What was I thinking?)

I’ve made a couple of pairs of Kwik Sew 3776 Baby Bloomers and they turned out great. I’m very happy with the pattern. This 60s inspired bloomers is 0-3months.

It’s been a while since my last post. That’s what happens when you find out you are pregnant and then feel sick for the next 3-4 months. The worst is over now and I feel up to sewing again. I started this last week. I’m doing the long sleeved version. It took a week to cut out the fabric which is my least favourite job. It’s only taken 3-4 hours to get this far. I’ve only got the sleeves and then the hem to go. I reackon I’ll finish it tonight assuming my lovely husband decides to cook dinner.

http://www.kwiksew.com/catalog/cat_detail.cfm?pid=3326#

The fabric is Liberty of London’s Citrus Delfie Tana Lawn from tessuti fabrics at Chatswood. Not a cheap fabric at $45 a meter but I once you sew with it, it’s hard to use any other cotton fabric.

http://www.tessuti-shop.com/products/citrus-delfie-tana-lawn