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another (small) elephant...

Much to their delight, Rose and Charlotte have been invited to be flower girls at a wedding, two weeks before we leave.
So instead of thinking about boxes and cold weather, I have shifted focus to pink embroidered silk and pale green frothy tulle...

I am using a pattern from a favourite Japanese book...

As it will be hot here (hopefully!), the girls will be minus the top and the leggings, with a singlet top instead.

(Fabric details - embroidered silk  and pale green tulle from Tessuti fabric)

Learning to....

sew on a button - I believe everyone should master this very basic skill.
Especially considering the shoddy job most manufacturers do with attaching buttons to garments these days.( one of my pet hates are buttons that come off after just a wear or two.)

We have been making these rosettes to put in party bags for Rose's friends.
Scraps of fabric, a button and a brooch back ( or safety pin will do) - with just a few stitches you have a pretty rosette.
Rose is quite proud of the fact that she has helped to sew these. And I'm happy that she has learned how to deal with those loose buttons!

the first quilt I have ever finished...

and Rose slept cuddled up under it last night...which me feel a bit warm and fuzzy.
(And then I finished picking  up a few  more stray bits of cotton and headed back to the machine.)

keep on snipping...

It's birthday month in our house and I decided that I wanted to make the girls a quilt each for their birthdays. I have seen raggy, shaggy quilt on a few favourite blogs along with comments on how quick and easy they are to make. And so I began.
Easy - yes, I have to  agree with that.
Quick? Well, the sewing part is relatively fast but the seam allowance snipping? I can only do a few seams before my hands start cramping up so it's been a few seams here and a few seams there. I have almost finished so it will be into the wash and drying hopefully before the weekend. Because that's when it's Rose's birthday. And then I have to get started on Charlotte's quilt.
 Lucky for me that Grace has a while to go before she starts asking me where her quilt is....

( Linen from Quilter's barn)

serene...

the first word that came to mind when I saw the beautiful print that Tiel sent for Grace "just because"...
( you can get your very own here...)

And for my happy vomiter- bibs. Grace goes through an awful lot of them so I decided to make a few using a few favourite bits of fabric, lined with organic cotton terry towelling found here.

I think that I made the neckline a little too big-the one I used for a pattern had cotton ribbing around the neck but I didn't have any.
Oh well, Grace will grow into them.
And in the meantime, she'll look decorative while she quietly throws up.

 

neat...

I'm really very happy with how this crochet roll has turned out.
Fabric from the stash and a big red button to finish it off.


There a few gift giving occasion coming up so I am trying to get the handmade gifts sorted out early.


Simple, useful and satisfying.

serious business....

being two weeks old.
The beautiful hat is all the way from Chicago, the home of Heidi. Thank you! - such a gorgeous buttery colour and the perfect fit for Grace's little head. (I think I recognise the pattern - I have looked at it a few times but now I've actually seen it knitted up I just have to try one myself. Looks like that crochet blanket will take just a little longer....)

And another photo just because....

small distractions....

I find myself looking for any way to distract myself in these last few weeks (or possibly days)  of pregnancy.
So of course, when I saw the tutorial for this patchwork ball, I started one immediately. ( Many thanks to Lil Birdie for the how to and photos.)

Now what's next?......

(Two weeks to go)

somewhere to sit...

One more task ticked off the list.

Even though I'll most likely be half asleep most of the time I'm sitting in it, I'm sure that some part of my brain will appreciate the amazing pattern.

hurry, hurry, hurry....

Soon to be covered in this long hoarded piece of barkcloth...

Better get a move on or else I'll spend an awful amount of time sitting in a very bright orange chair.