Thanks Mrs Price!

Well, I will need to place the full blame on B's Prep teacher for this one. She came on a home visit and had the most lovely fabric that she had made into a handbag. I had plans for this dress quilt made of all these pastels BUT I had to have her fabric. It was going to be the border of this quilt and basically the rest of it was designed around it.

Add to that, the visit to the Job Warehouse and the amazing vintage trims and this is what you get:


All the dresses have lace or buttons or ribbon. The handbags and shoes the same. I will post close ups of things when it has been quilted. So Raelene - this one is for you!

First attempt at dyeing.

Well, that was a whole lot of fun. With my little sneak peak dresses comes a whole lot of opportunities to dress them up with trims. Add to that a visit to The Job Warehouse where I hunted and found some of the most amazing vintage trims and glass buttons to add to the black and white dresses and maybe a red shoe here and there.

Here is what we started with. Obviously the black and red ones weren't dyed but the others were prime candidates:
















The process (and yes, I really should have worn gloves!)


















The end product:
















I am just stoked!!

The Ugly Quilt

In all it's glory.

Made from a whole lot of scraps. Someone from work wanted it. It's now being handed over to have photo's put in the large squares and then quilted.

For some reason the photo was really dark so have just changed it to another...hopefully that will help to show it's beauty!

A Sneak Peak

Have just started working on some dresses for a hanging wall quilt.

Am so in love with this!

Raggy quilts everywhere I go!

They seem to be following me but thank goodness they are so lovely.

I have had the pleasure of gently introducing 2 people in the last few weeks to the love of quilting and am now enjoying the fruits of their labour.

First on a trip to QLD, the crafty Shannon came to visit. Armed with her machine and a stack of fabric we whipped up most of it in a day. I have a picture of it a few weeks ago but loved seeing the end result. Totally changed my mind about the some of the fabric choices.

Now, the eagerly awaited photo from the Knitting Guru herself, Ness has been sent through and it has been pronounced good. She is so keen that has the fabric for another all ready to go!

Inspired by all the silliness I had an email that another friend wants to make one. Love it!!! Love getting to play with other peoples fabric.

Lesson's learnt.

Don't pander to 5 year olds that want dinosaur footprints on their quilt and then add a loud thread to a loud boarder. I hate it and am glad it will rarely leave the house. Said 5 year old of course loves it. It loves far louder and garish in real life and yes, it does need an iron.

“Hearken unto the sound o’ me blatherin’s!”

The Pirate is done. The boy is very pleased. I am yet to add some beads and sticks that are in the pattern but here he is in all his glory!

I am never crocheting a toy again. Ever.