Weekend Away!

I am off for the weekend! YYYAAAYYY!!!
I am heading to the beautiful Alexandra area for a weekend of sewing, eating and laughing, with a handful of great friends.
No kids, no stress!
One has become a piker and is staying home but we will (eventually) forgive her. Her excuse is pretty good as it required surgery and stitches.
I have decided that my biggest dilemma of the weekend will be how to eat that much junk food without getting my sewing dirty. Any tips? :)


I can't decide what to sew???
so.... I am taking heaps! I have hand sewing for the evenings (I can't just sit and veg)
I have 2 WIPs and 1 newbie with pattern all ready to go. Each of those tins has its own WIP.
I have so many bags of stuff to pack, I am soooo glad Rachal has a wagon!

I hope you all have a great weekend!
Big hugs!

Pot Holders

I signed up again this round for the Pot Holder Pass that was on Flikr and organised by Amy.
The theme was Monotone.
I signed up thinking, that should be great, I have heaps of colours in my stash. Easy peasy!
well, my partner chose Orange. I didn't have any orange! Eeek!
I checked out my local and also spotlight but their ranges of orange was very disappointing.
Lucky I have some awesome friends that came to the rescue! phew!
I love string blocks and noticed that my partners inspiration pics had similar designs so the fun began.
I made random width strips and went for scrappy, wonky, string blocks playing with the colour values.
Hope my partner likes them.
I had a lot of fun making them!
Thanks Amy for another great round.


These are the beauties that I recieved from my Partner. Beachgirl Sews
Sorry about the dodgy photo but it was a really awesome parcel! Yay!
The next round is having sign ups now. This round is for either pot holders and or re-usable shopping bags.
It is such a great group of ladies that you can't go wrong joining in!
Good luck!

W.W.S.T aka, What We Sewed Tuesdays

In an attempt to stop being so slack with my blog, I have decided that I should share with you guys what my Mum and I sew each Tuesday.
It is pretty much the only definite time each week that I get things done!
so...
The last couple of weeks we have been working on getting these tops done.


We were a bit late to the party with the quilt along. As in, It was over before we started but anyway...


Mum used Fandango by Kate Spain. How awesome does it look!?!
We both went with a colour wash design rather than a mish mash.


I used Pure by Sweetwater.
I had plans of giving this away but I am not so sure any more. it is kinda masculine with the colours but when you look close at the fabrics, They are full of flowers and hearts.


I guess I will have to wait and make up my mind when it is all finished and quilted.
We are ordering the backing asap and can't wait to get quilting on these babies!
Hope you have had a great week!

There is still time... If your quick!!!

Linda is giving away a jelly roll of Pure on her blog.
Get over there and think of a creative way to use it!
Good luck!!!

Do you guys know Angela?

Do you guys know Angela?
If you don't then you are missing out!
She is a quilter that is based In Kansas City. In fact, She is now quilting out of the Quilt Shoppe each week.
This chick is amazing, In fact I have mentioned before that she should have a cape! Her quilts are a work of art!


I sent over a quilt top and back to her last year and look how it returned!!!


She did a swirly zig zag design in each of the strips and peeper border and an ace design to fill in the rest.
I love this quilt! Yep, I hate to say it but I think this is going to take over the place of the Neptune quilt on the back of the couch!


Her photos are heaps better than mine, She has got snow everywhere and they still look better! Anyway, go and check out her blog and say G'day, She is in the process of moving into what looks like an awesome new home!

Itty Bitty Butt fun

Yesterday I had to paint an order for some Baby Wipes Cases, Which made me realise I had never shown any of them on here.
I have been selling these bad boys on Ebay for the last couple of years and they are a heap of fun!
The paint lasts on them really well. I used one for Nick for a year and a half and it only had minimal wear ont he corners but considering that my nappy bag seemed to hold more stuff than Mary Poppins bag, it was pretty good!
I started these during a stage when Nick was pretty young and I was kinda going stir crazy, so they really helped!











Its a bit of fun :)

Hot Rodded sewing machine case

I love summer. I know I am definitely not alone there!
For us, Summer revolves around car shows and swap meets.
I know it sounds odd and boring but it is more the culture that goes with it that I adore!
I love all of the retro clothing and dresses. The shoes and hair do's.
Cruising around in an old car with all of the windows down, Your hair blowing around everywhere and you are so sweaty that you are sticking to the vinyl seats. Sounds like heaven to me!
I kinda got fed up with it all for a little while but something has clicked inside this year. I want those times again.
I am planning to sew some new dresses this year. I have about 3 that I adore and wear to pieces but I need more... and shoes to match.... don't get me started on handbags!!!
So if anyone out there has any tips on sewing clothing, I am all ears!
Anyway, the point of this post was to show you Mona's new case. well, old case with new makeover. In the car show spirit...
It was plain pink for a few months. I had big plans that never happened...



a bit of freehand white over the top...


add some yellow...


Now the red and black....


Blue outline and black touch-up...


Tah- Dah!!!
Now Mona's case is a misunderstood rebel without a cause ;)
*this was all done freehand yesterday afternoon and is not the way I would do a typical flame job on a car. it was just a bit of fun*