1 down.... how many more to go....

Well here it is.. I've finished 1 of the many bags that I have to do.. Not to mention that I got another order tonight from my Weight Watchers meeting. So I'm happy with that!!! :) :) :)

lots and lots to do!!

Well I think I've finally bitten off more than I can chew....

I've worked out that I have 8 projects on the go at the moment. 3 for my SIL, 1 for my MIL, the quilt cover for a friends daughter, a bag for me, and I've decided to make some placemats for our table! I'm sick of my boys making a mess on the table. So if I can make up 8 out of the material that I've got, then I'll be happy.. I can have 4 in the wash, while I have 4 on the table. hehe..

At least the bags for my SIL are coming along, I've finished cutting them out, and now just have to sew them together tonight, and send them either this week or next!!!

The quilt cover is really coming along. I haven't sewn anymore together yet, but I've been really really busy cutting out all the squares and triangles. I have quite a thick stack, so am going to try and sew some of those together tonight as well, all while watching All Saints. Let's see if hubby cracks the poo's at me. lol....

Well that's it for now, just wanted a quick update...

It's coming along...

Well as promised here's an update on the quilt cover that I'm working on.. :) I managed to get quite a bit sewn up today while my boys were asleep.. (well in bed, not sure how much sleep they got. hehe)

I'm hoping to get a bit more cut out tonight so that I can spend tomorrow sewing as well!! I'm really happy with the way it's coming along...

Quilt....

Ok.. So I managed to get some material cut out tonight for the quilt.
I've changed the design as I wasn't overly impressed with the rail looking one. But this new design I love. So here it is..


And after 2 hours of sewing, it comes together, plus a small rearrangement of the way it goes together.....

Will be back tomorrow with more!!! :) :) :)

A birthday present...

Well I finally got it finished... A bag for my Grandmother in law... I really hope she likes it, as I spent AGES trying to find the right kind of material for a 94 (to be) year old woman.


Now to spend the afternoon getting on with either my Mother In Law's bag, or a friends quilt cover... Haven't decided yet...

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!

Ok so it's been a few weeks since I last wrote anything..

We moved, and then were without the internet for a while, but I'm back. Totally love our new house, it's soo big and roomy, and I have a HUGE area for sewing..

So now that everything's back on track, I'm going to get back into my blogging and craft work more seriously.

As well as the quilt cover that I'm doing, I've made a new shopping bag for myself. Which I don't have a photo of right now, and I'm working on a present for my Grandmother in law. She'll be 94 next week. She lives in England, so I guess I'd better get my finger out of my bum and get on with sewing it together.

I've also got to make up 3 bags for my Sister In Law. She sent the material a few weeks ago, and because everything's been so hectic here, I haven't had a chance to make them. I guess I know what I'm doing tonight while I'm watching the Cricket.

Well that's about it for now. Just wanted to update those of you who read!! :)

New project...

Thought I'd pop in quickly before the computers get packed up, and show off my newest project. Skip and I went to spotlight on Friday morning, and I came home with some gorgeous pink materials. So thought I'd make a patchwork quilt cover for a little girl's birthday, unfortunately I can't say who it's for as I know that they read my blog!! But I can deffinately put photos of it up as it comes along!! :)

I haven't done too much of it, as at the moment I'm having to do everything by hand, cutting it out with scissors, then hand sewing it, all because my computer is over at my Mum's in storage for the next 48 hours until we move!! :( But when we've moved and settled, I'm going to get right in and finish it off, being that I only have until the end of June to get it done will mean lots of nights working on it...

Bags for my daughters...

After making all of these bags, both my step daughters asked if they could have one. So off to spotlight yet again I went, and found some pretty funky stuff..

I got "Bratz" for Miss P who is 10, and lips/I love you material for Miss K who is almost 13. These are the final products. I also made up a little shopping/sports bag for Miss K, as she plays a lot of soccer, so I thought that the bag would be perfect for all her soccer stuff before and after games/training.

Miss P's bag..

Miss K's bags.

I sent the bags to the girls a few weeks ago, and apparently they LOVE them. So I was absolutely thrilled to hear that.

Library bags...

Master's J&H have been on at me for weeks to get their library bags made. So while I had a few spare minutes I made these up for them... The "Batman" one is for Master J who is almost 4...

The "Thomas" one is for Master H who is 2.

Both boys have been using their library bags for everything. Even for putting their food and drink in when we go for walks around town. Makes it much easier for me. I don't have to carry everything for them!! :)

A new hand bag and shopping bag!!!

Mum decided a few weeks ago that she wanted a new handbag made up. So off we went to Noarlunga Spotlight.. And she found a really nice brown thick material..

So I had a fun time making her a new bag.. This is what I came up with. You can't see it on the bag, but the top flap actually comes off. The back has a strip of velcro, so that depending on Mum's mood, she can interchange the top flap! It's pretty cool!!!


Then to go inside I made this shopping bag. And as you can see it folds up quite neatly to fit inside the bag without taking up too much room. It's based on the same measurements as the Green shopping bags that you get from Coles/Woolies. As here in South Australia all shops are now plastic bag free.

Winter Jumper!!!

My annual tradition is to knit myself a jumper for Winter... I now have 3 beautiful jumpers that I've knitted over the past 3 years, and this year is no different.

I've decided that this year I'm just going to use some cheap wool from Ned's, but I have to admit that it's knitting up beautifully. I'm really impressed with the way it's turning out.

So far I've done the front left panel and about 3/4 of the way up the back. I'm hoping that by the end of tonight, I will have started the decreasing on it ready to do the armholes. Whooo hooo!! I'm not sure how much I'm going to get done now over the next week, as we are moving, but I'll do what I can!!!

Front Panel..

The back so far...

A new blog!!

Well I finally bit the bullet and decided to bring my craft blog over to Blogger.. I wasn't really happy with Wordpress, so here I am back here..

I did think about adding everything here again, but I think I'll just start from scratch with a new blog. I needed to update pretty badly anyway, so will do that from here.

Will bbl to start the process..