Our house wasn’t looking particularly festive. Our tree is up but that’s about it. I’ve always wanted to make bunting and using this tutorial, I whipped up some Christmas bunting.
Miss B and Master M were enthralled by it. Master M stood and pointed to it with a big smile on his face. And that’s what it’s all about!
As usual, I bought too much material but at $5 a metre it was a steal. Our tree could use some more decorations.
Is your house jazzed up for Christmas?
I’ve been busy making gifts for Christmas. My original intention was to make gifts for everyone, but that hasn’t really gone to plan. That elusive thing called time. And I think I was being over-ambitious!
Here are some items that were gifted last weekend – coasters, paper covered pegs (what a fun project to do with Miss 3!), hair clip holder, headband and baby tag blanket. 
I enjoy making things for family and friends, and hope the recipients appreciate them as much as I enjoy making them.
Are you making any Christmas gifts this year?
Hello neglected blog! I knew i hadn’t written a blog entry for a while, but didn’t realise it was almost 2 months!
I am so pleased that I finally finished Miss A’s quilt last week. I really enjoyed making my second quilt, and loved how it all came together. The colors worked well, and I had such great help from the ladies at GJ’s with selecting backing and binding material. The pattern appeared quite straight forward, though I found elements of it difficult, such as making sure all the rows lined up correctly. I am very fussy! My very talented mum helped me MANY times for assistance and advice. Thanks mum!
I gave the quilt to Miss A, and there were smiles all around. I hope Miss A likes and uses her quilt now and in the years to come.
I’ve been working on some other things too, more on that in the next few days. Promise it won’t be in 2 months’ time.
Thanks for stopping by. xo
I’m a metric girl – millimetre, centimetres, metres is what I learnt and use. Enter the sewing world where it’s (mostly) imperial – inches, yards, feet and it’s enough to make my head spin. I’m forever looking at my tape measure to check the conversion. I can’t picture 1 inch (ok maybe 1 inch), but 10 inches, 30 inches, 1 yard? Is that as long as my laptop, or as long as my kitchen table? I like to visualise size and imperial makes it difficult for me.
You can imagine my surprise when I was told today by the lovely ladies at GJ Fabrics that it is illegal for them to have an imperial tape measure to ‘officially’ cut fabric for customers. How extraordinary! It must be metric, which was music to my ears. But with patterns generally quoting imperial measurements, surely it must be annoying for them having to convert to metric.
Maybe one day we will all live in a metric world.
I have been busy piecing Miss A’s quilt. Thought it would be easy-peasy, but it took me a little while to line up the rows. Read: unpick and call mum for help! Today I purchased the backing material, binding and batting so I’m almost ready to start quilting – which is my least favourite part of making a quilt. Wish me luck. Miss A will be receiving her quilt next Saturday, 7 day countdown is on.
Picture quality and colors not the best – photo from my phone!
Today I went to Spotlight with the intention of buy the sashing material for Miss A’s quilt. Instead, I was sidetracked by the sale table. Oh my goodness, I could not believe the stock that was reduced. Such lovely material. And at $6 a metre, how could I turn a blind eye? I think I did well with my purchases. I have a few projects in mind, and now just need to find the time and slot them into my projects. What bargain material have you picked up?
I recently saw gorgeous handmade felt food and thought I would give it a try. A beautiful toy that stimulates the senses and encourages imaginative play. With the help of some online tutorials, I made a few sandwich and fillings for Miss B, which she loved.
I made breakfast, lunch and dinner for Master L’s 2nd birthday present. Snacks and dessert were also on the menu but I ran out of time. Mum popped around the night I was sewing, and I handed her a needle and thread for some hand sewing.
It was fun to come up with ideas and adapt the tutorials I found. I prefered to machine sew as much as possible, hand sewing not being my forte! Hope Master L likes his present.
Have you made felt food? What’s your favourite to make?
I’ve been making hair clip holders for some of Miss B’s little girl friends and cousins. They are super easy to make – and a great way to store hair clips. 
The size I make fits perfectly into an A4 sized frame, so you can hang it on the wall or display on a dressing table. You could use a plate holder or lay it flat in a drawer. The colorful/girly material adds a burst of color to a bedroom.
I might try another version of a hair clip holder, which also stores headbands.
Thanks for stopping by! xo
Our very close friends moved to Sydney last year. We miss them a lot – Miss B and their Master O get along really well. They recently had a beautiful daughter, Miss A. Looking forward to meeting Lil Missy soon!
I offered to make Miss A a quilt and the request was that the material be not baby-ish. I selected “Giddy” from Moda and have made a start.
I still feel like I’m on quilt-training wheels, so it’s slow but steady progress. Slightly nerve-wracking to be gifting a quilt too… hope they like it!
Check back on my progress soon.
I’d love to hear what lessons you learnt from your early quilting projects.
Amanda xo
I'm a wife and mother to 2 adorable kids. I like to sew, bake, write and make fun kids for the kids. Most of this happens when they're tucked in bed at night.
