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This idea. The only thing is I want to do it this year, but I wont have Kooks lil prints yet.
As well as growing Kooka Belly ( also was given the most wonderful baby shower from my SIL) and enjoying having my mumma in the same country!
I was going to photograph my Priscilla tickets I won, but I suspect a certain husband who is addicted to throwing out stuff he thinks is unimportant ( say like used tickets!) has had his way!
reading my stash of Homepsun mags I picked up from the oppies, and the Dec issue of Maree Clair Idees
( post to be edited with pic after as I discovered the one I took was very dodgy!!!)
Playing with my Pom Pom maker
(and discovering my mother had the exact same set as a child!)
To make a couple of these
My own design as well, if any wants a know how! – very proud of my self, though it took a few dodgy ones to get here!
Playing with a circle cutter a friend gave me as a bunch of stuff she was cleaning out of her craft room
This was a muck around Im bored moment using the free Taronga zoo calender from my Sunday paper, joined with jump rings and magnets added on the back. Im thinking of grabbing the Vogue design I got free from the free book stash we add to in writing class and doing one a bit bigger for my wall.
While I was playing with this, Tyler helped himself to some wire and odd beads to make a mini garland for the tree. The wire was a lot easier for his lil hands to manipulate with the small hole of some of the beads.
The snow under my tree is cheap wadding for quilts.
And just because its hard to get ones of him, my boy after a paint skirmish party, the blue took three days to fully disapear, but he had the time of his life. They held it in thier back yard and tyres and camo nets everywhere. None of the kids wanted to leave.
This is the last week for all my activities ( writing was today). So to all the people, I do writing , kid gym or playgroup with, I have had a ball with you this year and hope to see you all in the next year!
Sunday was my day I decided. My day to play with some paint and do some stenciling. So after a lovely all you can eat buffet breakfast, and a bit of a lay about to let my stuffed heart burning belly recover, I went and got all my supplies ready, after I had everything since the last time.
Nope I did not! No contact paper! ( Freezer paper is to much a pain to track down here!). I eventually settled with a glue stick smudge around the edges and did it on some Op shop onesies so I could just test it out.
Not happy with the final results. Slight bleeding around the edges and I didnt press hard enough in places so I could avoid more bleeding so it just does not look right. Oh well.
Then I tried my hand at some iron on applique, meh, Hopefully the embroidery I still have to add will help.
( a blurry shot of the image I chose)
Then I remembered I had Image transfer goo, I chose a really cute picture of a donkey with Ice cream from a chipmunks ( not the Alvin style – retro golden book style). Whist wiping of the paper off the next day the prints colours bleed over the edges and now it has framed the print with muck.
The only thing I was remotely happy with was these teeny tiny pair of jammie shorts I tried from a japenese pattern I found online. This is just in tester fabric, from some I have to make sheets in so I didn’t try to match it up, but I don’t mind it as summer pjs for when Kook is a bit bigger. thinking of doing a matching singlet with applique square that has the bunny in it
So next time, contact and t-shirt transfers.
Today much happier though, did some writing I was happy with in my course and am working on a sweet little headband for a little girl, and a couple for me to put in the hospital bag.
Please excuse my lazy arse pregnant woman’s break. I have been far to lazy to get off my bum lately, plus we had school holidays in there. Even made it to the beach in them!
I have done a couple of little pieces though
a few cards for friends and family
A doll for a special little friend from playgroup. from this link
I made a few tiny changes and used a soft minkee on the back esp for hugging by this very cute one year old.
A teddy go round (Rav link) in progress for Mr Kooka Belly ( Cooper Travis) who is causing his mum great heart burn at the moment, cant wait till he comes to meet us! Im making it a bit bigger then the pattern, but enjoying the mindlessness of granny squares and loving how they are working up in this colour. Planning white/cream bear heads.
and part of a maternity dress which has been laying around waiting fro more detail attention then I feel like giving it right now.
Am planning a summer hat along for Tyler with this lovely woman. and her son and hopefully another new friend though I think she is blogless.
In other news Hubby was in a band comp heat last night and they made it through to the next round, and my mumma is coming back from France soon fro a visit, hopefully with a copy of Sew Hip that I’m forcing my sister to bring to her from the UK where she lives ( my family likes disappearing on me, my brother has just taken off in a van with his girlfriend heading around Australia!)
Finally finished monkey, actually finished the night before last, just kept forgetting to take it outside for photos. The light has already gone today ( bring on spring!) so I just did them in side so I could put the photos up!
Poor Monkey got lots of love whilst sewing and reknitting some feet which went wandering. Lots of kissed but since its been finished not much love. Poor Monkey.
This pattern was a pain in the BUM! Lots of tedious small knitting and truthfully I think its goofy looking, thought it before I made it but what little boys want……
So Cheeky Monkey By Fiona McTague Rav link behind name.
Started a new project covering a chair that was given to Tyler by his cousin. Its a Tyler sized arm chair. It was covered in a filthy blue star pattern. I finally got around to start recovering it today. I had the choice between a classy yellow or funky kid stripes. Funky kid stripes won out.
Midway because I forgot a before Pic.
Where I left off this afternoon.
