Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

do not disturb...

someone has a new bed...



i saw this fabric at ikea and knew it would make a cosy pillow for this cheeky one...

fitzy is lucky enough to have a little christmas present in the mail, too. thanks to nat over at daily imprint i won this amazing and beautiful lead & collar set... and this festive bow tie!

he is going to look very smart on christmas day, let me tell you.  head on over to best in park and buy up big for the fluffy one in your life!



(please excuse my extended absence from this here blog... my mojo was lost, gone, kaput! you know how that is? but i feel christmas holidays coming... & some lazy days posting lovely things here...)

Sunday, September 26, 2010

{making} patchwork dreams

i love it when what's old is new again. that's quilting for me, right now. it's (thankfully) not all about the Saw-Tooth star anymore, but rather contemporary design and modern colour choices. it's also very therapeutic!

purl soho is a new york based fabric/pattern store  mecca (online and bricks-and-mortar). they have totally been fuelling my patchwork inspiration. just have a look. A-maz-ing.

and then... well isn't it funny how this book arrived in the post just a week or so later?


last minute patchwork + quilted gifts is by joelle hoverson, and the owner of purl. oh my this book is a beauty. ranging from less-than-2-hours, to more-than-12-hours, there is some kind of patchwork to make for everyone. i've already made a handful of the flannel baby blankets... so easy yet so so beautiful! (and they turn out just like the picture - that never happens!!)


this book (thankfully) also has detailed instructions. so the amatuer quilter in me can fumble through without having to call my mum!


quilting is a pretty special thing, isn't it? i still remember going to a grade one sleepover at school... all the kids had sleeping bags. i had a quilt my mum had made for me. and i still have it.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

a few favourites...

are you, like me, a compulsive "favourite-er" in your google reader? i highlight that little star every time i see something i like. which is, like, every second post i read.

so much inspiration!
so much lovely stuff!!

so... well here's a little post of this week's blog favourites (so far!)



(image : Sköna Hem) 
in another life i want to come back as a scandinavian local and have this summer house...


coats! i don't care it feels like summer in australia - these are tres chic!

these fabric covered thumb tacks look tricky to make... but the end result? wow!
 
a vintage fabric garage sale in brisbane? HELLO!!

what have you seen (and loved) lately?

Monday, August 2, 2010

{making} rainy days - finished!




the finished project :: rainy days baby quilt



Sunday, August 1, 2010

{making} rainy days


this week has been about rainy days and sunny days... and a petite baby quilt. it's just something i made up: i'm loving clouds at the moment! i also love the combination of the yellow and the blue, and i think this will be a perfect little baby present. a little baby being born on the other side of the world. with love from australia!


(my trusty sidekick)


don't be scared of them - those walking feet make life a lot easier!

finished product pictures to come!

all pics - my flickr

Monday, June 28, 2010

50 things...

50 things i'm dreaming of... seeing/doing/learning/cooking/reading right now.

blog this's 50th challenge is to write a list of 50 things. any things! i did contemplate "50 things i need to cook" but really, i didn't think that'd be great reading!

so i'm breaking my list up. into little groups of 10. have a read.... get to know me a bit better... and make sure you check out the rest of the amazing aussie bloggers out there who are making lists of their own! and, of course, make your own!


...things i'm dreaming of seeing...
...the eiffel tower. just one more time... pleeeeese?
...penguins in the wild. which would mean a trip to tassie... i heart tasmania...
...some films - 500 days of summer, Paris, je t'aime, the september issue
...scotland. those rolling hills. and this house.
...norway. in the summer, preferably.
...my veggie patch growing healthy... and fast!
...australia becoming a nation full of  organ donors.
...a little letter in the mail from ABC Classic FM offering me a job...
...a puppy in my backyard!
...Heaven


 ...things i'm dreaming of doing...
...being a mum. i think that'd be pretty fun...
...becoming australia's next tv chef. (dreaming? perhaps...)
...some more bushwalking. i just need to find the time...
...getting a good hair cut. (i know this is impossible. but a woman can dream, right?!)
...filling my huge dining room table with friends for an elegant dinner party
...making a wall feature out of framed holiday pics
...wearing a beautiful ballgown at least once in my life (*sigh* i watched high society last night!)
...buying a scandinavian summer house. stat.
...sewing everything from this book
...blogging something fantastic!


...things i'm dreaming of cooking...
...macarons. yes, i'm obsessed
...schiacciata con l'uva. michael klausen's recipe please!
...pork belly. and wontons. oh my!
...rhubarb. in any way.
...salt & pepper squid. 
(are you hungry yet?)
...chicken pot pie - kudos the green table
...peanut butter biscuits - kudos city bakery
...chorizo. all ways.
...lemon curd.
...tarte tartin


...things i'm dreaming of learning...
...quilting. i'm thinking like this. and this. move over grandma. contemporary is HERE.
...more chopin. his nocturnes make me swoon. 
...how to be slightly more of a "morning person".
...the secrets to cleaning a shower. mouldy grout? you are my arch nemesis. 
...a little more french. oui?!
...the secrets to interior decorating.
...balance in life.
...the art form of milk frothing & latte art.
...where my favourite book went. lost for 2 years. never forgotten.
...to say no.


...things i'm dreaming of reading...
..."A perfectly kept house is the sign of a misspent life" now that sounds like my kinda book.
...cookbooks... heston. jamie. stephanie. that's happiness!
...persuasion. for the hundredth time.
... more books & magazines on my iPad. i love that thing
...my bible... one inspirational book. it's pretty powerful.
..."the elegance of the hedgehog". it's title jumps out at me...
...Lists :To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists' Enumerations from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art. this looks awesome.
...my google reader. total inspiration. everyday.
...twitter. it cracks me up. all. the. time. 
...any good novel, really.



thanks for reading!

Sunday, May 30, 2010

{making} bird mobile


...a recent creation for a friends baby... i think handmade gifts are always nice, don't you?


i found the pattern here via here . If you've got a spare hour, it's tres easy!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

{making} zakka





ok, so i've said it before. but i'll say it again: i love tea cosies. i just think they're... well... kitsch & comforting. there's something very homely about a tea cosy, don't you think? so when a good friend of mine gave me this book for christmas i was very excited. this book takes the humble tea cosy to a whole. new. level.

it's called Zakka Sewing, zakka being a japanese term for something handmade that is for around the home. think the squirrel tea-cosy, slippers, fabric book jackets, pencil cases, aprons... all done in a tasteful, quirky and beautiful japanese-inspired way. lots of luscious linen fabrics, wool felt, and hand sewn embroidery. the book gives you detailed instructions for 25 gorgeous projects... take a peek at some of the beautiful photos of what you can make.









 images :: STC Craft

if you like your home crafts, this is definetly a book for you! something a little different, and a little special. all of the projects would make great gifts if you can bear to part with them.

but first, i'm off to make one amazing squirrel tea cosy...i wonder what my grandmother would have thought of it?



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