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There is something intensely gratifying about growing food. It's not like other gardening. For me, it so much more satisfying. With the first frosts appearing, we are just coming to the end of a very late tomato season and the last harvest came in.<br />
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The patches were a little bare so t have been full of renewed energy and life. The vegetable gardens are looking good but smelling awful (thanks to composted moo poo and seaweed solution). We've been busy planting broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, garlic and a myriad of seeds including silverbeet, peas, beans, beetroot, parsnips and parsley.<br />
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While we were on holidays recently, we ate so very many fresh raspberries and crisp, just picked apples. That has inspired us and included in our plantings were two apple trees and ten raspberry canes - we are all eagerly anticipating the rewards<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Knitting, like so many craft/gardening/cooking projects, has been on the list for a very long time. Sewing however, really is my thing. My machine and I are very good friends but I'm equally satisfied with hand stitching. My Mum is an amazing seamstress and as a result of her skill and teaching, my whole life I've been able to sew. I sat beside her as a child and learnt by osmosis, soaking in the technique, and now the stitches come naturally. I know and understand sewing and I'm reasonably competent at it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">And knitting? Well Mum doesn't knit. Nan did but would never teach me because "I'm left handed" (still not sure what that means - perhaps I would have knitted backwards - can you knit backwards?? That might be interesting to try...</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">So I've never been there, mostly through fear of failure. Yes, crazy, I know - it's just yarn and sticks and it can always be unraveled. With that in mind, I've been trying to knit and I'm being kind to myself, talking to myself like I do to my children when they learn a new skill. Letting me know that it won't be perfect and that's an unrealistic expectation that anything is ever perfect. I first practiced on holidays with some beautiful yarn that is a wool and silk blend and it's slowly turning into a scarf (above - the little flashes of colour come from sari silk - recycled and spun into the wool).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Then I got bored with just a knit and I want to try something else. <a href="http://notebookfromhome.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Megan</a> has lent me a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Gentle-Art-Knitting-Projects/dp/1843405326/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336519730&sr=1-1" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">book</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> so I'm going to try a real project. Check back in, oh perhaps three years from now, to see how it's going!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">And because I'm playing with yarn, the biggest small decided she wanted some too so she could finger knit:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">...).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><br />
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** Finding orange dots on blue...<br />
** Pulling fabrics from stash...<br />
** Wondering where this little bundle will take me...<br />
** Thinking the walls are a little bare...<br />
** Hearing a mini calling...Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-88967425197863225952012-03-17T00:34:00.001+11:002012-03-17T00:34:23.997+11:00Hey there<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, having a baby kinda took the wind out of my bloggy crafty sails. Five and a bit months in now and the time has flown. Three bubbas into this Mumma gig and I'm finally feeling like I get it. I'm actually a parent now. A grown up. Yes, I'm a little slow on the uptake - it has taken me <i>three</i> babies to realise this.<br />
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I have been taking in and savouring the newness of this bubba and not wanting to let any moments pass me by. I am enjoying having a tiny being in our house. And adoring watching two bigger but still so small beings interact with their baby. And watching the biggest being with all our babies.<br />
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Not a great deal of crafting has happened so I have found <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/relishaustralia" target="_blank">myself on twitter</a> and instagram (@relishaustralia) and reading (if not writing) blogs.<br />
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It's been five months of:<br />
** beautiful gifts from kind, thoughtful, generous people who deserve a whole post of their own (one day soon, I promise).<br />
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** illness, hospital visits and health matters<br />
** summer holidays, beach play and Christmas<br />
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** first days of school and first lost teeth<br />
** nursing, nurturing and nourishing<br />
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** photos taken with a phone as the camera is never handy<br />
** giggles, cuddles and bottom humour (oh yes, these sweet little faces are laughing at their own fart jokes right now)<br />
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** birthdays and celebrations<br />
** wishing for more (yet not spending enough) time in this room<br />
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** joy, sorrow, laughter, tears, friends, family, fun, love, chaos. Life.<br />
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It's been five months of challenging, beautiful life.<br />
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See you soon with some stitchy goodness (and by soon I'm hoping you realise I speak Mumma to three small people time)...Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-13309121740317739582011-10-10T10:14:00.000+11:002011-10-10T10:14:03.846+11:00Baby Violet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #8e7cc3; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3EpCueDYYf0/TpIot3jsM_I/AAAAAAAAAKM/2dgLaWiUtq0/s1600/Violet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3EpCueDYYf0/TpIot3jsM_I/AAAAAAAAAKM/2dgLaWiUtq0/s400/Violet.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #8e7cc3; text-align: left;">On Monday 26 September, at 2am our family welcomed a beautiful, healthy baby girl, Violet Catriona and she is perfect in every way. Violet weighed 3390gms (7 pounds 7 ounces) and is 51.5cm long. She was born peacefully in water; an absolutely amazing birth for all of us. We are starting to settle in to the rhythm (chaos) of five in the house!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NQeDCqEjq-4/TpIoyE6qHHI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/Srex19X_saw/s1600/Lucilla.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NQeDCqEjq-4/TpIoyE6qHHI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/Srex19X_saw/s400/Lucilla.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #674ea7; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Her sisters are thrilled with their baby, particularly given all along they had been calling the baby Violet. Three precious, gorgeous girls – we feel truly grateful!</span><span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IasT8Fkb_ys/TpIozIJlVlI/AAAAAAAAAKU/fo_rZP2ncec/s1600/Mollie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IasT8Fkb_ys/TpIozIJlVlI/AAAAAAAAAKU/fo_rZP2ncec/s400/Mollie.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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This modern take on a cathedral window was discovered <a href="http://afewscraps.blogspot.com/2011/06/modular-cathedral-little-spinner-block.html">here</a> - it seemed so easy to me from <a href="http://afewscraps.blogspot.com/">Christina's</a> instructions - and it was SUPER easy! I made it for the big one recently.<br />
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Anway, the list - here are the <b>items I've progressed:</b><br />
** Officer Plod's birthday quilt (for the significant birthday he had in February 2010! oops) - <strike>only one border to put on then off to the longarm quilter</strike> - <i>delivered to quilter. Will need binding on return.</i><br />
** Australasian Bee - bee blocks <i>- finished one month, two months to complete:</i><br />
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** <strike>3x6 Bee - bee blocks for 2nd and 3rd quarter</strike> <i>- sent 2nd qtr blocks, 3rd qtr not proceeding - complete</i> <br />
** <strike>Binding on quilt for small (given to her unbound for Christmas)</strike><i> - stitched and on her bed again, this time with border - complete</i><br />
** Red 1930's quilt (for me!!!) <strike>- quilt myself then bind</strike><i> - will deliver this to the quilter this week (shocking picture - this is before it was put together with the border)</i><br />
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** <strike>Pillows for two friends birthdays (can't say who, they may be looking)</strike> <i>- completed one pillow and found a different gift for the other friend. </i><br />
** Heather Ross Munki Munki log cabin - finish blocks, piece, to quilter <i>- more blocks assembled, many to go... </i> <br />
** Baby quilt - <strike>to quilter and bind and then actually give to baby</strike> -<i> at quilter, to be picked up. </i><br />
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<b>Items still on the waiting list with no progress: </b><br />
** Civil War repro quilt for my gran (nine-patch) - blocks are made, need to piece together and get to the longarm quilter<br />
** Celebration of significant life event quilt for my Mum (large strip hexies) - cut out, need to piece and then off to quilter<br />
** Birds quilt - piece my blocks received in the 1st Wednesday Block Swap<br />
** Buildings quilt - piece my blocks received in the Australasian Bee<br />
** Scrappy string quilt - finish blocks, piece, to quilter<br />
** Lyrebird embroidery (design by Kate Ward)<br />
** Vintage sheet star quilt (for my bed!!) - piece blocks, to quilterRelishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-79726203533221000242011-07-29T22:39:00.000+10:002011-07-29T22:39:00.895+10:00Fabulous Friday!!!Seriously. Fabulous. Day.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l_tr-P9Y800/TjJY5qu0RWI/AAAAAAAAAJI/N-OHDtfumvQ/s1600/P1020421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l_tr-P9Y800/TjJY5qu0RWI/AAAAAAAAAJI/N-OHDtfumvQ/s400/P1020421.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>It started with an overnight low of minus eight and me being grumpy about getting out of bed - have I ever mentioned how much I despise the cold? Combine that with having been awake for most of the night with a small person in our bed having nightmares, I was feeling fairly pessimistic about what the day would bring. Oh, how wrong I was.<br />
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After a while using her penguin, the big one was confident enough to wing it on her own and she just took off. I laughed and laughed and they just kept going round and round, up and down that rink.<br />
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After skating we went for a hot chocolate and then arrived home to see this beginning:<br />
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I have been waiting FOUR years for this and today it came!!! It has taken me four long years to convince Plod that we need lawn. Today, it came. I am such a happy woman. Fabulous morning with my girls and brilliant afternoon with my lawn. I love today :)<br />
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And just because I am so excited to have turf, here is some more of it:<br />
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What did your Friday bring?<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-57489030231911146832011-07-28T12:52:00.001+10:002011-07-28T12:52:00.806+10:00Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5LugKNcO4vA/Ti4OnHyQfWI/AAAAAAAAAI0/LTndKumQEm8/s1600/P1020386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5LugKNcO4vA/Ti4OnHyQfWI/AAAAAAAAAI0/LTndKumQEm8/s400/P1020386.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Please tell me how it is that eight weeks can feel like such an eternity yet so very little time?<br />
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I am feeling like I have <i>forever</i> until I can meet this tiny person growing everyday, whose being is very real to me and whose presence is being felt more and more in this house. I want to meet our new baby, I want to know the answer to he or she? And what they look and feel and smell like. I want her or his daddy and sisters to be able to touch and hold and love this little person. <br />
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So why when it comes to "getting ready" am I more than a little anxious? Washing a few beautiful hand knits yesterday made me realise the extent of just how unprepared I am for this bubba. There is no bassinet, no nappy change space, no feeding chair. There are boxes of clothes and blankets still packed away which need to be washed but more than anything, this mumma needs to get her head around having three babies!<br />
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And eight weeks is too long to wait yet absolutely no where near enough time! Birth for me is a beautiful, wondrous, miracle and meeting my bubba is exciting and there is a whole lot of love in those first few days and weeks, it is a time of joy and discovery.<br />
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I am also aware of the reality of the big adjustments one tiny person forces us to make. We have two smalls who will still require all the love and attention they currently receive and yet there will be one more little person in our family for us to care for and live with and give to. We will, all five of us, need to find a new rhythm. And I am spending a whole lot of time wondering about how this will all work... And at the same time, being so super excited, delighted, impatient about getting closer to meeting and welcoming this amazing new life...<br />
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I would love to hear your thoughts - comments are great but if you don't want to publicly share, please email me: relish (at) live (dot) com (dot) au - it could be just the wisdom I need to get me there ;)Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-9494113552211619972011-07-26T11:09:00.001+10:002011-07-26T11:13:14.072+10:00Filling the days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>We've been on winter school holidays here so not much time for my crafting. We've been filling the days with:<br />
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** Small person crafting (remember that <a href="http://relishaustralia.blogspot.com/2011/06/finish-it-up-friday-check-in.html">tidy sewing space</a> - the floor is now covered in children's acrylic paint):<br />
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** Discovering the magical words and worlds of Enid Blyton:<br />
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** And, birthday party planning for a soon to be five year old:<br />
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The girls are back at school (albeit only two days per week) and Plod is back to work so I hope to have some time to get on with finishing a few projects - but today, it's a long anticipated and much needed haircut for me - sheer luxury ;) I am going to take the plunge though and try a new hairdresser... He comes highly recommended but I am biting my nails about the visit... I feel like I'm having an affair when I try a new hairdresser and if this one doesn't work I can't go back to the old one because she'll know I cheated on her... Oh the drama of it - wish me luck (or at the very least sharp scissors!)Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-58149296841230689782011-07-03T13:44:00.005+10:002011-07-03T13:44:00.196+10:00Swaps receivedI promised you some time ago that I would post pictures of a few items I have received in flickrland swaps. You've already seen the <a href="http://relishaustralia.blogspot.com/2011/06/gorgeous-bags-received.html">amazing bag I received</a> in the Goodie Bag Swap so here are few more little delights.<br />
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The talented Kat sent me this perfect sewing machine cover along with a whole parcel of goodies - I couldn't believe how well she picked my taste - do go over and say hi to her and check out her blog post on this swap <a href="http://mummastimetocreate.blogspot.com/2011/04/modern-swap-project-52-updates.html">here</a> - she is super talented. Kat also included some tea, a whole bunch of fabric scraps, a wristlet pin cushion and a new ruler as well as the most exquisite hand made card. It really was a mail day made in heaven!<br />
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I also participated in the <a href="http://relishaustralia.blogspot.com/2011/05/doll-quilt-swap-10.html">Doll Quilt 10</a> and the My Favourite Mini Quilt Swaps and again, I received perfect parcels with the cutest ever quilts.<br />
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Yesterday afternoon I arrived home to a card in my letterbox saying there was a parcel at the post office to collect - I am waiting on a few etsy purchases so I guessed one of these had arrived. I had no idea that the parcel would in fact be SO, SO, SO much better than that.<br />
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A while ago I participated in the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1633419@N20/">pretty little pouch swap</a> (organised by <a href="http://ilikeorangetoo.blogspot.com/">Michelle</a> and <a href="http://kelbysews.blogspot.com/">Kelly</a> - awesome chicas) and I sent off my package to my partner a little early. After much postie stalking, nothing arrived.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bluebirdluxe.com/">Eileen </a>was my angel. And never was a better description given.<br />
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This lovely, lovely, lovely pouch arrived yesterday and I am super happy with it - it is perfect. I love those repro prints and the hexies (can you believe she says this is her first hexie project!) and also in the parcel was a gift for my girls - a summer crafts DVD as well as a pattern for a cute little frock I can whip up for them.<br />
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While the goodies are adorable and I am very grateful for the cutest pouch, the "extra" I most loved was the note included. It was a heartfelt, sweet and kind note that was so very personal and I am touched beyond words. This generous lady made my day.<br />
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I love my pouch and I love this online world of incredible women. What a way to end a day :)Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-58731743137792966802011-06-30T18:37:00.002+10:002011-06-30T18:37:00.766+10:00She's finally home!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ht8QV3Lqgfc/TglGv4YtwZI/AAAAAAAAAH8/_bxYVyNRiRE/s1600/P1020275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ht8QV3Lqgfc/TglGv4YtwZI/AAAAAAAAAH8/_bxYVyNRiRE/s320/P1020275.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I have no idea what to do with her yet but she has arrived. I have always, <i>always, always</i> loved old sewing machines. I bought this one from a deceased estate when I was fifteen. For a very long time now she has been hiding away at my Mum's house and just this week, Mum arranged for her to be delivered to me (thanks Mum). After a good clean and a polish, she's sitting in the entrance next to the piano looking very pretty and making me smile each time I walk by. I don't know if this is her permanent place but for now, I'm just happy having her in the house.Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-7643131803009981462011-06-28T13:37:00.000+10:002011-06-28T13:37:33.809+10:00Finish it up! Friday check in...And what do you know - I'm late!!!<br />
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It's my first check-in for <a href="http://fashionedbymeg.blogspot.com/">Meg's</a> "<a href="http://fashionedbymeg.blogspot.com/2011/06/finish-it-up-how-was-your-first-week.html">finish it up</a>" challenge and I'm checking in late. I got motivated last week and tidied the room before tackling any projects. Then I did tick a couple of items off the list including one pillow for a friend, my 3x6 bee blocks and dropping the baby quilt to the quilter but then the weekend happened - and what a weekend it was!<br />
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Thursday night, we got to go out for a real grown-ups evening. Our <a href="http://danstewart-moore.com/">friend</a>, an amazingly talented sculptor, opened a solo exhibition so we went along to check it out. Given we'd gone to the trouble of getting a babysitter and we met up with other friends there, we headed out for an impromptu meal with real conversation. There was no interruption of "Mummy", "Daddy", "I need to go to the toilet", just proper conversation and really, <i>really</i> good food.<br />
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On Friday, I had a wonderful day. I got to spend a whole day with my bestest ever friend, just us. We headed off to Sydney for the Craft and Quilt fair and took ourselves over to <a href="http://www.calicoandivy.com/">Calico and Ivy</a> at Balmain. This shop is just stunning and has what must be the entire range of Liberty fabrics. I was in love but restrained myself somewhat and only came home with these:<br />
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Saturday found me in the kitchen baking for the cake stall at the school bushdance.<br />
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Sunday we all went to a birthday party for a very special little boy where all the smalls disappeared to the paddock. It was a divine afternoon spent eating too much with great company<br />
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Plod had a leave day Monday and we had lots of jobs we "had" to do. So, we ended up taking the girls to school and then sitting on the couch watching a movie together - the list can wait but snuggling on the couch for a movie on a cold day, well it was the perfect end to a perfect weekend!<br />
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What did you get up to?Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-69791215196771810512011-06-20T13:44:00.000+10:002011-06-20T13:44:38.185+10:00Finish it up!Well I'm three months today from my due date! The bubba is coming fast and I just know that means not much time for stitching for a while after that. In the spirit of nesting, I decided I needed to finish up a whole load of WIP's sitting on the shelf in the sewing room. And of course, I started my allocated sewing time with procrastination on flickr and browsing around blogland. In my travels, I came across this:<br />
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The projects are to be those that have already been worked on - patterns and fabric don't count if they've not been cut into. So, taking out those, here is my (rather scary) list:<br />
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** Officer Plod's birthday quilt (for the significant birthday he had in February 2010! oops) - only one border to put on then off to the longarm quilter<br />
** Australasian Bee - bee blocks<br />
** 1st Wednesday Block Swap - bee blocks<br />
** 3x6 Bee - bee blocks for 2nd and 3rd quarters<br />
** Binding on quilt for small (given to her unbound for Christmas)<br />
** Civil War repro quilt for my gran (nine-patch) - blocks are made, need to piece together and get to the longarm quilter<br />
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** Celebration of significant life event quilt for my Mum (large strip hexies) - cut out, need to piece and then off to quilter<br />
** Red 1930's quilt (for me!!!) - quilt myself then bind<br />
** Birds quilt - piece my blocks received in the 1st Wednesday Block Swap<br />
** Buildings quilt - piece my blocks received in the Australasian Bee<br />
** Bathmat - cut out, needs to be pieced and quilted<br />
** Pillows for two friends birthdays (can't say who, they may be looking)<br />
** Heather Ross Munki Munki log cabin - finish blocks, piece, to quilter<br />
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** Scrappy string quilt - finish blocks, piece, to quilter<br />
** Lyrebird embroidery (design by Kate Ward)<br />
** Vintage sheet star quilt (for my bed!!) - piece blocks, to quilter<br />
** Baby quilt - to quilter and bind and then actually give to baby - <i>this month </i><br />
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I'm stopping there - that's EIGHTEEN items. There are more on the shelf but they'll have to wait. Not all of them are going to be completely finished but I would like to make a significant dent in the pile!<br />
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Any words of encouragement??? I'll need plenty along the way<br />
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I'm not so great at taking pictures of it but it is a nappy (diaper) bag and has a whole world of pockets inside and out as well as a key chain which is fabulous as I'm always losing keys at the bottom of my bag.<br />
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Also in the package was a matching coin purse - I think I'll use this for lipstick being the ever so glamorous Mummy that I am - you know, existing on less sleep than anyone ever thinks is possible and no showering or teeth-brushing before leaving the house an hour late with three children in tow - lipstick will be my first priority ;)<br />
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I digress. I am so, so happy with this - the bag is perfect, the pockets are terrific and the quality of the making is just amazing - this is one seriously talented stitcher! You can see a better picture of the bag <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluebellbird/5767421619/in/pool-1658571@N21/">here</a>.<br />
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Thank you, thank you, thank you <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluebellbird/">Christine</a>, this is absolute perfection. It is everything I could have asked for and I can see myself not waiting until the baby is born to use it - I'm just not that patient!<br />
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This time, it's the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/goodiebagswap/">Goodie Bag Swap</a>. Essentially, make a gorgeous bag, include a small ziplock full of fabric scraps, send to secret partner and wait for the mailman...<br />
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Please, please, please dear postie, come knocking soon...<br />
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NB: Although the only required "extra" were a few fabric scraps, I couldn't resist making my partner a small coordinating pouch. The bag is Meadow by Melly and Me and the pouch is the inset zip pouch by <a href="http://www.keykaloupatterns.com/">Keyka Lou</a>. Do check out <a href="http://mellyandme.typepad.com/">Melly and Me</a> for fabulous patterns - these girls are Aussie designers and they have amazing stuff <a href="http://mellyandme.typepad.com/photos/designs_by_melly_me/index.html">here</a>.Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-49738997190497382102011-06-05T15:25:00.000+10:002011-06-05T15:25:56.694+10:00New artworks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LT2FxQBqlaY/TesPebHzmfI/AAAAAAAAAHI/S4RR_scgUTc/s1600/P1020172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LT2FxQBqlaY/TesPebHzmfI/AAAAAAAAAHI/S4RR_scgUTc/s400/P1020172.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I love the creativity of my children. The reckless abandon with which they just get into something. There's no big sit down sketching a plan, thinking about colours for hours, they just get into it and make it up as they go along. How I envy their ability to produce something so beautiful in a matter of minutes and their confidence that whatever they do, it will be perfect just as it is.<br />
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Today, we participated in a workshop for preschoolers held at our local museum and art gallery. The smalls examined objects from the past 100 years and then dreamed up unusual places to find those objects. Above is the result of active imaginations, painted in watercolours on canvas. Of course, we had to come home and hang them in the girls very own gallery - I think their bedroom wall is the perfect backdrop!<br />
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Left: An 80's white high-heel and an old wooden peg on a "flaming Jupiter wtih all it's colourful gas rings". (Mollie, 4)<br />
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Right: "A cricket ball in a storming jungle". (Lulu, 3)<br />
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The lesson: stop thinking and start doing!Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-90448906575604041202011-05-10T16:36:00.002+10:002011-05-10T16:36:00.129+10:00Doll Quilt Swap 10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R9rbPIbF5yM/TcTho7MJRVI/AAAAAAAAAGU/JtIDIIZOpqA/s1600/DQS10_Front_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R9rbPIbF5yM/TcTho7MJRVI/AAAAAAAAAGU/JtIDIIZOpqA/s320/DQS10_Front_2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I was super thrilled to be able to participate in the Doll Quilt Swap this round. Getting a place in this is a bit like a lottery - you have to enter and then have your name drawn... I can't believe this was my first time entering, and I was in - call it beginner's luck :)<br />
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This is the front of the quilt I made for my partner. Her flickr favourites included some bright happy quilts and all were in more traditional layouts - using blocks rather than applique so I went for a free-hand cut log cabin (I couldn't be <i>too</i> precise and traditional, I just couldn't).<br />
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She also mentioned that red was her favourite colour. So I made it double sided - a red quilt on the reverse:<br />
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I love the swap (I have FAR too many items kicking around my handbag that could be better organised) and am <i>really</i> happy with how the project turned out... <i>but...</i> the person I am making this for is one talented chica. I've got some of her work here and I know how lovely it is so... making a gift for her is rather daunting...<br />
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My partner mentioned a few fabrics and designers but I've gone Australian with Saffron Craig. I absolutely love Saffron's fabrics - the colours she uses, the quality of the cotton and that fact that she is an Australian designer achieving fabulous results. <br />
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I'll have to reveal what's under the linen on the purple side when this is received... Don't want to give away who it is for... What do you think???Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-81602018866227788992011-05-07T20:20:00.001+10:002011-05-07T20:20:00.261+10:00MMM - Make Mine Modern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2y016k6vOiY/TcTjVU8BHKI/AAAAAAAAAGg/L6jJvp7uH08/s1600/P1010964.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2y016k6vOiY/TcTjVU8BHKI/AAAAAAAAAGg/L6jJvp7uH08/s320/P1010964.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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While I've been away, I've been crafting a whole lot so I'm going to spend a few days sharing delights - some made and some received.<br />
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Today is the package I made for my partner in the Make Mine Modern swap over on flickr. A sewing machine cover, tea cosy and a whole bundle of fabric scraps...<br />
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I loved making this as I got use up scraps and work with lots of different fabrics... Disappointingly, my partner never received her parcel due to customs in Denmark but I am working on getting it to her - hopefully it will come home so I can resend...Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-19722192497810798442011-05-07T16:20:00.000+10:002011-05-07T16:20:15.948+10:00How time flies!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n2dn1D5La6o/TcThj81E5bI/AAAAAAAAAGM/kCdpG9-ZumI/s1600/P1020110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n2dn1D5La6o/TcThj81E5bI/AAAAAAAAAGM/kCdpG9-ZumI/s320/P1020110.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Hi there<br />
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This space has been a little sleepy this year - rather like me! I do have a wee excuse for that - our big news is that we are expecting baby number three!!! I have been missing from this space while dealing with the effects of early pregnancy but now that I am half way through and feeling healthy, I'm back.<br />
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Happy slumber.<br />
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JxxRelishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-14551704698883272792011-01-26T22:00:00.001+11:002011-01-26T22:01:35.720+11:00Queensland Flood Relief Appeal - the last post...<center><a href="http://tonicoward.blogspot.com/2011/01/thankyou-for-standing-under-our-pink.html"><img border="0" src="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o145/jaron79/QLDFloodAppealWERAISED.jpg" /></a></center><br />
So, after raising a few dollars here and donating a few there, together we have contributed $99,089 to the <a href="http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html">Premiers Flood Relief Appeal</a>. I am gobsmacked. I am sending all of you who donated to this appeal a really, really big thanks. Your generosity is assisting families get back on their feet after a natural disaster of biblical proportion just goes to show what this crafty online community can achieve. Thank you.Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-23329097463105563732011-01-26T12:40:00.000+11:002011-01-26T12:40:25.240+11:00And the winner is<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wDBhpYcxgYo/TTOJfw3k2eI/AAAAAAAAAF8/oQkctFhlafM/s1600/Qld+Flood+Mini.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wDBhpYcxgYo/TTOJfw3k2eI/AAAAAAAAAF8/oQkctFhlafM/s400/Qld+Flood+Mini.JPG" width="397" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wDBhpYcxgYo/TT96SdbMh1I/AAAAAAAAAGA/gXgLZNoaR0E/s1600/Picture+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div>A <span style="font-size: large;">HUGE</span> big thank you to all of you who donated to the Queensland Flood Appeal. While the media may have moved on, the survivors will be rebuilding for a long time to come.<br />
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The raffle for this quilt is now closed and the has been <a href="http://www.random.org/">randomly</a> drawn. Drum roll please!!!<br />
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Congratulations! I will send you an email to obtain postage details. And thanks again for taking some time out of your day to help those in need.Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735643831454738677.post-63576663282753990232011-01-19T21:42:00.001+11:002011-01-25T08:38:33.951+11:00Win a mini quilt: Queensland Flood Relief Appeal<center><a href="http://www.tonicoward.blogspot.com/"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o145/jaron79/QLDFloodAppeal.jpg" /></a></center><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>**deadline extended to noon Wednesday 26 January**</b></span></div><br />
Those of you who haven't heard, (am I'm fairly convinced that wouldn't be anyone), Queensland is experiencing disastrous flooding. In an effort to assist those in need and raise awareness of the appeal, <a href="http://tonicoward.blogspot.com/">Toni from Make it Perfect</a> is coordinating a mass of craft "auctions". You can find the list of participants <a href="http://tonicoward.blogspot.com/2011/01/qld-flood-auctions-master-list.html">here</a>.<br />
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The most needed commodity for Queenslanders right now is cash. For my bit, I am auctioning this mini quilt:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>**how can you win this item**</b></span></div><ul><li>Donate $5 (Aussie Dollars) to the <a href="http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html">Premiers Flood Relief Appeal</a> - be sure to record your receipt number</li>
<li>Comment on this post and include the receipt number</li>
<li>Enter as many times as you like <i>however</i> each entry must have a separate $5 donation and receipt number</li>
<li>Make sure I can contact you via your comment </li>
<li>The winner will be drawn randomly from the comments on Wednesday 26 January 2011 after midday <strike>Monday 24 January 2011</strike> and announced here - I will also contact the winner directly for postage details</li>
<li>Entry is open to Australian and international readers of this blog - postage is included.</li>
<li>Quilt is 16.5 x 16.5 inches square, cotton piecing on white linen background, backed with Heather Bailey Nicey Jane and has a hanging sleeve. </li>
</ul>Please only leave a comment on this post if you are donating so as not to mess with the draw. <br />
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Thank you for assisting in what is a time of great distress for so many Australians.Relishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589492857250590590noreply@blogger.com15