A little while ago, Laurie Wisbrun sent me of her newest Christmas line – Holiday Sweet Tweets – to play with. I was so thrilled to get to play with the fabric, but I felt the pressure to get the design right! I went back and forth over design ideas, almost doing a lantern-esque design until my husband commented that… Read More
A Super TGIFF Is Here!
I had completely forgotten until M-R emailed me that TGIFF is spending the week with me! That’s what happens when you’re in the throes of terrible twos and hanging out for your weekend away with girlfriends sans children… Thankfully, it’s been a big week of finishes for me! First up was my bento bag and tea bag pouch for my… Read More
A Bento Bag and Tea Bag Pouch
We have a friend here – an older lady from my husband’s work – who has been such a blessing to us. For most of the first year, she would “hang out” with the kids and I on Wednesdays, taking us to different places around Chiba. She continues to look after the kids on Wednesday afternoons while I’m at work,… Read More
Kate Spain Blog Hop: The Koufuku Quilt
Today’s my day to share my favourite Kate Spain project! While I have used Kate Spain fabric for a lot of things, including Ornamental, A Very Merry HST BOF (which I must admit to still being a top and not quilted yet!) and few different bits and pieces, my current favourite is my most recent finish – Koufuku (koh-who-koo). Made… Read More
Miss Polly Had A Dolly
Alternatively titled: A 2 Year Old Directs A Quilt Photo Shoot. And it’s not the dolly who’s sick, it’s mummy with bronchitis. Ladies and gentlemen, if you have a cough lasting 2 weeks, go to the doctor! For her second birthday, Isabelle was sent a baby doll set complete with a bag of accessories, a bed and a pillow. But… Read More
A Hybrid Modern Travel Sewing Kit
I finally have need for a travel sewing kit! In four weeks, I’m leaving on a jet plane for Osaka! A long-awaited, rescheduled-thanks-to-cancelled-flights crafty weekend with a friend I met online. It’s the typical online relationship – find her blog, admire her work, find ourselves in a Japanese crafting Facebook group together, become Facebook friends, get invited to stay with… Read More
Itedakimasu!
I’m a part of Wombat Stew – a paper piecing bee of Aussies (and now 1 honorary Aussie!) – and we have just finished Round 1. I kicked it off all the way back in September, asking for Japanese cuisine-themed blocks. And wow, the girls delivered! Marieka made 2 cups of chopsticks and the plate in the bottom corner, Jane… Read More
TGIFF: 20 Minute Library Bag
This week, Isabelle started the fortnightly (ish…) playroom at Jonathan’s preschool. It’s a 1 hour program that mums and kids go to together the year before they start preschool, and are roughly every fortnight to equate to 20 sessions in the school year. And as such, she needed her own school book bag to carry her indoor shoes and papers… Read More
TGIFF: A Clothing Virgin No More!
I have previously fooled around with clothing… discounting a nightmare pair of boxer shorts in awful silky polyester stuff in year 8 (by the way, who does that to beginner sewists?!)… having made a very quick and too-big elastic waisted skirt for Isabelle’s first birthday party. And then last week I bravely put my hand up to pattern-test for Sew… Read More
April’s Achievements
April was quieter for sure, with a few things ticked off my list, and a few started. Jonathan’s preschool bags went off without a hitch (and he’s still loving it there!). I made this little zippered pouch both as a swap angel and also for Le Challenge. And I won a $20 gift voucher for the Fat Quarter Shop by… Read More
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