All cozy for Winter

Giles is growing fast and has grown out of the sleeping bag Helen lent us (thank you Helen, it has been a godsend!), so I sewed a new one that doubles as a pram liner for winter. I used Bec's liner as inspiration & to get some rough measurements, but from there I had to wing it. No wonder it took several weekends to finish it. It's really hard to think three steps ahead when you are living on chunks of sleep that are less than 3 hours in length (yay for teething & a headcold).

Anyhoo, I'm really pleased with how it turned out. It fits the pram perfectly and is toasty warm for our Perth winters. I made it from two layers of bonded fleece with 3M Thinsulate quilt batting sandwiched between. It has a open ended zip around the foot & snaps (of course) up the sides. This way, you take the cover right off if the weather improves.

I found these Army appliqués of Dad's in with mum's bag of buttons she gave me from her sewing supplies. Aren't they fantastic. Very boyish. Dad was really thrilled to see them find a new life.

Idea for you Jacq

I'm having another of those mornings letting Giles sleep in my arms. Yesterday we had the Dr. confirm he has an ear infection so he's a little crabby today. This does, however, give me the A-ok to spend the morning browsing around the web from page to page, seeing where the craft links take me.

I saw this picture at Craftzine. Its just one of those IKEA plastic bag holders used to store the wool for your WIPs. Neat huh!

Shame I still  don't know how to knit or crochet. Have many balls of wool though awaiting the day I learn.

In my travels this morning I've found;

• how to sew on piping (properly, not the wing-it-and-see-Amber-method),


• a website devoted to wrapping gifts


• an idea for your felted sweaters, potplant pincushions


• inspirations for craft rooms. I've taken a 'before' photo of mine but it hasn't really improved enough to take the 'after' photo! soon I hope, perhaps these links will help


• tonnes more but typing 1 fingered is too slow & sucky.

Enjoy your day! I'm going to start digging holes for our hedge, or have lunch with mum....hmmm it's even-stevens which to do :)

A new challenge

Ok Jacq, I thought I would start a new challenge for the two of us!!

 

I thought it would be fun to see what projects we could come up with given the same starting materials. I purchased this matching set of fat quarters on Friday (so I have a bit of a head start :) ) and will mail yours off tomorrow.

 

I figure a month or so should be enough to come up with some things....or should we make it two?

 

What do you think? Like we need more WIP...Ha ha ha ha .....

New shoes & shirt for the boy

Spotlight had their stocktake sale this week and bonded fleece was on sale at $10/m. Typical spotlight, I didnt' even know they stocked it until I saw it in the catalogue. You can never find anything in that store!

Anyhow, as today is a public holiday,  I spent the morning while Giles was napping, whipping up a pair of shoes from the Stardust Shoe tutorial & a matching T-shirt.

The shoes were really easy to make but they only just fit Giles' feet. Next time I'll have to make them longer and will increase the depth for the heel part. For now, they're a perfect fit & just right for our super chilly days.

I have to confess totally yoinked JoJo's idea for the matching t-shirt. Love it!