4 Squares In...

I am really liking how this scrappy blanket is looking, I tried it as stockinette and then garter, and garter was a winner because it looked more scrappy with the variegated yarns. Although it has meant the blanket is a lot thicker than expected, and  probably smaller...

 

 At this stage I am not going to stitch them together as I knit (as I usually do) in case I decide to add to it at the end using a new/additional scrappy ball. I worry that it might be obvious where one collection ended and the other start (if that makes sense).

 I must say, 4 and a bit squares down and the ball doesn't seem to be shrinking any!

And a little bit of cuteness because I always have a cute audience when I go outside for photos :D

There are few things sweeter than a bunch of freshly picked flowers. Except maybe when that bunch of flowers are painstakingly cut, trimmed, and forced into submission, I mean delicately arranged, and handed to me by a sweet 5 year old boy. It mgiht be my parental bias coming through here, but they are the most beautiful vase (ok Vegemite Jar) of flowers (well wild daisy's) ever.

There are 2 little people in this house

And they just got one hell of a frowning for THIS.... there are 5 separate balls of wool, 3 socks and what I would expect will be hours of untangling in this mess.

Fancy dress.

This Saturday just gone we had a fancy dress party to attend. Brynach asked to go as the joker, which, at first, seemed way too much work and tried to talk him out of it, but alas, he was determined... The Joker it had to be!

So with some thought, I set to work. I had some green fabric and whipped out a litte (rough!) tie. I had some purple fabric, so a little pair of elastic waisted pants, pressed down the centre to give the look suit pants and a simple collared shirt, made with long sleeves but no cuff and lengthened at the back and cut to shape to make a set of tails, split and all....

Add to that a white shirt from the cupboard, some green hair spray and face paint, oh and a $5 silly string gun and Taa daa!

I think he really looked the part and somehow took on the evil persona quite well after some part food consumption..

The Dubbo Show 2010

This weekend was show weekend. As a child show weekend came second only to Christmas. Naturally I have been quite excited myself about enjoying this event through the eyes of a child. We didn't stay long, only 3 hours and $100..
This year was a bit of a family event, my parents came with us and so did my brother and his girlfriend, who made excellent ride chaperons, for my thrill seeking boy.
I will let the pictures tell the story...

The Quilt Top

Here is the quilt top for Bryn's bed, complete and ready for quilting.... I am still not Entirely happy with it... But Bryn loves it. so that is the main thing.

40 blocks..

... all done and dusted...

I made 40 cos thats how many diferent prints came in the charm pack and jelly roll...

the quilt will only need 20 something...

here is a random 16

I will put black sashing between each block with coloured corner stones... the border is still under mental creation....

Birthday Outfit

Here is the final birthday outfit.....

I am suprised... he chose the planes...

Nanna made the shirt.. she can whip them up in minutes.. I will get my but in gear one day and get the pattern off her so I can make my own... I did make the shorts though ..

Front

Back

A task for tonight

Picking fabric for little boy outfits is tricky. 2 outfits, twice as tricky, but with some luck after I have made the 2 party outfits tonight, Bryn will be able to pick 1 to wear to his party tomorrow, I am putting my bets on the 'pirate' one... but we will see

Birthday Boy!!!!

The big 0 4 today for my georgous boy Bryn...

There has been alot of impatience surrounding today for a certain 3 year old who has been ready to be four for months..

we have had a quiet day, pressies this morning and lunch at the Pastoral, following that was the spectacular crash and burn you see here. I am sure the warm weather helped too though.

The Big Par-tay is on Saturday - will bring you some AWAKE pictures from there....

Lemons and Lady bugs..

I made this little outfit up last night for a birthday present for a special little girl in Bryns life. His Best friend, she tuns four 2 days before Bryn.

I was planning on doing a top in this style, the came across this fabric at spotlight, alread Shirred, clearly it was ment to be :D

The outfit came together quite quickly and I am really happy with the result, I hope it is like by the recipients. The birthday girls mum know very much what she does and doesnt like :D

I broke my cardinal rule.

Through all my crafting years I have always kept multiple projects.... 3-4 sewing, 2-3 knitting etc...

BUT.. always only 1 quilt ALWAYS, I have always stuck to this rule, for 12 years of quilting, untill now...

Firstly is my 'Tropical Cycone' quilt which is sitting shamefully in the cupboard. I am not sharing another pic of that till its done!

Secondly.. I have always wanted to do a Desden plate quilt, very much not my usual style, I am definately not a traditional quilter, so I felt doing such an old, mature pattern, required 'older', more sophisticated fabrics then I would usually use. Ihave collected these fabrics over the last few months.

I am working slowly on this, its more the secondry project atm, something for me to refresh myself with when i get bored with the bold, yet chucky simplicity of the next preject.

This quilt will go on our bed, I have NEVER had a quilt for my own bed before, hmmmm....

Thirdly.. Bryns quilt for his 'big boy' bed going in his 'big boy' room. I really want to get this finished asap, cos we are starting his new room in the upcoming weeks, and I want this quilt ready to go straight onto it.

its made with a charm pack and jelly roll, from matching collections, and will also have bright contrasting hand dyes,

above is the pic (albeit sideways, how do you fix that in blogger) of some of the prints matched with thier hand dyes.

and above is the first few blocks, these are big block they will be 12iches square finished, I am not used to working with such large blocks...

I am thinking I will use thinnish (1 inch maybe) black sashing between the blocks with corner stones from the left over hand dyed,

there will be 40 blocks all up, so as long as i am happy with them all, I will probably make the quilt with 6 X 6 blocks in the body, then a black border and a block in each corner of the border as a corner stone there.... and i would love to do something diferent for the binding this time too.. thinking maybe some lil triangles all the way around, then i can get a theme going and make some bunting to go on the curtains or something..... ohh I will make it up as I go.. tis my way...

I am not the Devil.... lol

this is for all those who thought me the Devil Woman for forbidding DH to buy another Thomas item for Bryn for his birthday.. THIS is why.... believe me now??

Top row...
suddery swing bridge, water tower, mountain overpass, 2 arch bridges, spook hill (back), and rock tunnel

Middle row...
signs, buildings, trees and people. then all the rest is assorted thomas engines (now remember theres are $10-20 each... THATs why i a have put a stop to it...

bottom row...
oil depot, assorted generic engines, tenders for larger engines above, rest is assorted carrages, etcc...

on the table...
special engine shed, Maron tunnel, crossing station, stop and go station, carg odrop station, double engine shed

underneith...
all the track plus 2 turn tables, and the take-a-long case.

ohh and the table lol...

more wormies

and we are thriving.. they are being very slow to hatch this year.. i blame the on off cold hot... crazy weather..



as always Bryn is positivily taken with them



here they are anyhow

Click on the image to make it big enough to see the tiny blighters.

Birth!

we have hada birthi n the house.. sort of.

We had our first silk worm emerge this morning, so teeny tiny.

will do piccies when there is more then one to show you lol...

Just Hangin' Out

Just us ... at home.. with the Camera... I know I am Bias but I think he is the most beautiful boy around.. just dont let him hear me say it..!!

FO: Jacket for Bryn

DONE!!! finally!!

This jacket orginally knitted up very quickly but then stalled on the last sleeve and it became my most shameful UFO for many months.

Well shame become my motivation and I finally completed it. I am mostly happy with it, could have been a little longer, but then again maybe had I finished it in decent time this wouldnt have been a problem

I combined two wools, alternating rows, to get the colourway.
The pattern is an adaptation of Debbie Bliss' 'Gilet'