Spit Spot

This is the dotty part of my stash. I love their bright happiness, they remind me of fun and laughter, the girls and all things good.

More To Share

Above is the little selection of fabric I received from Tokyo Mommy on etsy. They are very sweet little prints on a canvas cotton. Just lovely for making purses and the likes. These were a great addition to my stash for the smaller projects.

Words to sew with

Common discussions I have with my sewing machine: "damn, bugger, bugger, bugger, gee whiz, crap, crap, crap, why did I do that...." That is the G rated discussion, there are some more colourful discussion I have with my sewing machine when the kids aren't in hearing range.

Just a little post to joining in Blogtoberfest at Big Cat's Emporium. I shall try and blog everyday for October, I don't know how successful I will be.

Super Stash Savings

More stash tales.

A few months ago I was very, very lucky to go to the Hearts of Africa fabric sale that was held in Albion in Brisbane at Hayes Upholstery. All the fabric was donated and then sold off. My favourite pieces are below. What a bargain they were selling most of the fabric for 40c a piece. I can't remember the last time I paid 40c for anything let alone pieces of designer fabric. There was some real gems amongst all the fabric and some of it was several metres in length. The most I paid was $2.00 for several meters of black canvas. I was a little possessed and the sale far outweighed my expectations for I was very unprepared. My poor girls were each sat down and piled with my finds. I did manage to find them several hours later after a bit of digging. If there is ever another sale I shall have a Nana trolley in hand.

This fabric above is my absolute fave. It is screen printed in the UK and has beautiful names like "Katie". Each piece is about 1.5 metres in length. I'm thinking of market totes for these ones if I can ever convince myself to cut it.

(The container full of finds, lucky it is on wheels because it is much to heavy to lift)

New Addition

This newbiee (the bag not my wee poppet) found in my etsy shop. Just right to take the essential toys for the day. I just have to make sure the little moo and ted don't hang on to it.

We all have one

Meet Me at Mikes is having a most lovely Share your Stash. These are a few of my favourites I though I would share.

Above is a picture of the half of the linen closet I have packed away in order to make way for the most favoured pieces of my stash. I live in a very little house and I love having all the fabric neat and stacked at my finger tips.

I see red... I love red at the moment. I think that the most wonderful Aunty Cookie and Pippijoe have had a lot to do with my obsession with red. How can you resist such fantastic original fabric.

I can't wait to see everyone stash.

Little Bit of Time

I seem to live in a time warp. So much to do but so little time but this afternoon the girls and I have been blessed with an afternoon free. Total and utter bliss. Time to play and sew and heat up the oven for a herb and chilli lamb roast (yum!) with crispy roast potatoes.

I had the time to work on the little bag above a bit of a change in the design of my current market tote. Not quite as big as I would like but still big enough to pop in a loaf of bread and a few esentials. I love how the red daisy fabric goes with the calico and denim. The denim at the bottom is nice and sturdy and should stop the bottom of the bag from looking gruby too quick. I shall be placing it in my etsy store in the not to distant future.

We also had fairy bread for afternoon tea mmmm. The only problem is I now have and thousands everywhere. Even in between the keys on the laptop, which is makes typing this post rather difficult.

Lucky us, Frank the Super from the Mirabel Auctions is coming to our house to live. We are all waiting keenly for our favourite Australia Post van to deliver him.