Cherio

A big thanks to you all for your kind and supportive comments that you have
taken the time to leave and I look forward to sharing more goodies with you in
the coming year.

This is me saying goodbye for 2009. I wish you all, the happiest of times over the
Christmas and New Year celebrations. I am soooooo excited as we have packed
our bags and are going away for 3 weeks. Without any work to distract me, I plan
to soak up the precious time spent with the ones I love the most. I am tickled pink
that my not so little brother and also my brother and sister in law, have all returned
home after being overseas for a year. To say I am looking forward to spending lots of
good times with them is an understatement!

Were heading to the south coast of NSW. Darling husband, lulu and I plan to
stop for some camping and hopefully a spot of treasure hunting along the way.
I have refrained from reading the latest Frankie Mag I haven't even taken a peek,
it will be a most welcome travel companion....









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A quilt in the making

A sneak peak at this gorgeous quilt I making for a client. It features some of my
favorite bits of fabric. I am loving the blend of pinks, raspberry reds and baby blues.
Novelty prints, polka dots, stripes, floral's and the odd apple.
This will eventually be a single bed quilt.

Modern Letter Cushions

A couple of letter cushions that I sent out to some clients last week.
I find the backs always look just as cute!

Stacks of fun

We decided to invest in a camper trailer we love the outdoors and the simplicity
of life when there is nothing to do but relax, sleep, eat and go for the odd walk or swim.
We have gone to town getting it decked out so all we have to do is put it on the
back of the car and we are home away from home. I thought this fabric selection
would make a great camping quilt.

I envision it being used for cool nights with a good book, warm days laying in the sun,
and a great play area for baby bump and lulu. Although the good and the bad is I think
I have enough fabric to make 3 of them.....orders anyone?

No I am not nesting or am I?

A favorite past time that I haven't had much time doing of late is finding
treasures. I came home with some great finds today. I am so happy with them
especially as they were all at the one thrift shop. I have been designing
and having visions of the nursery for "baby bump" for a while now and these
retro finds are perfect! We wont be finding out if its another little girl
or little boy that will be joining our family, Darling Husband and I don't
even need to discuss it were both adamant we want the surprise.

The draws look like the were teak or maple originally and have 1950's legs with brass
feet. I plan to strip back the legs and have the colour of the wood come back to life.
Funny when I was pregnant with lulu I painted everything that didn't move white this
time round I want the original wood! Draws $40.00

Kitch Fawn figures were $1 and 50c

The 1960's lamp has its original lamp shade but I think I might replace it or
have it re-covered hay I might even try and do it myself.....although sometimes
its easier to pay someone. I was thinking about some fabric from Ink and Spindle
so far this is what I envision. I love mustard and duck egg blue but the natural
fabric with birds is a fave too ??? Lamp $35.00

Making money and spending money

I have been a little absent, recouping from the 3 day fair at Magnolia Square.
I worked hard leading up to the fair, designing and sewing new products, keeping
stock levels high, planning and fitting out my site.... all whilst I was in my first
trimester of pregnancy, thankfully the tiredness managed to keep a bay whilst
I was at Magnolia Square and it was only my lower back and legs that suffered.

The fair was a big success, I sold out of one of my designs within 4 hours of the
first day, I thought 10 would have been enough, better do triple the amount
next time!!

So once we returned home and Darling Husband unloaded the car, built new
shelving for my workspace and made me a cup of tea, I went to work setting
up my office/sewing room, finally everything has a place. I feel super organized,
ready to get my hands to work on the various custom orders I received. Hence the
many parcels I am receiving on a daily basis. I went to town and ordered lots of
new and some all time fave fabrics for clients and I even bought some fun and beautiful
fabrics for me....enough to make 3 large quilts now its just finding the time to make them.

I will keep you up to date with my works in progress over the next few weeks,
time permitting, Christmas is nearly here!

In the Shop

In the shop and plenty more to take with me to Magnolia Square this week,
the perfect little gift for Christmas. I have lots of wonderful designs
to choose from and each one comes with wooden utensil set.
I will be adding more to my shop after Magnolia Square so keep an eye out.

Life is joyous

A weekend spent with good friends, delicious food, children laughing, and a
5 min drive to the beach. It was weekends like these that make me realize
how lucky we are to live in such a special spot. And to have the lifestyle we
do the only downer is being married to a winemaker and living on a
vineyard whilst being pregnant, I really would have loved to have a share in
the bottle of white wine that was going around late Saturday afternoon after
a day at the beach.....ahhhh the sacrifices we make for a new life x

Competition Time

If you missed out on the first issue then do yourself a favor and grab
the second issue of Little One Baby due out this Month. The super glossy
pages of adorable babies, stories of personal journeys, nursery ideas,
web shopping ideas and stunning photography need your full attention so
make sure you grab a quiet moment to really loose yourself in this high
quality production. Created by some very talented ladies in the town of Bendigo!

In this Months issue they are giving away lots of goodies including a
Maggie and Sparrow handmade quilt be sure to enter!



There are so many nursery ideas and it has me thinking and planning. As I
will be busy getting a nursery ready for our second baby which is due in May.
The hardest part will be deciding which fabrics to use for a quilt I have so many
favorites that I have been dying to use...the best part is I will actually be
keeping this quilt...I will keep you posted on what I decide to do !!

whats news

I introduced a few new products at the last Magnolia Square, I will have
them and a lot more up in my shop soon..... at the moment I am busy
labeling, pricing and preparing packaging for Christmas goodies.....

Lovely Sweet Calender Fetish

Every thing about these girls oozes loveliness and sweetness, the girls I am
talking about are the talented sisters from Sweet William I had a stall opposite
them at Magnolia Square back in August, I had to contain myself from running
over there wanting to buy one of everything, whenever I had a spare moment.
When I spotted this calendar for sale over at there ETSY store I just had to have one
( you can never have to many calender's especially pretty ones) The original
illustrations are beautiful and dreamy, I love the fact the cards are held together
with a simple bulldog clip, this piece of gorgeousness will hang somewhere very
special.........oh and how sweet are the photos too x

Well Spotted

One of my Birdie Num Num Mobiles was spotted at this wonderful web site
Handmade Kids it was part of a little snippet they did on Trifle. Now I am going to
head back there and see what other handmade goodies I might be able to spot for
Miss lulu, Christmas is just around the corner and I have thankfully started a
collection of pressies for her which are hidden on the top shelf of my wardrob!

Place your order.....

Ordered my 2010 frankie Calendar today...cant wait to check out the ever
so gorgeous illustrations, but its scary to think 2010 is around the corner!!








images from FRANKIE

Away from the desk

My days at the desk have been few and far between. As my time is being spent
at my sewing machine, which is running hot at the moment. There are scraps from
cutting all over the floor, piles of delicious fabrics that need to be stored away,
and far too many works in progress to mention.....all in preparation for Magnolia Square
in November. I do hope to post a few things that I have been working on, but if
I don't quite make you now know why :-)

Amore

This quilt is called Amore as the quilting stitch is of interlocking love hearts.
I have just added it to my shop .....its pure coincidence that lulu is dressed
in pink and green. I had no intention of doing a photo shoot today
as lulu is heading to Nanny's for the weekend. We were about to hop in the car
when I suddenly had the urge to complete this job that has been on my list to do
for a while......so now I can go away on my annual quilting weekend happy I
got it done!

Jambo Jumbo Mobile

Remember the Bon Bon Quilt, well the client contacted me and asked me to
make one of my Jambo Jumbo Mobiles out of the same fabric, this is the
finished product. Quite a bit of work is involved but its worth it once I see
them all happily swaying together. I bet her nursery looks divine I love the
muted tones and playful little images like this rabbit sitting on the elephants ear.

Made In France

I always manage to find a little treasure or two when I head up the mountains
to Healesville. A favorite town of mine, where I worked for many years before
we made the sea change. Imagine my delight when I caught a glimpse of these
French herb pots…..