Somewhere between exiting corporate life, having babies and fluctuating body sizes between pre/ post babies and feedings, my closet got bigger, but not necessarily better.
We have been moving house and one of my vows was to clean it out and not take all of it with me.
Serendipity stepped in and I met a lovely lady at one of my favorite shops who consults wardrobes as a living! She came over and made me get seriously real and cull my wardrobe. I had to try everything on and the judgement was firm, but very fair.
The three bags are full of suits I used to wear that are very out of fashion, clothes I was just hanging onto, and some really bad choice I am blaming on lack of sleep post kids.
The net result is a much, much smaller wardrobe that is more reflective of my lifestyle. I can find things a lot faster and feel liberated. Part of my birthday / mother’s day is now going shopping to add some things that have been highlighted as missing in the closet.
Here is to losing a lot of dead weight. Feeling lighter and better for it!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cleaning out closets in Sydney | 1 Comment »
Canon came through and fixed the camera ASAP. No explanation on why the camera packed up on me when it was less than a year old. I am just trying to appreciate that it is back and I am trying to embrace the just “let it go” sensation of it all.
Here is our latest fall t-shirt creation. Rhys is obsessed with garbage / rubbish and recycling and all aspects of the process. We copied this picture of the rubbish truck and then I sewed it on with blue thread on the machine. It isn’t my best work (wheels are a bit wonky), but he loves it and I made one for his best mate too. Big hit with the boys! I was a bit distracted in finishing it due to packing and organizing, but he took me to task on finish them.
Have a great weekend and hope to be back with more regular posts!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged boy craft, four year old boy craft, garbage truck craft, rubbish truck craft | 1 Comment »
Day one of fabulous holiday without kids and the camera blew up! This time I would like to mention that it had nothing to do with too much champagne consumption on my part. Unhappy would be a mild statement of my emotions over it, but a few hours later without the kids I forgot all about it!
Hopefully Canon will pull through for me. The camera is not even six month old, so hopefully they will fix it or swap it out for me.
Holiday was fabulous and so good that I didn’t stitch once! I discovered I am not built for tropical, equatorial living with my hair looking so frizzy that my GHD straightener couldn’t save me, sweating all the time and hot, hot, hot. I even got burnt in the shade with sunscreen!
Last night I finished one of the twin’s quilt tops. I think I was delaying sewing it all together because I knew it would be a challenge. Once I finished, it wasn’t that bad to bring together. Now, to start another quilt for the other baby. Also in the process of starting to pack some moving boxes. I am actually excited to get in there and cull like the wind.
Hope everyone else is well in blog land. Will be back soon I promise!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Quilting in Sydney | 1 Comment »
April 16, 2008 by rosalindsewsydney
Here is a sneak peak of my sewing basket. I have so many projects still lingering it has overflowed into another bag that sits along side, then a plastic bag full of another project and then the pirate quilt was hanging out in a closet. Nice huh? Looks completely in control……just like me.
Tomorrow I am executing operation escape kids. I am leaving the critters in Sydney with the visiting Grandparents while I escape for a week with my husband. I keep pinching myself not quite believing it is true. I suspect I will have re-entry issues on the domestic front meaning I don’t think I will want to come back! In saying that, I know I am going to miss them like CRAZY!
Have a great week! Tea towels are packed if I can stand to stitch in between cocktails.
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
April 14, 2008 by rosalindsewsydney
I finally organized the quilt backing for the long awaited pirate quilt. I am going to send it off to be professionally quilted and hopefully will have it back in a month or two to show off.
Here is the final result of the pirate drawing my Dad did that I traced onto part of the backing.
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
April 13, 2008 by rosalindsewsydney
Still not managing to finish very much on the craft front! I just laid out the baby quilt and discovered three of the small blocks were missing. How did that happen? I swear I counted them a hundred times! Back to the cutting board.
One small victory to post about. I made some binding and finished one of the tea towels. Yeah! I feel like I need to high five someone because I actually finished something! Hurray for me!
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
April 9, 2008 by rosalindsewsydney
Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney
My parents brought over some of my dresses from the 70’s. They are in really great condition and I will post some photos of Sloan squeezing into some of them.
The fabrics are so great. My favorite is the floor length, lime green number with the mushroom and fairy design on it. Go 70’s!
I’ll post the individual photos of the dresses on Flickr for a closer look.
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
April 5, 2008 by rosalindsewsydney
Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney
Grandparents are in the house and having two extra sets of hands is such a help. We are having a lot of fun and the grand kids are getting spoiled! Sloan has decided to start walking for them too. At 17.5 months it is high time she gets moving on her own two feet.
The Mosman Scouts is hosting a fundraiser with Picklemouse Corner this weekend at The Barn in Mosman. Local quilters are showing some of their quilts to help raise money.
The tulip quilt is one of the quilts I donated for the show. I made this quilt about ten years ago and it took two years of off and on work. It was a big project and I love the vintage feel of it.
The other photos are of some of my favorites from the show. The New York Beauties is by one of the teachers, Chris Judd, at Picklemouse corner. I took her Mariners Compass class two years ago and she was an excellent teacher and a beautiful quilter.
It is always so inspiring to see other quilter’s work of patterns, color and subject matter. I missed the Sydney quilt show last year and cannot wait for this years show. Hopefully I might even have a few projects completed so I won’t feel completely guilty buying more fabric. Have a great weekend!
Posted in Quilts | Tagged sydney quilt shows | 2 Comments »
April 1, 2008 by rosalindsewsydney
All the pinwheels are assembled and waiting final trimming. I really like how they look, but hope they aren’t too busy when they are together. I need to start laying them out to see how busy is busy.
My parent arrive tomorrow morning from the USA for the month of April. I am going to try and keep up a few posts, but visiting grandparents trump sewing and crafting.
Posted in Baby quilts | 1 Comment »
March 31, 2008 by rosalindsewsydney
Actually, Rhys is in school and Soan is taking a rare nap. Getting some sewing done!
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
