Posted in Random, Uncategorized, tagged Siamese cat on July 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
coco
Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney
The day our cat Tiger died my husband picked up a flyer about a Siamese cat being given away to a good home. I rang the owner that day to explain we had two cats, but if they got in a bad spot to call me and I would take the [...]
Posted in Random, Uncategorized, tagged baby shower, baby shower invitations on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
babyshowerinvite
Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney
Sloan’s God Mother is having a baby in early September. I am throwing her a shower in a few weeks and these are the invitations I made. They are copied from Anna Maria Horner’s website. How cool is her website? The pillowcase dress is on my “to sew” list.
I don’t have a [...]
Posted in Kids Crafts, tagged girl craft, Maisie craft, Maisie t-shirt on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
lovingmaisie
Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney
We are big fans of Maisie Mouse. It is so funny because Maisie didn’t enter my world with my first child, but Sloan is a huge fan. The books and illustrations are so sweet and that Tallulah! Next shirt will definitley be a Tallulah creation.
I posted a close up of the [...]
Posted in Boys crafts, Kids Crafts, Uncategorized, tagged boy craft, boy sewing on July 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Boys Pillows
Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney
Melbourne was so fun! What a great city!!! The food and the fashion! Overall the vibe was so amazing. I loved how everyone dressed so individually and their clothes looked more like works of art rather than functional wear. When I think of Melbourne I think of the word “groovy”.
My [...]
Posted in Boys crafts, tagged Boys crafts, four year old boy craft, painting craft on July 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
spongepainting
Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney
It took me a day to recover post all day play date with three of Rhys’ friends. I tried out a few crafts on the boys and the sponge painting was a hit. I cut a few submarines and cars out for them to sponge with and they were kept busy.
I’m [...]
Posted in Boys crafts, Kids Crafts, tagged boy craft, home made, kaleidoscope on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
kaleidroo
Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney
Entering into week two of school holidays and I decided to break out some serious kid craft. Rhys loves playing with kaleidoscopes at school. I checked out a book in the library on how to make your own at home. The library book projects were a bit advanced for what I [...]
Posted in Baby quilts, Boys crafts, Quilts, tagged baby quilt for boys, Kaffe Fasset baby quilt on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
designwall
Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney
How great is this? We are renting right now and this is the fabric blind in the living room which happen to double as my sewing room.
I have been using it as my design wall! The baby quilt has turned out to be massive. I really like it and I am [...]
Posted in Dolls, Uncategorized, tagged rag dolls on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
dolltakeone
Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney
I have learned a lot about sewing over the years, but apparently not enough to avoid making this doll’s arms looking super, duper wonky.
If you had seem my drawing and inspiration of what I was aiming at acheiving, to this the final result, you would not imagine they were the same [...]
Posted in Baby quilts, Uncategorized, tagged Material Obsession on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
materialobsessionbook
Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney
Things are looking up! Got my computer back after a quick hiatus. Bad news is the techo confirmed it is a hardware issue so it will have to take a holiday to the computer doctor soon. I am really over technical difficulties.
I bought this book at the Sydney Quilt show last [...]
Posted in Random, Uncategorized on July 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I like to quote a lot of songs in my life. I particularly am partial to singing, “I just want to be….ALL BY MYSELF” to my family. I also like to sing my advice to the youngsters in my life and sing, “If I could turn back time” when referring to one of my many [...]
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