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The Good Stuff 2013

Here’s some of the good stuff from 2013!

First of all our little monkey turned 1 and discovered his love of cake!  That’s my boy.

I joined in some swaps – a sweet pouch swap organised by Ros at Sew Delicious & a little pincushion swap organised by Lisa at Sweet Little Pretties

Sweet pouch

Sweet pouch

Little pin cushion

Little pin cushion

I finally made some time to sew something for me and I love it.  Its the Jamie Dress by Sis Boom.  I picked up this fabric from a Spotlight sale for $3 a metre, BARGAIN!

Jamie Dress

Jamie Dress

I tried out some new bags using Melly & Me’s patterns and loved the results

Raspberry Ripple Bag

Raspberry Ripple Bag

Fat Quarter Bag

Fat Quarter Bag

I also went to one of Nicole Mallalieu’s classes and learnt so much, even though I was a little star struck (she’s one of my favourite bag designers).  Totally loved it and worth every cent.  It was one on zippers, lots of zips in this tote so I thought I should keep it!

 Large Tote/Satchel

Large Tote/Satchel

This year we added some clutches to our bag range in 3 different sizes.  (the 150mm frame using Nicole Mallalieu’s pattern, the others based on this)

Fleurette Clutch

Fleurette Clutch

I also put my hand to some quilting but only for me & family.  This is certainly more of a challenge than making a bag.

And not long before Christmas I did my first market for the year.  I hope to be back at Maribyrnong Makers Market next year.  It was a great day.

And the most exciting news was finding out we were pregnant again!  

Happy New Years Eve,

Little Pin Cushion Swap

A big thankyou to Lisa from Sweet Little Pretties for organising this swap. It’s my second for the year and I think I’m addicted. There is just something exciting about receiving goodies in the mail!

I’d never made a pin cushion so I trawled through pinterest and asked around my sewing friends as to what they liked.  I ended up making the Pinnie Pin Cushion by Details by Des.

How it started off:

My swap partner liked aqua, white and silver and spots, stripes, chevron and solids.  I searched through my stash and found these fabrics which were perfect.  It should be received any day now.
I hope she likes it…
Happy sewing