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WIP Wednesday

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in our house with my brothers wedding on the Gold Coast followed by a busy Mother’s Day. We also caught up with some friends in Brisbane while we were up there for the weekend. I’m now back into the swing of things and I’m crafting more and hoping to share here more regularly. So here’s what has been happening in my sewing room this week.

First up I’m sewing along with the Lil Pip Challenge making the I heart Bowling set. I’m all cut and ready to sew.

I’ve also been working on a couple of projects I’ll be sharing over at And Sew We Craft. It’s baby month and these have been on my to do list for far too long, tick, tick. Here’s a sneaky peek.

And lastly, this week I signed up to a Kate Spain Aussie Charm Swap being organised by Ms Midge. I know I’m only a beginner when it comes to quilting but I love Kate Spain fabrics and am pretty excited about receiving my envelope of pretty fabrics.

I’m linking up with Little White Dove

Gift for Mum

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zipper purse with a twist and card wallet in Tilda fabric

Are you making a gift for mum this Mother’s Day? Last year I made my mum a bag for Mother’s Day so this year I decided to make her a little zipper purse with a twist and card wallet in gorgeous Tilda fabric. The perfect gift for anyone who collects loyalty & store cards! I’ll be sharing how to make the purse over at And Sew We Craft but here’s how I made the card wallet. Continue reading →

An Elephant Quilt

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One day many, many months ago (over a year as it turns out) I decided to make a quilt for Oscar and I have finally finished it.

An Elephant Quilt

How hard could it be?! My friend had made one for her son and I loved the pattern so I thought I’d give it a go. This is the pattern I used by Kate at One Flew Over. I found some gorgeous elephant fabric at spotlight and picked out the elephant splash for the backing (you can see this in the photo further down). Well it wasn’t too difficult, it just took a while to finish it.

Working out fabric placement

This was my first attempt at log cabins and my blocks did not come together perfectly. Lucky for me they were then cut into quarters and pieced back together and the seams didn’t always match up so it didn’t matter that they were a bit uneven. I was able to square them off a bit in this step.

My uneven blocks waiting to be cut in quarters

In Kate’s pattern she top stitches in straight lines from side to side. I decided to make a square block in the middle then straight lines through the outer blocks. The finished quilt is a 42″ square and I am so happy with how it turned out.

The finished elephant quilt

Now that I’ve finally finished Oscar’s quilt, I’m excited to get back to working on more purses and bags.

How to make a Plane Cake

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As promised, although a little later than planned, here is how I made the Plane birthday cake.

Plane birthday cake

What you need:
– a loaf tin
– a slice tin
– a cake mix (I used a vanilla packet mix)
– one batch of butter cream icing
– food colouring of choice ( I’ve used green & blue)
– lollies to decorate

I based the cake on the design of the plane I created for the Happy Birthday banner.

I baked the cakes splitting the mixture between the 2 tins. Once cooled I placed the smaller cake upside down on the short edge of the other cake and cut it. Using the rest of the cake to cut 4 triangles for the wings and 2 triangles for the tail. A small rectangle was used for the top of the plane. Cut the corners off the main cake and use 2 of them to create the nose. I also tucked a small square under the back of the main cake to help support the tail. Using toothpicks and butter cream secure the tail and the nose to the main cake. There was i little bit of cake left so I cut out a few small circles and made a cloud for the candle to sit in.

cakes ready for cutting

plane assembled with butter cream and toothpicks

All thats left now is to ice and decorate. I’ve used a snake and raspberry lolly to make the propellor and its held in with a toothpick. The windows are the bottom of strawberry and creams and the lights on the wings and tail are mini choc buttons.

Linking up with ASWC

Happy plane making,

Planes & Trains Party

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Wow its almost half way through March and the house is nearly back to normal after our little man’s 2nd birthday. He had an absolute ball running around the backyard with his cousins and helping himself to most of the food on the table now he can reach. I can’t believe how tall this kid is!

I had a bit of help with the baking during the week although he’s worked out licking the spoon is the best bit.

I found great inspiration for planes and trains party ideas on pinterest and here is the outcome of my decorating.

The cake took a little longer to decorate than planned but came together without too much stress. I’ll be sharing how I made this soon.

What party themes have you done for your kids? I’d love to hear about them.

I haven’t had much of a chance to get behind the sewing machine since Sam arrived 7 weeks ago but now the dust has settled from our birthday month I’m hoping to have more to share really soon. And don’t forget to check out my guest blogs over at And Sew We Craft.