
Fabric Friday: round robin
I thought I may as well continue my bird theme fabric. This is Michael Miller’s round robin in aqua. It is very cute, isn’t it. There are lots of robins around our house, and the children love to spot them and point them out to everybody. I would like to sew this into a pinafore […]

Fabric Friday: chubby owls
These cute Kawaii chubby owls would make a delightful addition to a patchwork quilt and some bunting for my little boy’s room. I really like the soft texture of this fabric and the deep indigo colour is beautiful. I bought a yard and a fat quarter. Image from here, where you can also buy the […]

Fabric Friday: winking owls
I think owls are a bit of a hoot. In fact, I am a bit bird crazy right now, not just the iconic birdies, but real birds. I am seeing so many in my garden right now, in particular, the red breasted robin, blue wrens, wedge tailed eagles, hawks, kites, currawongs, crows, sparrows and plovers. […]
Fabric Friday: ‘Grocer #5’
This fabric, ‘Grocer’ cotton drill from spotlight is bright and cheery. Spotlight has a few colorways of this but I chose the red version (#5) for making some Christmas presents, such as oven mitts, aprons, gardening gloves and hot pads – you know, useful kitchen stuff. I thought it might also make a good iPad […]

Fabric Friday: ‘Grocer #5’
This fabric, ‘Grocer’ cotton drill from spotlight is bright and cheery. Spotlight has a few colorways of this but I chose the red version (#5) for making some Christmas presents, such as oven mitts, aprons, gardening gloves and hot pads – you know, useful kitchen stuff. I thought it might also make a good iPad […]

Fabric Friday: purple
I have been bursting to sew myself a new skirt. It needs to be a heavy weight fabric and it needs to be made with wintry colours. I am going to make a simple skirt. I will. Once I have given this purple fabric (‘vintage dreaming’ cotton drill from spotlight) a wash and an iron. […]

Fabric Friday: Georgie’s choice
I went to Spotlight with Georgie a few weeks ago. She chose this fabric, after going a bit dizzy with all the choices of colour, weights, patterns and styles. Georgie’s idea is to make a skirt for herself and a dress for Ella, so the two girls match. I bought 1.5m of this lightweight cotton […]

Fabric Friday: pillow cases!
I bought a pair of large pillow cases from the op shop. I really like the colors – great for spring, and quite feminine. These will make two pairs of pants for Ella. She is quite adamant these days about wearing pink pants. I was not prepared for my little baby to become so fashion […]
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