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My basket is overflowing again

i have been working very hard lately trying to clear my basket and in one day i managed to fill it to overflowing again not that i am complaining i had fun   i discovered this super cute brooch at one of the first stalls  i seriously looked at they were selling the kimonos attached to a card to give away but down below i discovered this little kit and now i have the pattern i can make lot's of these   they were also selling these super cute earrings i just had to have them they have Miss S inspired and i think making these little cuties could be her next entrepreneurial challenge In keeping with the japanese theme i bought this Sashiko Kit always been interested in having a go  I also bought this super cute little Rotary cutter i needed it for a upcoming workshop and of course i absolutely couldn't refuse the deal the  on the rotary cutter blades Of course there was absolutely no chance i would leave the craft fair without Anni 's newest book the biggest decisio

craft and quilt fair 2011

In the wee early hours of the morning when most normal people are curled up in their beds and the sun was still nowhere to be seen sticky (my camping buddy) and i hopped the train to Sydney destination after about two and a half hours of non stop chatting (seriously we spend sooo much time together i don't know how  we can still manage to chat non-stop for two and a half hours) we arrived at central station  to a beautiful sunny winters day after a short trip on the rail link tram we  arrived at nine it looked like this by mid morning most booths were  two or three deep (point to remember hit the booths you are most interested in early) after two hours Sticky heard the forewarned lament owww i want to come back tomorrow, not enough time at 11:30 i caught up with this scraggly group of bloggers left to right back row ( the wicked ones...lol ) Shrialee stitches  ,  Riley's Ramblings  ,  heavens to bettsy  ,  This old aunt's quilts  ,  On my Verandah left to ri

playing with photoshop

I have just finished another set of nights, and again feel that i am emerging  from my sleepy cocoon. During a run of nights i usually just muck around with  whatever i can find that doesn't require a long attention span and provides some instant gratification yesterday i was sleepy the bed was warm the cup of tea sweet and my lap top close at hand i discovered  Kim Klassen cafe Kim's blog is centered around her photography and the use of  textures as an overlay to make the photo's more interesting / arty appealing personally  i think her photo's are great anyway but texturising them is amazing so this is what i learn't in about 30 mins yesterday this is the original image taken by Kim Klassen pretty nice shot (looks a bit like my bedside table) this is what the photo looked like after a bit of playing with photoshop and Kim's  stained music paper and stained paper texture's the same image using  the peeling paint and cinnamon texture's

cappella

I ve been busy sewing corners onto rectangles sewing edges onto squares making lots of peices to create the blocks for  "Cappella" so far i have made the peices for 12 of the blocks of the 25 needed for me this is pretty good,  i don't get alot of time at the machine or with needle and thread  "Capella"  is my work in progress ( one of many) and i am enjoying the process Miss M and i played with the blocks last night and selected the combinations for the first 12 blocks Miss M is enthralled and has decided that the new quilt would look great in her room the name "Cappella" is Italian and means chapel the fabric range is called  "luna notte" by three sisters and means  night moon in Italian my MIL is Italian so in tribute to her and the range name i have gone with  an Italian name this quilt has gained it's name as the design  results in many crosses, both colored and in cream the blocks are set onpoint so the crosses are d

Merriwa - and the running of the sheep

Miss M is on her L's and we are trying to get her hours up one hundred and twenty hours is a lot of hours so Today i decided to take her to Merriwa for the running of the sheep from Newcastle at the speed limit an easy five hours for me for her with her  80 km/hr speed limit nearly six hours I had first heard about the Merriwa festival of the fleece about two years ago and have been keen to see the running of the sheep ever since apparently the tradition of the red socks started in 1994 the tradition was inspired by a similar event in Montana USA I think they look really cute but the socks look a little more  like leg warmers than socks the little human lambs were pretty cute as well i found this lovely lady hidden away in one of the community halls her spinning was so fine and so even it was gorgeous,  there were some truely lovely hand spun, hand knitted garments for sale this very clever guy was exhibiting his skills in whip cracking here the whip is going ri