Envelope Neck Tee

Tee-hee-hee.  Whoops-a-daisy.

I tried to refashion an old hand me down t-shirt into an envelope neck tee for my bubba.  I made a few mistakes.  The biggest thing I did wrong was to get the envelope neck backwards.  The front overlaps the back instead of the other way around.

I have seen a few around and I half-read this tutorial.  Perhaps if I took the time to read all of it I wouldn't have made the mistake.  Oh well, I think its cute. I will tweak the pattern here and there, and make sure I sew it together in the right order next time.

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I just read the rest of the tutorial and its completely different to the way I put mine together.  If I can get all the bugs out I might do a tutorial...... one day.

Another Cot Quilt

I swear this looks like the twin brother of yesterdays quilt.  Not identical though, not at all.

Different fabrics and a different layout of the rectangles.  I even used a different chair to photograph him in.

Unfortunately I didn't get any photos of the brother quilts together before Ryden's quilt went to live with him this morning.  This quilt is for my nephew to be.

Perhaps the quilt brothers shall meet again one day.....  Perhaps I'll be there with my camera.....  Wouldn't that be lovely.....

Cot Quilt

Here is a finished cot quilt.  Bound in navy denim.   It is destined to reside with a little bubby named Ryden.  It looks like Ryden's quilt to me.  It's a little late.  I had better ring his Mummy to arrange for a cuppa later in the week.

As for the kidlet pants I have made..... I ran out of elastic.  I will have to make another trip to the local sewing shop.  No doubt I will come home with more essential crafting supplies.

I have been doing so much cleaning, organising and decluttering lately that I was having severe sewing withdrawals.  I am going to go and sew another quilt top now me thinks, or perhaps another pair of baby pants.

Hopefully you'll hear from me tomorrow again..... being Blogtober and all....



Some Crafting.....

Well there's been some crafting going on in this old stone house.

No photos yet but perhaps a finished quilt and some kidlets pants later in the day :-)

I have to get everything finished before I pack it all away, must make cushions for the lounge too.  And would love a lap quilt to go over the arm of the couch.  Must make my little bubba a new cot quilt and would love some bunting for above his bed.  It will all add to the sale of the house.....

I've Been a Bad Blogger.....

Instead of blogging my way through Blogtober I've been busy cleaning, decluttering and organising in an attempt to get this house ready for sale.  We are nearly there but there is still so much to do, so many little fiddly jobs that noone wants to do.

I am facing the prospect of moving my craft supplies to my mother in laws house for the duration of the marketing process.  I will miss my craft supplies but they do not have a real home.  They live in baskets placed randomly under tables and in corners around the house.  They occupy a randomly placed chest of drawers that could be put to better use. 

Perhaps once the always present temptation of creating resides elsewhere I can get stuck into the things that need to be done around here so we can move our family of Five into a house with more than two bedrooms.

And the real motivator? Perhaps the house we move into will have a space that can be set aside purely for my creative pursuits......  oooooooh sounds exciting.

Sorry, no photos.  To busy cleaning......

Happy Hour and Belated Creative Space

I missed yet another Blogtober post!  Not very good at this commitment thing.

There is some new Friday fun taking place in Blogworld.  It's called Happy Hour and is being hosted by Dorothybills.  Basically post about something that has made you happy this week.

I have been busy organising and decluttering at home this week.  This has been inspired by my friend Samantha's new blog.

The above photo is my back door.  This is the door we use the most.  The kitchen bench used to collect all sorts of clutter as we came in the door, school notices, library books, mail, handbags, keys etc.  I was always losing important things.  Now each person in the family has a shelf where they put their things as they walk in the door.  There is even space for a couple of pairs of shoes so they can be put on in a hurry.  I really hope this helps with my family's organisation.  Fingers crossed.

Now whenever I am looking for the car keys I know where they are, this makes me smile.  My husband was able to get himself ready for work this morning at 4 am because I had put everything he needed on his shelf, this also makes me smile.  And I was able to send back several readers and a library book that had been floating around the house when I sent Monet off to school this morning, this will make her teacher smile.

So I have been creatively organising this week and I think it shall stretch into next week as I tackle the master bedroom.

For some cheap thrills check out Happy Hour at Dorothybills.

And for more creative ideas pop in to Kootoyoo.

P.S. Please excuse the colour of the back door, we haven't decided what colour to paint it yet, any suggestions?



LILO

I had heard about this gorgeous cafe from Dorothybills, but today I was witness to the absoloute gorgeousness of the place.

We met for coffee with 4 children amongst us but we did not feel out of place at all.  The children were welcomed with colouring pencils and toys, and to eat..... boiled eggs with smiley faces on them.

I can't get over how wonderful this cafe was, more than just a cafe, a complete experience.  Everything was green...... vintage green...... even the paper for the children.

I didn't get photos but I have found some glorious green items on etsy so you can get your emerald fix today also....

Remember the name is LILO and if you are ever in Mornington check it out.....

P.S. Dear me! In my rush to post this I forgot to link to etsy for the origin of the glorious green glassware.  If you wish to puchase any of these grand green goings-on please search for green glass, green basket and green thermos in the vintage section of etsy.  My apologies again.....

oops!

Well I missed  first post of Blogtober and it was only the third, OOPS!

Just had sooo much going on yesterday.

Bubs was all better, pretty sure it was Roseola which is pretty harmless, just looks bad.

So, we went to the baby shower..... with a half finished quilt.

The weather was sooo fantastic that we decided to stroll along the beach with an ice-cream cone.  Of course all my water babies ended up in the water.  We found some fantastic shells and spotted 2 large starfish.

Then I picked up my sister who is 18 today and we had a pre-eighteen natter about life, the universe and everything inbetween.

Then forgetting to Blog for the day I dropped sleepily into bed and almost forgot to get up in time for school this morning.

Today

Well the rash got worse.  He's covered in it.  So it was off to the doctors this morning.  Doesn't look like measles cause there is no cough or cold symptoms.  Phew!

The doc said it could be a number of different viruses that cause a rash.  Without a definite answer I asked Mr Google again.

I think that its Roseola, also known as baby measles.  It fits perfectly.  Tenperature for 3 days, otherwise fine, and then a rash that lasts for about 3 days and a super grotty baby.  Perhaps because he's so itchy, poor thing.

But!  There is a small possibility that it could be Rubella.  Therefore I won't be attending the baby shower tomorrow where there will be at least 2 pregnant women.

(Insert sad face here)

At least I won't have to stay up all night finishing the quilt.

(Insert smiley face here)

Somehow today, amongst the bored kids and sick baby I managed to declutter half the kitchen.  It feels sooo good.  I hate doing the same house work over and over again and getting nowhere.  I have a box and a basket full of things to go to the op-shop and a few things that need to be returned to their owners.

I think  maybe my inspiration has come from my friend's new blog.   Check it out here. 

Does My Baby Have Measles?

Okay, so without a camera (my husband took it fishing), and without a clue as to what to post for my first blogtoberfest post, I am going to tell you whats on my mind today.

My baby has had a temperature for two days.  Not extremely high, but definitely persistant.  He has been crying and crying and crying.  I thought perhaps he was improving today.

I am currently watching a spotty red rash ceep out of his hair line and spread down his forhead.  It has also started to peek out from behind one ear and inch its way up his cheek,

DON"T PANIC

So I start googling, what else would a mother do.

Hmmmmmm, it seems that the most common childhood illness that starts like this is measles.

All I know about measles is that it causes meningitis, brain damage and death.

I realise that this rash will most probably dissappear and my baby will return to full health within a few days, as they do everytime I start to google dreadful diseases.  I am just overly protective and concerned for my beloved children.  A typical Mum. And a bit of a hypochondriac.

So, do you think my baby has measels?  When your kids are sick do you Google every disease known to mankind?  Do you overreact and expect the worst?

I DO!

Hope I have something more exciting to post about tomorrow, with some pictures.  And I hope my baby doesn't have measles.