Posted in Have you seen these?, craft, fabric, life and loves, sewing, tagged bed, bounce, busy, color, colour in, craft, fabric, handmade, life, list, madonna, softie, swap on June 25, 2008 | No Comments »
So - when the little voices in the head start to get louder i know im getting a bit stressed! (Does anyone else get little voices reminding you of all you have to do or am i the only psyco?)
I have decided to get a to dolist going! I’m not really a list person - but [...]
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Hubby has gone up coast for a couple of days to surf and fetch a new puppy (wait till you see the pics of our new bubba). Serendipitously, the girls were out on play-dates - so I had a long afternoon to do…..well,- did I create domestic serenity? No. Did I [...]
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I found this book to be a sumptious feast of colour and inspiration. I had a look through it at the last “craft Hub” meeting and I was so excited to be exposed to a new cultural craft that I knew nothing about. The art of tivaevae making is unique to the Cook Islands. Quilt [...]
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My friend Helen ( a little Gem from my craft group) has such a lovely Babushka doll she is giving away - visit her - don’t be shy - we had such fun with the last draw we want to do it again.
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She is made from my special Shweshwe stash of fabric and has ostrich shell beads for hair. Just leave a comment and away she will fly.
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Posted in Have you seen these?, fabric, gems, sewing, tutorial, tagged cd holder, giveway, ric rac, sewing, tutorial on February 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Welcome bloglanders. Hope you’ve found some good stuff out there – I know that I usually hit gold after a few short minutes surfing – before I know it - several hours have passed ! I was excited to find the following giveaway. Thanks to Jodie from RicRac.I love finding a free tutorial but often [...]
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Here are a few bits I am pulling together from the ShweShwe fabric
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Posted in Have you seen these?, fabric, sewing, south africa, tagged fabric, Have you seen these?, parcel, sew, shweshe, south africa on November 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
while beavering away at my sewing machine, my husband came in carrying a big brown box -( one with stamps all over it) that make my heart go pitter patter. It was a lovely parcel from my aunt Julia in South Africa - I had asked her to please send me some shweshwe fabric - a traditional african cloth. Well [...]
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