Weekending!

 

 

 

 

 

Summer heat hit Queensland this weekend.
As a heat wave was here the weekend was spent the coolest place we could find...the pool.
It was so nice to see the kids back in the pool enjoying themselves. My little man was a little hesitant at first, but it was amazing how quick he gained confidence again in the water.
By Sunday afternoon he was doing his first bomb dives & all three were lining up holding hands and performing silly tricks.
Little Miss Cheeky loves the pool already but was also quiet content to watch in awe of her older siblings from the front deck.
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend in your little worlds:)
Nx

www.inhomewares.com.au

Completed Project

"Christening Quilt" is now in the hands of my client who will present it to her godson on the weekend. She was a delight to work with & it was nice to work with someone who had a very defined idea of what she was looking for & I'm so pleased we were on the same page & she is so happy with the results.
This was a quilt that made me to be very disciplined with my workings & designing. Surprisingly I loved that I had to be so methodical.
Little Miss Cheeky also gave it her tick of approval!

Hope you are all having a good week so far:)

Nx

www.inhomewares.com.au

Little skirt

 

 

What a crazy start to the new term, this is the first chance I've had an opportunity to visit the blogging world all week.

 

As mentioned in my previous post, daughter # 1 has taken an interest in sewing. Here is a little skirt she created for Little Miss Cheeky. It is a simple creation that took her only a few hours to whip up. I only had to make a couple of little alterations.

 

Little Miss Cheeky loves it. Whilst I was trying to take some photo's, she was too busy watching the big kids in the pool & so desperately wanted to join in.

Which she did not long after the photo shoot was complete!!

 

Hope you are all enjoying a lovely week:)

 

Nx

Birthday

Daughter # 1 has turned 12. I can't believe how quickly those years have gone by. I still vividly remember her as a beautiful wee baby.
She was like a porcelain doll, with gorgeous white skin, red hair & these sparkling blue eyes that would shine every time you looked at her.
She was a dream baby & so happy.

she loves to design, redecorate and change the layout of her

bedroom (not sure where she got that from!)...

 

she loves to bake (not like me) & sew...

 

and adores slurpies as a treat.. 

 

To celebrate she had a pool party with her friends... 

 

mum to the rescue again with baking a fabulous cake...just what the birthday girl wanted

she can spend hours under the water



and she is a wonderful big sister..

 

Happy birthday to my gorgeous first born daughter I'm so proud of the person you have become. Love you so much:)

 



Holidays...

 

with our school holidays drawing to a close, last night as a family we reflected on the highlights of the past two weeks.

they were:-

 

swimming....

 

hiking in the national park

 

well deserved ice-cream after such a huge hike,

with miss cheeky enjoying a biscuit treat and been her cheeky self..

 

discovering the seven dwarfs in a maze..

  

 

watching a stunning peacock..

 

 

little miss cheeky napping when she can..

We've had a fun, hectic few weeks and are now ready to face the last term of the school year!!

Wishing you all a lovely sunny happy weekend:)

Nx

www.inhomewares.com.au

Work in progress

 

 

Yeah, the final piece to the puzzle arrived first thing this morning for the "Christening Quilt".

As mentioned  in an earlier post, my client requested a fabric which had a design of a doberman or black dog on it. This wasn't an easy task, lots of "Spot the dog" or "Scottish" dogs or fabrics with images of various dogs. But to find one with only a black dog looking like a doberman plus limited to only sourcing within Australia was tricky.

I did find the perfect piece and my client loves it. It also really compliments the rest of the quilts colour scheme and style.

I'm normally a random layout designer, just grabbing at the fabric & piecing it together. For this quilt, I was more methodical about fabric placement and layout. I had to consider the embroidery blocks & also with large scale fabrics of cars & traffic control prints. So it took time & patience to put it together.

Top quilt now complete, client thinks it looks fabulous (which is wonderful) now onto quilting!:)

Nx

www.inhomewares.com.au

New Project

 

We arrived back yesterday from enjoying a week at the beach. It was so nice to relax with no schedules or time limits for our little family to recharge and reconnect as a family and prepare for the final part of the year.

 

On my return I had some lovely packages awaiting for my next little commissioned quilt.



 

This is an interesting project as my client was quiet detailed in what she was seeking plus a tight turn around as it is a "Christening Quilt" for her godson.

 

The brief was for all family names including the Christening child's names to be incorporated in the quilt; colour scheme - grey; dark blues & red; must be really boyish and a fabric with a doberman or black dog (more on this later) to be included.

 

So I out sourced and got the individual names embroidered onto 6" square blocks. Due to deadline all fabrics were sourced within Australia as I couldn't afford any delays with international shipment.

 

Just waiting on one last piece to the puzzle to arrive. It was a little hard to source but finally located....more on that when it arrives!

 

Hope you have a wonderful creative week ahead:)
Nx

 

www.inhomewares.com.au