entry

Here's my very plain entry hall into the house. After 10 years, it's time to do a little sprucing up. So I'm playing around with the idea of designing some wallpaper and having it printed up by The Wall Sticker Company. The view towards this wall is taken from the one and only lounge in my house, so it gets looked at daily. Things to consider... how quickly I will get sick of it, not too girly as I have 2 boys, not too bright as my house is tiny. 
Anyway these are just a start. I'll do some more over the next week.

the visual diary

Thanks, Kate, for a really lovely write up. You can read it here and check out many more designers Kate has sourced from around Australia and overseas.

crafty people

photo courtesy of the(sydney)magazine

Do you have a minute to answer 6 questions? A large sewing pattern company put the idea of running some craft retreats/workshops to me this year and now it's time to see if it's something that's worthwhile.
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top #6

Pocket camouflaged into the flowers.

This is the 6th time I have made this top. Three already in my cupboard and enjoying a quick rotation this autumn. Two were given to friends. Can you tell when I find something that is easy to make and fits well that I become a little obsessed?
I'm running a sewing class in the school holidays - sewing a dress. It's a little on the tricky side with invisible zip, inverted pleats and binding and would be for the intermediate or advanced sewer. So I'm thinking of offering this as an easy option for those more on the beginner side of things when it comes to garment construction. 
Contact the girls at Jules Craft Shoppe for more details if you want to join us for two mornings of sewing.

finders keepers pics

Herbert & friends

Ink & Spindle (Lara and Teegs, two great friends)

The talented Claire of Schmooks and her hubby - my market next door neighbours.

and ... me.

bunting kits

 A new kit using a random mix of my hand printed fabrics.

random

With a whole lot of preparations being made for the Finders Keepers market at the end of the week, there's not a lot to show. It's all about designing a lovely product and then reproducing it a billion times... well maybe not that many. But as I do struggle to pay attention once I've made something more than 3 times and it feels like a billion.
The top pic is a 'surprise' new colourway of my Kokeshi dolls. A surprise when the printer rang and said something like 'you know how you ordered a batch of blue/red/choc and another of pink/mustard/choc, well I got a little mixed up'. My first question was 'But does it look OK?' Yes, a happy surprise. 
And the next picture is my bike. A Giant Halfway folding bike I bought on ebay 3 years ago. Great for riding to school with the boys. But definitely not during magpie season.