Charming Floor Cushion

I love it when one little sewing job can solve so many things!

I hate to waste fabric and thus I have a HUGE amount of scraps. I even held onto all my red and white Ponyo left overs with a vague notion of one day creating a cross quilt...until today! 

The need for a floor cushion arose in our home and I jumped at the chance to use my scraps as filling! In fact it used up every last scrap...and could probably use a few more!

I was so excited (as I am in a clear out mode) and this removed any guilt I would have had if this fabric ended up in the bin!

For the cushion I used a lovely Prints Charming fabric that I've had put away for a while and I followed this DIY from Made by Rae! I would have loved to have done the piping but I didn't have enough at home and I was impatient to get a-sewing!

Rambo

Another AWESOME hand drawn tee for Atticus to add to his collection!

See his Atticus tee HERE!

Wee Wander

I spy with my little eye...

...some lovely Wee Wander fabric that has arrived in my studio!

This set of fat quarters will be turned into a quilt for Clementine, similar to Amelie's Briar Rose Rainbow Quilt.

Fort Firefly (The Fabric Obsession Series)

Fort Firefly by Teagan White is another illustrative fabric series that I fell in love with this year while hunting for quilting fabric for Clementine.

I found another lovely series for Clementine (see it HERE!) but could not let this one go!

I ended up spending some birthday money on a bag from Society 6 (see all her amazing designs HERE!)

Then after a while I thought I really should get some fabric as well...

I decided to make a Washi Dress...and played around adding a range of different trims and altering the back to use a casing instead of shirring:

I made a faux-collar with some trim as to not interrupt the pattern too much!

And then it was done:

It didn't feel quite right so I played around with it and found it worked much better as a tunic:

Then with the excess fabric I made a skirt for Clementine:

and one for Amelie!

It was great to work with such lovely fabric and not a scrap of it went to waste!

Do you have a favourite fabric you have been crushing on?

Briar Rose

The fabric has arrived and the quilt top has been completed!

Now comes the real hard work of quilting!

I never like to waste any special fabric so I have sewn the scraps together for an as yet unknown scrappy project,

ideas anyone?

Gone Quiltin'

This week I have been cutting and sewing my little heart out!

The Briar Rose quilt top came together today and is almost finished. I am just waiting on some extra fabric to finish that last little corner!

Here are some shots I took while I was having fun with my Heather Ross addiction!

One potholder...two potholders...three potholders...

 Some little potholders I made for Christmas this year.

If you want to create your own head over HERE!

Atticus' Ripple Blanket

I started this little blanket while awaiting my new arrival...

...and now 6 months down the track I have finally finished it!

It was my first ripple blanket and I have learnt a valuable lesson...I cast on way too tightly - so for my next ripple blanket I will cast on the first row with a larger crochet hook so you will get a neat ripple (like the top row instead of a too tight ripple like at the bottom)!

I do love the ripple effect and I am sure I will cast on another one soon.

I used this awesome pattern from Attic24!

Atticus' verdict?

YUMMY!