Ohhhh, a new layout!

So, I was googling and thought I'd see if I could find a different look for my blog as it was boring me....
Found some ol' site and was going through pages and pages of templates that really didn't do it for me. Then I came across this little birdie one and thought "yeah, that's it!" I'm loving the brown, the vintage style print on the brown background and think the little birdie is kinda cute too :)
There you do, new blog look for Sarah! (I will admit it took a while to figure out how to actually put the template on my blog, but that's all in the past now!! hahaha!)

Got the Softies Book!!!

So my library finally got the Softies book in and it's in my hot little hand!
I think the librarian found my excitement strange, but then she had a look at the book and I think she was secretly excited too!

There are so many cute little softies in there and I'm going to try one out very very soon.

Watch this space....

My cross stitch

Thought I should add some pics of my cross stitch. It's a birth announcement that I started sewing when I was still pregnant with Jack... who is now 15 months old! It's soooo close to being done, that I'm getting excited and have been trying to sew some most evenings after dinner.






There's still a bit more to do on the bear part - the angel's hair and some outlines, but it's so close...... Then under the moon I'm going to add Jack's name and birthdate. The moon needs a face and then it'll be ready to frame and pop on the wall in Jack's room. Yay!

Finished Amy Butler Frenchy bag

I just realised I didn't add the final pics of my Amy Butler Frenchy bag when I finished it months ago. I have still only made the one, even though I have fabric to make another!






Inside... yes, that's right, I DID use lining!

Army pants!!!

Oh!!! How could I forget to add this! I made myself a pair of pants. I used army print fabric from Spotlight and made 3/4 pants. They need some improving, but I'm happy with my first attempt.

I haven't got a pic. Will have to take one the next time I wear them.

I wear them around the house and have worn them to Coles, but they aren't really worthy of going out to a "proper" public place yet :)

Yeah, that's right, I made furnishings!

The "naked" door.......

The door with my curtain on it!!!! I LOVE this fabric and went to 3 Spotlight stores trying to find it!! I saw it one day and didn't buy it and then was kicking myself. Thank goodness we managed to eventually find it.

Here's a long shot of the loungeroom showing the (fabulous) curtain and the matching cushion cover on the lounge. The cushion cover definitely needs some work, but it was my first one and I'm pretty happy with it :)

Piggies and Trains

I made 2 AIO nappies using a Honeyboy pattern. They ended up pretty good!! I need to improve on the tabs at the front, but I'm still happy with them.

The pink one is plain pink micro fleece and the inside is pigs flannel. I made it for my niece Norah, who went about christening it the first time she wore it!! haha.

The blue one is navy spotty minky on the outside and train flannel on the inside. It's a great fit on my little model :)

I've got some more fabric to make more nappies, including some cool blue army print fleece for the outside of a nappy. How cool Jack will look in that!