A great week

I've had a wonderful week.

On wednesday,I found this dress at the op-shop.

Woo Hoo!

After complaining to Ainslie that I rarley find great stuff.I scored this number.Who knows where I'll wear it.It's a bit out there-floor length red,but I couldn't leave without it.

Then that afternoon Eva arrived all the way from the UK,Thanks Katy!

I have been very strong,I bought her for my daughter's b'day in April,but I want it.

Mine,Mine-miiiiinnnnnnnne!

Boy-Motherhood can bring lots of sacrifes. ;)

Throw in swimming and visiting friend's there hasn't been much crafting.

Well,a little but nothing completed.

Happy weekend!

Tagged

My gorgeous is asleep,so I can finally complete this....

Ive been tagged by blogsters,Sarah and Lisa from a spoon full of sugar.

These are the rules:

1. Link back to the person who tagged you

2. Post "The Rules" on your blog

3. Post 7 weird or random facts about yourself on your blog

4. Tag seven people and link to them

5. Comment on their blogs to let them know they have been 'tagged'

Ok,here goes,

1. I HATE to iron.I mean ,abhor it.I'm feeling cross just typing this.

The only things I will iron are the girls dresses or skirts if I've made them,obviously ,if I'm making something to sell and my husband's kilt.

2. I meet my hubby in Glasgow at a pub called "Nice and Sleazy"!

3. I can sign Auslan(Australian Sign Language) fluently.I grew up with a profoundly Deaf cousin and her only true means of communication is Auslan.Four years ago I did some courses and worked within the Deaf community and finally became fluent. I am the first person in our family to learn Auslan and I'm really proud of that and happy that I have gotten to truly know my cousin.She's a crack up!

4. Having my second girl 17 months ago sparked my interest in sewing again.I hadn't seriously sewn for about 10 years.

5.I love going to the movies by myself.

6.I've got half an Art degree.The 'Art' scene annoys me.

7.I used to live in Newcastle(AUS),Berlin,Inverness(Scotland) and Glasgow.

This tag has been doing the rounds for a while now,so I'm finding it difficult to find people who haven't had a go.

I have tagged

1.Brierly and Clover

2.Sadie and Lance

3.Pot of Rose tea

A weekend of sewing fun

We've been very busy this week.
Mairi is making a bag for her buddy at big school to say thank you for being a kind person.Awww!
So she had a go of the pinning,check out the photos,and then did some serious sewing.This was the first time has sewn by herself.
Previously, I've just had her on my lap,but this time we set up the presser foot on her bathroom step and after a few hiccups(not wanting to let the fabric feed through) she did really well.We are almost finished so we will post a picture when we are finished.
Later when Skye Rocket was asleep,I did some applique work on a skirt for Mairi,while Mairi busied herself,making a fabric collage,standing patiently waiting for the over locker scraps! That girl kills me,she's so into the craft,I love it!
The applique is inspired by a cover of a Japanese sewing mag that a saw around the place,I love the stylised flowers.
I was working with Pellon fusible webbing ,which I found tricky to work with.It kept sticking to everything it wasn't supposed to.I was using visoflex,but it is rather expensive.
I think it's worth the investment though.
I've been tagged by another newish blog ,a spoon full of sugar,and I'm very excited about that,who doesn't love talking about themselves ( : .

Stay tuned till tomorrow...to learn 7 things about moi!

Introducing Skye Rocket

Here she is!

My inspiration for the name of the blog.

Skye Lucinda,isn't she divine.

Her dad has been teaching her the tango,here we are having a turn together.

Projects

Been very busy this week completeing some things for friend's.This skivvy and skirt set are going to a friend of a friend's 2 year old for her birthday.I loved the fabric so much I'm inspired to make some bunting for the girl's room.

Mairi's library bag

Back from the brink,finally,I hate being sick.

We've all had bad colds in our house and mystery 24 hour viruses.Yuk!

Anyway,we have finally finished Mairi's library bag,I'm very proud of it,although it hasn't photographed very well.

We had such fun making it together.

The Photo shoot

Yay! We are finally up and running!

I have been wanting to start a blog for a while and now Mairi(Miu Miu) is finally at school,it's happened.

I have wanted to start this blog to meet like-minded crafty mummys and their wee ones and to keep me on track with my own projects.

Well,as I said before Mairi,my eldest has just started kindy last week and already I have had to keep her home,as this morning we all woke up with dreadful colds.

In true 41/2 year old style though,by 10am she seemed fine and I was pulling my hair out,so we had a photo shoot of my stuff in the backyard.Fun was had by all and she was really helpful.Here are some of the results.

Please forgive me for causing neck strain,but for the life of me,I can't figure out how to rotate or delete these images once they have been uploaded.....so off to blogland they go.