Birdy dress with pears

This is what I'm calling this new smock-y thing fresh off the ironing board.....that uncut project I mentioned in the last post. Now that my focus is back on the sewing, everything gets finished quick smart!


Here's an extreme closeup, so you can peek at the fabric I had to sacrifice for this garment. Cute rows of pears and birds, in a soft baby wale cord. Tee hee hee! The fabric is from Leslie's shop and if you ask her nicely, she might still have some left. Maybe.


I always hesitate cutting into beautiful fabric, but hey, that kind of thinking won't get anything finished around here. And let's not forget, the stash is king. Use up some fabric (in a friendly, environmentally responsible way), make room for more.

And here's the kiddo sporting her new duds with her "teletubby". She refused to put it down even for the photo.


That would be the red stuffed alien in her hands......not the geezer.


Hope everyone's having a great weekend! Cheerio!

PS.........pattern for the birdy smocky dress is from this craft book.

Mustering the crafting

I managed to kick-start the dormant projects around here the other day. There's a heap of patterns and fabric littered everywhere. And even with all that busy bee-ness (it felt like I was doing heaps!) I only managed one house block to go with the others. Dang!


It'll be interesting to see the complete quilt top once all the blocks are finished. There's a lot of scraps I'm seeing from the different bibs, smocks and garments I've made for the kiddo, as well as other little people.

By the way, I'm just auditioning thread colours up there. I'm wanting to hand quilt this lot, but don't hold me to it in case I'm strapped for time.

Anyhow, today's project is another winter smock-y garment for the kiddo. The patterns have been traced and cut. The fabric has been washed and pressed. Just blogging the time away while she's mesmerised by Play School. I'm waiting eagerly for the nap time to start. Show-and-tell will happen on the weekend if I get lucky.

Now whilst I've been busy sewing up half of the kiddo's winter wardrobe, I had neglected to update mine for starting work. The last time I was in an office I was wearing maternity clothes and prior to my preggo state, everything I owned was a size 6-8. Yikes! Most of it is fit to go into the nearest Vinnies bin, I think. So I'm tripping into town tomorrow to get some basics which I can do some mixing with the remaining five items (how? how? how?) in the wardrobe that still fit.....just until the first payday. He he he!

Hope you all have great weekends planned! I'll be scooting over to yours to catch-up on some needed blog-reading.

Cheerio!

Disorganised

Both crafting and blogging, that is. I do have a finished yarn-y something, which I left in the car....which is with the geezer....which I don't have a photo of. So we'll just have to make do with this mess of a craft table. That would be the cutting mat underneath all of that paraphernalia.


Anyhow, Sue tagged me to do a fun movie meme and being one half of a cinephile partnership (the geezer and I watch an inordinate amount of movies), it was quite the challenge poring through the annals of what I'd seen.

1. One movie that made you laugh - The Valet - this one is hilarious, french comedy at its best

2. One movie that made you cry - PS I Love You - with Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler….a real weepy. I went through half a box of tissues. (I’ll add Pan’s Labyrinth to this, too)

3. One movie that you loved as a child - The Sound of Music. I was quite upset when I found out from my mum that we were going to see this. I had thought it was a grown up movie. But I enjoyed it so much I’ve liked it ever since.

4. One movie you've seen more than once - Cinema Paradiso - this movie is just so beautiful!

5. One movie you loved, but were embarrased to admit it - 10 Things I Hate About You - with Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger. I went through a phase of liking teeny bopper movies whilst in my twenties…..late twenties. Denial, you know.

6. One movie you hated - the Hollywood version of L’Ultimo Bacio (The Last Kiss), with Zach Braff. Ugh! They really destroyed that one. The original Italian version was excellent!

7. One movie that scared you - American History X - Edward Norton was very chilling in that skinhead character

8. One movie that bored you - Russian Ark……I know that its supposed to be amazing for having been shot in one continuous take, but it was soooo boring.

9. One movie that made you happy - Love Me If You Dare, another french movie with a then little known Marion Cottillard

10. One movie that made you miserable - The Lives of Others - german movie about the life in East Berlin under the watchful eyes of the Stasi secret police. Excellent movie, but very depressing.

11. One movie that you weren’t brave enough to see - No Country for Old Men - I was set to watch it on the couch with the geezer, but I couldn’t even last the first 15 minutes. I'm not cut out for violence.

12. One movie character you've fallen in love with - That lone guy played by Hugh Dancy in The Jane Austen Book Club and Gerard Butler’s character in PS I Love You.

13. The last movie you saw - My Best Friend, yet another French movie with Daniel Auteuil

14. The next movie you hope to see - The Sex & the City movie and probably Dark Knight

Hmm, we watch a lot of foreign films, don't we? I'm not going to tag anyone, but do let me know if you want to play along in the comments. I'm always looking for new and interesting movies to watch.

Also, one more piece of news......I've got a job! Woohoo! I'm so excited to be starting full-time work again. I'm going to try a squeeze in as much sewing and crafting possible for the next few weeks. The housework can wait until I the week I start work. He he he! Kidding! I don't like living in a pigsty, either. But I'll try to get away with the bare minimum.

Cheerio!

Legs have sprouted

I do believe I'm back! I missed you all heaps......but that busy-ness I spoke about. Well, it's now grown some legs. Translated from gibberish, I had been running Project Getajob during nap times these past few weeks. Cos' as much as I adore being around the kiddo all day long, I'm feeling the need to hold some occasional intelligent conversation and try to resurrect my career from whatever pit it sank to. And some of you will know about the skyrocketing cost of living here in Sydney-town. The extra dosh will definitely get me that much closer to adding some more Liberty fabric into the stash. (must get some of that kingly cord....not to mention more yarn)

I'm actually looking forward to being groomed and snappily dressed again. First, I'll need some practice.


For now I've allowed myself to chill and craft while I play the waiting game for the (hopefully good) news. Just a few more days.

Meanwhile, I've been making practice crochet swatches and another pair of trousers for the kiddo. (she's sprouting too!) In fact, I'm quite please with this pair. Cos' lookee, lookee!


Beautiful piped side seams! I finally conquered the piping.....woohoo!


And that duck egg Amy Butler fabric is proving very versatile. This one's matched with a japanese twill novelty print.

Thank you also for your lovely comments about the crocheted scarves from my last post. Apologies! I've become somewhat apathetic about responding, but now you know why. My mind was definitely somewhere else. I'll try to get back to everyone this evening.

Cheerio!

Breakus Interruptus

I know, I know! The lure this afternoon was just too great. A bit of blog surfing (which I originally alloted myself half-an-hour) has resulted in a whole nap time session and this post. Ack!

Fortunately, I actually had a few crafty things to write about. I had been stalking this pattern on Etsy for a few months, before I finally took the plunge a fortnight ago. And my goodness! It's the most ladylike scarf I've ever seen....or made. This is my practice version in Sublime worsted weight blend of cashmere, merino and silk. I made it longer than the pattern wanted, cos I like it nice and dangly. This one's in vintage red, which I'll be keeping.


But for my mum's Mother's Day package I hooked it up in the mulberry. The true colour is more like a dusky pink. So pretty!


And yes, she loves it! In fact it matches her outfit perfectly when we picked her up for a lunch outing today.

One more thingy, I promised you peeps a photo of the wee one sporting that patchwork smock I made two months ago. I decked her out in it for a party last weekend. Here's the cutie posing with the mostly-eaten bribe. Yes, I do that, too.


Too all you mums and grandmums....hope you're having a nice Mother's Day!

Cheerio! (I'm going back to the bloggus breakus)

I'm so dizzy

And I can be at times, I even surprise myself. After all, I am "dizzyjadey".....which if you must ask happens to be the sizzling porn name we came up with back in the day, when I was testing with hotmail addresses. A lifetime ago, when I used to work. Yep, the name stuck. And by default the inclination, too. He he he!

We're in the middle of some serious upheaval at the moment. Nothing drastic, but lots of busy-ness to attend to. My head was spinning that I almost forgot about today's blogmeet! Ack!


At the eleventh hour last night, I strapped myself to the craft table and made an image in my brain into 3D. Et voila! One cute pincushion made of wool flannel and japanese linen. Funny how the creativity just flows when you will yourself to finish whimsical somethings in under an hour. This one went to live here. I'm so happy its found a good home.

Anyhow, bloggy peeps, methinks I'll take a wee blog break. Just so I can focus on the other real-world concerns we have pressing. Whaddayathink? One week or two? I'll play it by ear. But I won't be far....I'll still be blog-surfing and reading, if not commenting.

See, I've been spinning so much I'm seeing stars! Pretty patchwork stars. (Scored by me from today's lucky dip. Thanks so much, Corrie!)


Cheerio, peeps!