Mr Men and Little Miss Appliques

What I am working on is some hand made appliques of mr men and little miss to go on the back of a couch in the school library. At the moment the couch is a simple straight 2 seater in a dark blue that needs a bit of a colour up lift. I plan on making the black outlines in a black velvet type fabric and sewing it onto the colours of the characters and then adding vlysofix to the back and ironing it onto the couch. the yellow of this girl for instance will be cut out flush to the black outline once I have sewn the black onto it.

The outer edges and the red of the pig tails will not, to give it the simple look as if a child has coloured in a page. the size is of the characters are roughly 35cm tall by 41cms wide, so they are quite large. the plan is to make characters for the back of the couch and 1 on the outer sides of the arms. I also plan on making 2 cushions to sit on the couch. these will be square. Fingers crossed!
The fabrics for the characters is polar fleece.

Special Projects.

 This week when Renee too me out to Resource Rescue Craft Supplies we also went to Spotlight for some wool and fabric. Renee chose some feathers yarn for a hot water bottle cover, this is what I made. No pattern just used the hot water bottle as my guide.

 We also bought some cotton fabrics for the laundry. the curtains are in pretty floral pink and greens with a splash of orange.

 Some Chinese fabrics to cover the bookcase.

 The top has Velcro attached.

Finally some cushion covers in hot pink and orange square centers, for a bit of pop.
I enjoyed making these things and Renee was very happy too! It was a fantastic day that we both enjoyed very much.

New Kitchen Floor

 A very different kind of crafting happened at our house today, A new kitchen floor.

 We all had a hand in changing it. I pulled it up and used the old one as a template and traced and cut the new one out. (I must admit my job was easy)!

My husband and 2 sons helped take up the carpet to lino metal thingy and move the freezer and put it back, My daughter also had a hand in it! For Christmas she bought her dad a Bunnings voucher which went towards the new lino. I Love it!

We Love Quilting

http://welovequilting.com/ is having a giveaway, A Mystery Box of goodies, I love Lucky Dips, always have, It must be the kid inside of me.

Resource Rescue Inc

I have had the Most Fantastic Day today, I went here, http://www.resourcerescue.org.au/  for the first time after seeing the stuff that comes in via face book. I can highly recommend it to anyone who lives in that area or who does crafts etc. I can say it is well set out and plenty of stuff to choose from, lovely and clean and bright. It is up there along with my other favorite stores, Spotlight and Savers.

School Library Flloor Cushions Makeover.

 Floor cushions for the school library have had their seams fixed. They were tired looking and in need of a revamp and updating.

They now have new covers, plus more floor cushions added from my stash acquired from op shops just for this purpose. They now tie in nicely with the chair. one side is plane white and the other has that lovely alphabet print. I used my birthday spotlight gift card and the gift card from the school to get the materials, so really it was free. I had a great time choosing the fabrics.

Library Chair Delivered

 The chair got delivered to the school on Sunday. It is now in its permanent place in the library.

I received a wonderful present from the school, a Spotlight gift card, a super thank you card, I love what was written inside,and a wonderful hardback book called the Wizard of Oz, stunning illustrations and i have not read it and i will treasure them both and will use the Spotlight card for more crafting supplies for my charity makes.

I am looking forward to my next school project, fixing up some floor cushions and jazzing them up.