Mini Break.

 We stayed the night at Hill End, this is the view of the most magical place I know, I really love it there. I have  copy of the book written by Peter Adams about the people who live there with history and folk lore about the place, a really wonderful coffee book I think should be in everyone's library
this is the link about it.
http://peteradams.com/orewhat.html

This is my daughters two wonderful cats, Leah and Wis. Don't you just adore their feeding station?

Mini Holiday.

 I have been visiting my daughter for 4 days, a mini break. She lives outside Bathurst NSW and this is her view from her back yard. Just wonderful.

 We had a lovely time and I love to sew as you know and one of the things we did was make over her couch and cushions. This is a before shot.

This is after, Leah loved the new cushion from Target and they had a bit of fun with her. The couch originally had 4 separate seat cushions that kept slipping and we decided to make them into 2 by adding a wool blanket slip to hold them together then we covered the seat in linen/cotton fabric bought from Spotlight which is now removeable for washing. All the back cushions were individual originally but are now all in one in their own pockets, also removeable for easy washing. It looks much neater, no slipping, fresh and modern with a classic twist.
I had the best time and cannot wait to see them again. 

This Afternoon Dyeing.

 This is the dye batch that was in the glass jar that I posted earlier.

 I love all the greens and pinks in this, lovely shades.

It even brought out some yellows in it too. It is all washed and ironed and in my stash.

More Fabric Dying

 This is the first batch of dyeing done today in a large glass jar. I used orange and green and i got this lovely browns with it too.

Currently brewing up is this green and pink batch.

Fabric Dyeing.

 I have been dyeing white cotton sheets I bought from Savers. I used 2 colours, pink and blue and it gave me some  lovely greys and purples too. (Can you see Tilli?)

 This lovely group of fabrics were given to me on Saturday to make some Aussie Hero blocks with. Lovely!

Meggie on newly washed fabric that was about to get ironed!

Hand Dyeing.

 This is the hand dyed wool fabric that started off a hot pink called fuchsia. some of the fabric was just washed, some of it had the original colour muted and some had more vinegar added to it, very experimental and all except for the top two had different times in the colour solutions, The top two were done on the stove top in a pan and was dipped in hot and cold to felt. 

These 3 colours were from the yellow fabric, one was just washed, one was lightened first and the top one was just as it was without treatment first. All were in the same dye on the stove top for the same amount of time.

Kitty Bunk Bed.

 Tilli in her bed.

 Meggie on her bottom bed.

They are both very happy kitties in my sewing room.