Gifts I have Recieved.

 I just want to share the lovely gifts I have received this year.  A large tin of biscuits, (love that tin) And look! A bias Binder Maker! Perfect! 

 How cool is this Kittie! Thanks Melody, Your stitching is exquisite.

 A mug in a tin, How perfect is that! I will be using it for my cloth doll club meetings.

 Some Choccies to share,

A couple of baking trays and purple tongs! No excuse not to cook in our oven now!
I hope you all got some lovely things from your family and friends this year.

Christmas Gifts.

 This is the front of the cushion I made for my friend using my hand dyed fabrics. Her favourite colour is blue.

This is the back, It has a wooden button for closure.

Charity Sewing.

 This is the first of 5 dresses I have sewn yesterday with the fabric donated by Melody, So Lovely and feminine.

 Fabric from Spotlight, all were $3 a metre. Perfect for the dresses, some will be turned into bias binding.

 A Brilliant scoop purchase from Savers, Brand new single cotton sheets at $5 each, Perfect for dresses and maybe laundry bags too?

Just some of that lovely fabric from Melody cut out and ready to sew for bindings and dresses.

2012 Highlights.

2012 Highlights.

This is just a snapshot of some of the things I have done this year,  Just some highlights of the school and charity stuff. I have not added the dresses because they will be going into next years charity stuff.
The year started with the Fantasy Chairs for the classrooms, the cushions for the Art room and the hand puppets too. Then came along the Fantasy Chair for the library, Aussie Heros and Laundry Bags were soon to follow, first by e-mailing and getting awareness, then hunting out fabrics and passing them on to groups to turn into quilts and blocks to now doing laundry bags myself, I am looking forward to next year to contributing more.The Trauma dolls for the cloth doll club, the leather thimbles and covered tape measures for fundraising, Premmie baby hats and crib covers for the Mercy Hospital, replacing the velcro on the pads for the Dojo, Having fun making costumes for my daughter in law. This is just some of what I have done this year. I am looking forward to seeing what things I can do for next year. I hope that you all enjoy this snapshot.

School Stuff.

 This is the finished apple for the year 6 school play. The play was a huge success, the kids painted the apple and added glitter to it too. Great Stuff!

This is the group of teachers at their End of Year Party, Don't they look a cute bunch!

Bias Binding Tutorial

 I had a few e-mails about the bias binding. This is the tutorial I used from
http://amandamurphydesign.blogspot.com.au/

http://www.amandamurphydesign.com/AmandaMurphy_continuousbiastutorial.pdf
There are many tutorials on how to make continuous bias binding. This is the one I used.

Today's Stuff.

 Today I fixed up Santa. This Santa belongs to my niece but he was not child friendly. He was packed with those really tiny lighter than air polystyrene pellets, Those have gone to a new home, no kids and no pets. He has now been re stuffed with fiberfill. He needed a belt so using materials I had on hand he now has one. (Just cardboard and a scrap of black fabric band for the moment). All ready to go for when my niece pops in.

 I had a lovely phone call today, Melody was in my area, she has been visiting friends and had some fabric for me for the Dress A Girl Around The World and some would be great for Aussie Hero Laundry bags and blocks too. Thank you Melody, Just lovely.
She also gave me a Christmas gift too, Just delicious. Check out Melody's blog, http://thehouseonthesideofthehill.blogspot.com.au/  Just delightful.

I spent the day yesterday making bias binding, I almost forgot to take a picture before I used it all, on  dresses today. The lovely thing about making your own bias binding is your colour range is unlimited and the results are nice and soft.