Laundry Bags.

 At our Cloth Doll Club (A.C.D.A.). http://www.clothdolls.asn.au/ Christmas Party, we were given a fat 1/4 of fabric challenge to do what we like with, I made this 2 inch wide continuous strip of bias binding which I will use on the girls dresses.

This is what I have made in the past couple of days, 10 Aussie Hero laundry bags.

Fabric Giveaway.

 Skye Reve Fabrics is offering this adorable HALF YARD bundle including TWO adorable prints from Ann Kelles Girlfriends Collection for Robert Kaufman and THREE colorful,  Michael Miller Dumb Dot prints!
Would you like to win? Then go here. 
http://maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com.au/

Dress A Girl.

 Made this morning, 4 more dresses for the Dress A Girl Around The World Charity. This first one has my bias binding from my Christmas present. is so easy and so quick to make! I love it.

 Donated fabric.

 Donated fabric.

Donated fabric. I have made so far for next years charity stuff 31 dresses sewn. I will be making bias binding today then tomorrow for a change I will be sewing some laundry bags.

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.