First taste of chocolate

Logan had his very first taste of chocolate today after getting an Easter Egg from his Nana & Grandad. He seemed quite pleased with the brown goodness!



More Easter weekend photos below, with a Billy Idol impression, and storytime with me. Sweet wee man that he is.

Binding Tutorial

Binding with Mitered Corners 1, a photo by WendysKnitch on Flickr.

I've been saved! After reading loads of online tutorials on how to do binding on quilts this one actually makes (visual) sense to me.
I attempted a mock run-though last night with pins on the baby quilt and now have enough confidence to take the next step to sew the binding together this weekend.

I've also begun my second quilt using fabric from the Moda 'Lollipop' charm packs. I'm in love with quilting!

I won! I won!

I'm currently in 'chuffed mode' at the moment. Yesterday I received an email from Cloth Magazine saying I had won their bumper prize pack and could they get my details so they could post the BOX out! Yes... BOX! It arrived this morning (fast huh!) and I've been gushing over the lovely contents.

Although my husband laughed at me because I TOTALLY missed this page in the latest issue:

Yep, that's me!

This is what I've won from issue 6

Unbelievable. How on earth could I have missed seeing my own name in the magazine?! But how exciting. I never win anything... and to win a box full of crafting goodies just when I've been bitten by the sewing bug is brilliant. 

Here is my lucky stash...

What a lucky lass I am!

Fabulous florals from the new Freespirit collection 

Berisford ribbons, giant buttons, and gorgeous fabric from one of my favourite bloggers M is for Make

Wooden vintage pegs and Liberty print binding on a wooden bobbin. Too cute!

Logan gets a children's apron and some fish scissors!

A fabulous book to teach me lots of goodies to make

And wonderful Christmas fabric as a wee bonus.

At this rate I'm going to need to build an extension onto our new house to keep all my sewing goodies in! A massive massive thank you to the team at Cloth Magazine. You've made this lass very happy indeed. 

Girl or Boy?

Hmm. It seems I have a dilemma. It appears the quilt I'm hand sewing - aka "My Very First Quilt" - is a wee bit girly. Especially if my sister pops out a baby boy. I showed my Mum (via Skype) yesterday and she mentioned how pink it was. I've only sewn the top part of the quilt so the next part is to research how to put the backing material and wadding on and make it look pretty.

Girl or boy?

The thought of doing binding gives me the heebyjeebies. I'll see if I can cheat somehow! Would you give this as a gift to a baby boy or not?

TCx

**EDIT: I've just discovered this fantastic tutorial from one of my favourite bloggers on how to bind a quilt.  Seriously, what did we do before the internet?

Flossie Teacakes: Tutorial: How to make a patchwork quilt

Flossie Teacakes: Tutorial: How to make a patchwork quilt

Just in the nick of time... my terrors are eased a little by the expert help from Florence with the above post.

I can't imagine my end result looking so gorgeous, but I totally appreciate other crafters writing blogs like this.

Bless the internet.

Terrified!

I've done it. I've taken the plunge and begun my first quilt. And I'm terrified!

My sister is due her second baby soon so I thought I'd give the wee bairn a little quilt to throw up on. I have a charm pack from Moda's "It's a Hoot" range and have laid the quilt like this:

Quilt of terror!

Last night was spent marking and pinning the rows together. The next step is to start sewing I guess!

Terr-i-fied!

Terry Cat

As I mentioned in my previous post Logan was wanting to get his little fingers on Funky Cat so I made him his own one last night.

Introducing Terry Cat.




Logan gives his usual 'quality control check' by putting Terry straight into his mouth.

I added the Hulk Hogan moustache for fun as we always have a giggle at moustaches in our household. I was going to name him 'Hulk' until my hubby mentioned Hulk Hogan's real name is Terry.

Another thing we giggled at. (I giggled... hubby did a 'manly' chuckle).

You'll see on the back of Terry he's taken a bump to his tail.



It's either a wrestling injury or he jammed it in the car door. He's on the mend though.


- Posted from my iPhone