Bye Bye Travelling Stash

With much stuffing and re-stuffing, I just managed to fit everything back into the post bag. Several times I thought it would burst open but it stayed sealed and my only concern was it's weight. It needed to be under 3kg.

I did try and weigh it at home but my kitchen scales only went to 2kg and so I jumped on the body scales with package in hand and saw I was now an extra 2.8kg heavier - but my scales go up in 200g increments, it may not of seen an extra 200g (although it always see it when I'm on a diet and desperate to lose weight!)

So with my very heavy, over loaded package I went up to the post counter and with little beads of sweat trickled down my forehead in fear that it was over the 3kg, I handed it over and asked to register it... she didn't put it on the scale... so I have no idea what it weighed and am just assuming all is safe.

Off goes the travelling sash to Jules in Queensland... happy travels to you travelling stash!

Travelling Stash arrives!

A little while back a great lass named Cass the coolest started up a "travelling stash" for like minded sewing fans and of course I put my hand up to join in.

The stash was first sent off on March 25th, 2012 and was filled with all these goodies:

So much has been added and the post bag it was in was almost busting at the seams and is now so close to 3kg that I had to ensure what I took out and what I put back in weighed the same.

I received the "stash" from fellow Sydney sider Sarah who is one of my online sewing buddies from "sewulation".

The bulging postbag:

All the goodies waiting to see who shall join my stash:

Out of the bag - wow, it just fit on my desk! What to choose, what to choose!

It was a hard choice:

And here is what I added back to the stash:

And off it goes to.....

oh I best find out as I'm sure the next travelling stasher is waiting ever so patiently!

Up-cycle Quilts

After making the rag quilt for my cousins baby, the boys insisted I make them one too.  I know that their quilts won't be cherished either (likely living on the floor, till I pick it up for it to just end back on the floor again) so luckily I had been collecting all the old winter PJ's that were destined for the garbage bin to use as stuffing etc.

And slowly I put together 2 quilts for the boys:

This rag quilt is for Little Big Man, with cute polar fleece patch work on the underside.

This one is for Littleman, after seeing what the washing machine, the drain and my dryer looked like after making the rag quilt, and in fear of those devices breaking down due to all that fluff, I made a standard block quilt.  I actually prefer this one, it seems more comfy and durable.  All the snipping on the rag quilt meant I cut through a few seams and had to re-stitch the broken seams after it was washed.

Overall a great up-cycle, only needed to supplement a little extra flannel & polar fleece.

Cuzzies baby

If you recall I mentioned that my cousin was expecting a baby, which I assumed would be a girl and it turned out it wasn't.  I should have just listen to my husband who said it was going to be a girl - but what do men know...

Back to the fabric store to find some nice boy themed fabric as I had previously purchased lots of pink and made little "Christian" a rag quilt and matching nappy clutch (I know, I love my clutches).

I really like them.  I made the quilt simple as I'm hopeless at matching fabrics and creating a decent pattern, I did try to design something but always hated my end design.

I doubt she will use them as she is one of those finicky mum's who likes everything new, but I knew this all along and really wanted to make her something.

And another clutch

Super quick whip up to say thank you to my mothers friend for watching her house whilst she was on an extended stay with us.

I really like this fabric, really need to create a new bag for myself with it.

Minky lounge pants

My cousin was expecting a baby in August and I set in my mind that it was going to be a girl, I went out and bought numerous amounts of girly fabric so that I could make her baby lots of pretty things.  Well she managed to stress herself out and ended up having her baby 7 weeks early and yep, it's a boy!

So here I am stuck with all these pink fabrics, so what to do?

Thankfully a few friends had birthdays this month, and it seems extra cold this winter and my bestie Lee Lee is always whining how freezing she is so I attempted (and I use that word loosely) to make her a pair of pants with the some pink Minky fabric.

Firstly, I have never really made clothes, let alone adult sized.

Secondly, Minky is super messy - was covered in fluff, the room was covered in fluff, pink fluff was everywhere!

The end result - Happy Birthday Lee Lee Minky lounge pants was received with a huge smile (and finally fluff free)

Buttercup clutch

Years ago I joined an online diet club to obviously lose weight (which I did) but also in the process I gain some great online friends.  I feel really connected to these people even though I have never met them and likely never will as they are skattered all over Australia.

This clutch was made for a great online friend who I feel is my biggest fan, always giving a big thumbs up on FB and positive comments, so this is for you "Nett".

I wanted to make a little larger clutch so I decided to use my Buttercup pattern and omit the handle - I'm very happy with the result.