SIT Part 1...

Where have I been I guess you are thinking.

Well if you were in Sydney over the weekend you may have managed to meet me, see me shopping or even had a laugh with me during Sew it together

I had so much fun with 51 other crafty bloggers.  Meet up with some old friends and met some that I feel like I have known since 2005 and finally have a voice to the name and the blog.

 

Becky and I

I am going to break the weekend into different posts.  I have too many photos for one mega post and would like to take my time in remembering the weekend. 

Plans are already in the pipeline for SIT #3 in 2012.  A heads up - it will be in the winter months and it will be COLD!

For photos as they are uploaded by others, pop by flickr's Sew it Together page.

A Birthday Hat

My Cousins little man turned one and we were invited to celebrate.

I ran out of time to make his gift, but in between running around on Saturday (which included a very wet Sausage Sizzle fundraiser. Rain = fundraiser fizzle)  I managed to make a birthday hat for him.

He was not overly impressed with it. But everyone thought that it was cute.

There are a few tutorials on blogland. I just used felt and interfacing with a bit of ric rac and made it up as I went along.  If you would like a tutorial let me know - I have a big boy having a birthday here later in the week - I could whip up another and take a few photos:)

 

My Creative Green Space...

Was your creative space GREEN yesterday?

 Ours was.

I sent Amelia off to school with a green t-shirt and wacky hair to celebrate Saint Patricks Day.  One of the teachers had his head shaved yesterday. The fine for not wearing a uniform went to Worlds Greatest Shave for a Cure and the students were able to participate with Crazy hair and hairspray during the day.

I also made a flower to match Amelia's for her teachers. 

Fun was had by all and Amelia was very proud of her hair and told everyone why she had funny hair.

Also in my creative space is a skirt for me.

Looking forward to getting this finished.  I may just have my sewjo back.  For more creative spaces, make sure you pop around and say hi to a few of the other crafty wonders around the world.  Full list of participants can be found at the home of Creative Spaces at Kootoyoo

Seeing Brown, Orange and Yellow

In two weeks time I will sitting, chatting and laughing with a bunch of like minded crafty girls.

Some I know and others I have never met,  but have been on crafty forums with and commented on their blogs over the years.

I received my name badge in the mail yesterday, it is from little betty.  Thankyou Chrisy, I am looking forward to meeting you soon.

Here is a sneak at the one that is almost at it's new home (I realized that I have added an extra vowel to her name just before posting so had to start again - opps)

Also in the mail last week was a parcel from Jennie,  Thanks Jennie - I won a prize in a blog post many moons ago, it was worth the wait. Looking forward to working out what to make with it - thinking a new purse for me and a key chain for starters.

A little something...

for me.

It is not often that I knit for myself.  I tend to steer away from knitting garmets for me and stick to scarfs, beanies and cowls in the past. The once or twice I have knit a full sized garment I have found that I have knitted it in thick yarn and it looks silly on my small frame.  This year though I will be knitting more for me - now to decide what is next on the needles. Any suggestions?

I was gifted this pattern and yarn in a swap on Ravelry and I am thrilled with how it turned out.  Pattern and Yarn details on Ravelry

A Family Shot...

Thought that I would share a few photos that I took of our family the other week (the same day as flying the kites actually)

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Crafting has slowed down around here - but it is still happening.  I seem to be spending most of my hours in the car or occupying a little man that after seven weeks of his sister at fulltime school, is still missing her like crazy.

Can YOU HELP - I am out of photo storage apparently - I did not even know that I had a photo account somewhere and that the photos that I upload here straight from my computer were infact stored somewhere else.  Any tips and assistance on ideas would be appreciated.  Those with wordpress and other accounts how do they work and would you suggest them - A blog is not a blog after all without photos.

EDIT:  Many thanks to Becky Etal.  I have purchased 20G for the pricey sum of $5 - That will give me another 12 months to decide where my next step will be.

A Paris Pash...

Or maybe a Pash in Paris.

Who knows - this is almost on its way to Melbourne before setting off to Paris on the head of a friend about to jet set on holiday to France.  How envious am I,  at least I can say that I knitted her beanie and kept her head warm.

This is the second Pasha I have knitted - thinking that I will have to knit one for myself.  Now to decide what colour!  Any suggestions?