SIT Part 3...

Saturday morning saw some of us wake bright and early (earlier for this QLDer in the bunch who should have still been having some shut eye) A brisk early morning walk through the Botenical Gardens and a quick photo opportunity of the Harbour.

Heading back we stopped off to catch the news of the hour and saw Sunrise being taped. We even managed a wave from them.

Back to change and it was off to the Menzies for a day of chatting, catching up, meeting, shopping, ahhing and putting faces and voices to blogs.Oh and eating.

Some managed to even SIT.  SIT stands for Sew It Together.  I took way too much to work on, but managed to finish a gift for a little girl that will be in the post to her soon - Lucky her Mumma loves me:)

 

I will leave you with a picture of Jennie and I.  Was great to catch up with friends that I had not seen for a while as well as those complete strangers.  Jennie has a post full of beanies that I knitted for her for a very special cause close to all womens chests.

SIT Part 2... Shop till you Drop

Off the plane and a collection of four very excited women (some of us meeting for the first time) hugs kissed and laughed.  We then jumped into a taxi and a brisk walk into the city saw us being thrown onto a mini bus with 20 others and off we went.



First stop The Remnantware House.  A few lucky people won shopping vouchers to spend. The rest of us did not miss out though.  It was Fat Quarter Friday - Buy one get one free.  Apparently this occurs every Friday so if you are in Sydney make sure you make your way there on a Friday if you are looking to increase your stash.

I came home with some denim with the plans of turning it into a skirt or two for Amelia and I. I also grabbed some lycra, will see how I go at turning it into swimmers for Amelia.

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Onto the bus again and we were handed a bag of snacks (thanks for organising that Sheridan and Donna - we needed that after our flight and not having enough time to grab lunch)
Next stop Calico and Ivy

I could move into this place and so wish that there was something like this around here. So much inspiration and lovely things to look at at every turn.  I was restrained however and stayed away from the fabrics (we all know that I am more of a knitter these days anyway)

I bought home some cotton that I have had my eye on for a while to knit a cardigan for me.

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Next and Final stop was Prints Charming.

Another place of wall to wall inspiration and colour.

I made a few purchases here and also stayed on to enjoy a champane and nibbles while we sat and stitched.

This pile of goodies came home with me.

My cousin and his wife then collected me from Prints Charming - would you believe that they will be moving just down the road and that Kirsten  knows the house, the old owners and their soon to be new neighbours.

Back to find our bed for the night.  I was lucky enough to share a  room with three other Mum's.  Thanks Wendy, Bronwyn, and Becky.

This is our view from Sydney's The Rocks YHA. Spectacular is what comes to mind and a fntastic view of both of Syndey (if not Australia's) iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
I am hoping that we can take the family here later in the year with a trip over to Taronga Zoo.

Come back tomorrow to see the Sew It Together Saturday Session.

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