Another Cushion

I made this for my Mum for Mother's Day, its from the  craft book I bought the other week Pillow Pop. I used my blue scraps that I bought at the Destash market the other week. I also used some of the blue's I already had. I am pretty happy with how it turned out and Mum loved it which was nice.

I may try another one from the book soon, but for now I think I might just stick to finishing off projects before I pop this baby out.

This is the book, there are some lovely patterns in here to try.

Em xx  ♥♥

Vintage sheet quilt...finished

Finally, the day came this week when I finished Ruby's vintage sheet quilt. I decided in the end to save my pennies and quilt it myself. It was just that it was so big, I didn't know where to start. I have had everything I needed for the quilt for ages, but my Dad had nearly finished making Ruby's bed (will post it soon, its amazing) so that gave me a good kick up them bum to finish it.

In the end I quilted it on the diagonal through each square. I also ironed, pinned then quilted in small batches so it wouldn't pucker too much. This took extra time, but worth it I think.

 I was quite impressed with how I managed to keep most of the lines pretty straight.

 It fits her bed perfectly. I looked up the sizing to make sure it fitted well, and it does. I don't feel as scared now to make another big quilt, maybe when the next one turns 2, so in 2 years time then.

We had to lie on the quilt.....

..and we pose for all photo's now too.

The backing I found in an op-shop on the way back from Melbourne. I asked Ruby to choose which one she wanted as the back, and this is what she wanted so the other one I used as the binding.

All done, it is lovely finishing projects that you look at every day and know you need to do. Plus for me I don't know how much sewing I will get done with a new bub. 

Now to finish the crochet blanket I started a year ago.

Em xx ♥♥

My babies new quilt

I've been finishing projects before the baby comes, and one of them was the quilt for my new baby. I actually finished it the other week but just hadn't gotten around to taking photo's of it. I made a similar one for our friends little baby here which I loved and decided I would make one for our baby whenever we fell pregnant again. As we didn't find out the sex this time I wanted to make a unisex quilt. I love all these colour's and cant wait to put it in the cot. This quilt I used smaller squares and did more quilting than usual on it. I was very inspired by the quilts from Red Pepper Quilts as she does this kind of quilting and I've always loved the look of her quilts.

 The quilting is done on both sides of the joins, I mostly do stitching in the ditch.

 Here is the backing, I spent a little extra money on the backing and binding as I didn't spend anything on the fabric front of the quilt as I went through my stash. I was so happy with it and Ruby likes to sing "Ring a Rosie" when ever she sees it. The fabric is "little apples ring a Rosie" from Kelani fabric. I have used the white version in the quilt too.

 Again the binding was inspired by Red Pepper Quilts, I love it.

All ready for baby number 2. 33 weeks now, I am finally quilting Ruby's vintage sheet quilt as we are nearly finished painting Ruby's bed my Dad made. I cant wait to change Ruby's room around and show you her bed. As we are renting and only have 2 bedrooms, the 2 of them are going to have to share. But the room is a pretty good size, so there is lots of room for them both.

Em xx ♥♥

Linking up over here today

A dancing skirt

The man has been working from home for ages, and I haven't seemed to be able to get some computer time. Most nights I am sore and tired and cant be bothered. I made Ruby this skirt 2 weeks ago and has been very well worn since. We have a bit of a dancer on our hands and thought I would make her a dancing skirt.

The skirt is the same as most of the skirts I make, a basic rectangle with hem and elastic waist.

I used some left over fabric I had from this project.

 I cant tell you how excited she was when she found the sequin heart,

 For the waist I gathered the sheer fabric before sewing it onto waist band. It was also easier to sew with cotton fabric than the sheer fabric, I used a thinner fabric so it wasn't bulky at the top.

We had to get the ballet shoes on for photo's, I love a quick and easy project that gets instantly loved.

I have a few more finished projects to post soon, I finished my baby quilt and tomorrow I am off to my Dad's to paint Ruby's bed he made, cant wait to see how it looks.

Em xx ♥♥

I do love Button's, a little project

I really do love button's. I don't always work with them but I have a little collection. Button's remind me of my childhood, anyone else remember the good old button box your Nanna had? I remember the old tin they were kept in and and loved  playing and sorting them. Ruby now does this with mine, she gets into my old button's we found in my Nanna's old stuff that were packed away for years. I rescued them and I love using them to the clothes I make for Ruby to remind me of her.

Anyway, in my nesting I decided to clear my fridge and redo all the photo's. I bought some plain magnets and went through the button's and sewed and glued them to the magnets.

 My little collection

 My favourite ones from my Nanna, and some old ones I have collected from op-shops.

 I began sorting them into jars, then gave up and keep the rest in a big jar.

 Here are my new button magnets. I think they are a bit cute and Ruby loves them even more, she was fascinated with them and had fun putting them on the fridge for me.

I love them so much, I think I might make some more. A pretty cheap and easy little project.

Em xx ♥

From the weekend

Well, we went to the Destash market on the weekend. We battled the rain and tried not to get too wet. I didn't take any photo's inside as I found it hard enough to have a look around and squeeze through the people with my massive belly. It was very cramped but it was great. Everyone was lovely and I had a chat with the lovely ladies selling their fabrics.

 I bought these lovely fat quarter's from One & Small, I have had my eye on some of these for some time now, so I was glad to finally buy them.

 And I bought this little bundle of off cuts for $5. There was only 2 bundles left and was happy to buy the blue bundle as I don't always buy these colours.

 I bought this at spotlight the other day, I love Belle and Boo and had to hold back from buying the whole collection.

 Whilst in Spotlight I bought this great quilt cushion book. I cant wait to use the blue bundle I bought above to make some of these cushions.

And I also made another crochet basket from Cherry Heart, this one is for me.

Cant wait to get sewing now.

Em xx ♥

Fleece Quilt

This is what I also made last week. I wanted to make an easy quilt that Ruby could put over her whilst watching TV, or reading books and for the baby too. I bought this fabric for $2 at the stash and treasure market last year. I wasn't sure what to make with it, then I thought I would just back it with fleece for an easy quilt. I just quilted the lines that were there and binded it with similar coloured fabrics I sewed together. The only problem was the fleece stretched, so I had to pin a line then sew it, so it took a little bit of work but not too much.

 Ruby loves it and keeps her extra warm at night now too.

 Here is where I quilted, I just did the main lines. I really didn't feel like doing the smaller ones around the pictures.

 It didn't last long hanging up on the lounge.

 All folded up, the little chair I picked up at the Salvo's for $5. I want to re cover it and spray paint it, but at the moment it is getting a lot of use.

The fleece I used is super soft and I bought it at Lincraft, I love touching it. 

Off to the Destash market at Long Jetty tomorrow. Hoping to get some cheap fun fabric for more projects. Cant wait for a child free day.

Have a lovely weekend

Em xx ♥♥