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Little Rabbit made from Tilda book and dressed in Tilda fabric

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design by Kris from Tag Along Teddies (her patterns can be found HERE)

created in Tilda fabrics

applique and hand stitching

 quilted with feathers

made for Karen

Karen likes colourful, fresh, lots of white.....

Tilda fabrics certainly are fresh and happy to play with .....

Thanks Peg and Shez who have organised this swap and made a few of us reach out of our comfort zone ... first time I have used Tilda... I loved it.. and first little Tilda bunny.... I love it too...

Righto, Gotto Go.... time for a snack ......

June FNSI

Thank you Wendy for having us for a stitching time.... 

Well... I didn't do much sewing... Hubz had a business trip and I went along....

A long drive on Friday to 'blue's' country..... Casino in NSW.... for PRIMEX... an agricultural exhibition...

Once the dust had settled a bit following Wednesday night sports...

(a historical game between NSW and QLD....at which us 'maroons' have won the last 8 years.... but didn't this year!!!!!!)

now.... I don't wish to talk about this any more.....

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... a beautiful day for PRIMEX....

I had a bit of a wander and chats whilst Hubz worked .... 

... that evening I did a bit of crochet in front of the TV ... 

and the next day after another short visit there we headed off to the coast....

... stopping off at a lovely cafe on the way ....

an evening walk... the water was lovely and warm for a paddle...

... a most delicious Greek meal.... and a bad night on a hard motel bed....

.... early morning walk.... the shadows make us look tall... but the butt didn't slim down.... 

... the up from the Gold Coast to Mount Tamborine... this view faces the Gold Coast... you can just see the tall buildings in the distance ...

there was an area right by the road where the paragliders take off so we stopped to watch for a while...

... and off to the Botanical Gardens for a stroll... not much in flower at this time of the year of course but lovely Autumn leaves...

... I loved this giant dragonfly in the pond...

... then to Bavarian Haus for lunch and German Beer...  I had the goulash..... oooooh

... Back home... I will sleep well tonight..

Righto, Gotto Go...off to see what others got up to making on Friday....

Saving in the Laundry.....

I've been pinning this quilt... delicious fabrics in a simple design

.. then I needed a stretch so I went to replenish supplies ....

Another of my savings is with Laundry Powder....

Yea, I know.... better things to do with your time....

There is such a range of detergents available.. the cheapest I saw was about $4/kg (homebrand).  Based on 1/4cup needed per wash that's probably 15 washes...... or 26c a wash.....

Assuming one wash a day using the cheapest brand it's about $94.90 a year on laundry powder....

I spend $12 a year and it takes me 5 minutes to get it together

This is my recipe:

2 bars laundry soap (homebrand) 

1 x 500g bag of baking soda (homebrand)

(you can use Borax instead of baking soda but if you use grey water, which I do, it is not advised)

500g (or half a bag) washing soda (Lectric is found in woolies)

(If out of Australia I don't know any equivalents... sorry)

Grate up your laundry soap..... this is what takes up the time .... about 3 minutes per bar!!

Mix them all together....

I find the 1kg yoghurt container is perfect ..... this is over 6 months supply for me

Use 2 level teaspoons per wash (in most detergents there is a lot of extra salts... they don't do anything but add bulk because we seem to think a big cup of detergent means a better wash...)

I have a fun spoon which holds the 2 teaspoons nicely....

That's it....

of course if you do more washing you make more savings

P.S. I do use a tablespoon of the Di-san (Aldi's napisan equivalent) in my white wash... adds a bit of extra cost and also I do need help with hard stains (but I think we all do whatever detergent we use)

.. and then I made a big mess with cutting blocks and applique preparations....

Righto, Gotto Go... I've just saved $100 ... shall I use it on fabric?

Wendy is hosting

this Friday... sign ups are HERE.... hope you can join us.... Wendy has made chocolate pudding.  I've got a load of handwork I want done....

Made a bag........

Marina and I exchange hand made gifts every now and then

this time I made her a bag

for the main fabric I used a piece of 'raw linen'

it was more open weave than other fabric to I first lined it with thin vilene

a bit of texture and just the right colour

How cute is that bunting and the singing birds, patchwork base (only 121 blocks!)

button detail and magnetic clasp

Design by Anni Downs from her book "The Simple Life"

I might just need one of these myself?

Righto, Gotto Go... I think a song ..... 

My weekend sewing.....

The gorgeous little elephants have been put into blocks and joined together now....

(Baby Elephant by Anne Gadsby)

I think I will find some nice flannel to back it with ....

I love this fabric and it matches the threads in this stitchery (Rosalie Quinlan Scandanavian Rose) 

two layers of wadding over a canvas frame and a play with the staple-gun....

sometimes we just need a picture of a tree in our lives....

Righto, Gotto Go..... preparing packs of felted wool blanketing....

Hope you are having a lovely weekend.....

Cleaning up space....

Melody has been making lots of goodies with felt.... (she also finds lots of tutorials and ideas from the www ... so keep an eye on her blog for ideas).  I am sending her some pieces from my 'stash'....

Some time ago I got extremely enthusiastic and bought up the op shops of lots of wool blankets.... now I still love working with my recycled wool felt but a blanket does make an awful lot.... and I need to clear up a bit of space ....

so I am offerring a trade (I have done this before) and will send off a 500g bag of wool felt in exchange for a fat quarter or similar size of a nice neutral... something good for background applique or stitchery....

Sorry... Australia only.... external post is just too high..... I cannot guarantee colours - there will be a mixture... some are quite thick from blanket, others are dressmaking wool, plains and plaids  No pretty packaging... I will just stuff the bag as full as I can.....

Let me know if you would like some....

In my finding space frenzy I picked up this UFO .... I did some stitch in the ditch quilting....

... and now the binding is on....

I had a fat quarter of that lovely vintage style pictoral fabric so I fussy cut the centres... then used the Sawtooth 12" block and bordered it...

Righto, Gotto Go.... I still seem to have a whole lot of half done things.... perhaps I should start something new....  well... I did get a finish....... 

Some trivia for you....

Friday 13th and a full moon coincide this month .... last one was in 2000 and next one will be 2049.