Crunchy or smooth? (loooong post)

Police spokesman Senior Constable Leigh Wadeson told ABC radio he did not know whether the peanut butter was crunchy or smooth.

Ok it’s old I know, but I saved it to a draft weeks ago!

Yes it’s been a month since my last post, it’s been an interesting month, A kind of productive month, a very busy month. I think it’s best to sum it up in pictures.

Two atc’s for a swap!

A disaster of a mini-quilt for whip-up

What the mini-quilt became.

the three amigos, Mic (microsoft-he’s the big one), Mac (Macintosh – the pretty white one) and Google (he has googly eyes)

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Pincushions and bags

So here is my very firts foray into the Pincushion Challenge It’s for the eats topic and it’s the standard shape pincushion with chain stitch embroidered fruit. The fruit was inspired by a pattern from an old craft book I found while thrifting a few weeks ago. Please ignore my handstitching.

Funnily enough while I was halfway through this cushion R. looks over at what I’m doing and says “You should make a pincushion.” Now Sometimes I just can’t tell if he’s being funny or he’s making a softly worded comment about the pins that seem to live in the arm of my chairs. Oh well.

Also I had one of those, oh god I need to make this now moments after thinking I need something flat and largeish to carry a sketchbook to life drawing while riding my bicycle. So I made this over the shoulder back pack style thing out of a pillow case. It is made from a thrifted pillowcase has and some curtain lining as lining, which makes it nice and solid, it holds an A3 sketchbook both ways. Now I need to make a pencil roll out of the leftover material.

Things I love

• Seamstress at Couture details has made her own version of the smocked Bottega veneta dress, Wow is the only appropriate term here.
• Blairpeter – very cute sewing.
• Tiny happy makes very beautiful baby items

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