elsa and emery

Elsa and Emery are patient. They have sat quietly together waiting to be finished. They've waited whilst we went away on a little holiday, whilst a little rednut ventured off to school for the first time and watched all the tired tears and tantrums that resulted. They've waited whilst we had in-laws visit and whilst I changed, washed and tried to dry a gazillion nappies and little peoples clothing.



They've waited whilst I've breastfeed children whilst surfing blogs (what better time to waste on the net than when a child is attached to you), whilst readers are read and homework done. They've waited whilst sunny days gave way to bone chilling winds and heavy rain.



They've waited, with increasing excitement as little aprons were made, knowing their time must be coming soon. And then they waited as each was lovingly stuffed, cuddled and popped up away from little hands. Then we all waited for the sun.....finally we caught a ray, snapped some piccies and here we are.



Now Elsa and Emery are waiting for tomorrow night at 8.30pm (sa time) to be listed on made it. Hopefully they won't have to wait for too long to meet a new friend.

two little boys

As I've been working on these two little long legged ollie dollie's a song by Rolf Harris keeps running arund my head, except I don't know the words to it so I just get the "two little boys with two da da da dum....." to the tune of the song, and you know what? It's driving me nuts! What is it with Rolf Harris? Now that dude was bizzare. Crazy artist singer yet an icon of Australia through the 70's and 80's. Anyways, these are the little boys I've been working on and loving for the last day. Now I'm going to leave them be to wait and go sew some faces on three little girls, at least Rolf can get out of my brain now. No songs about three little girls...although some strange song abut a dude with three legs diddle diddle diddle dee....is creeping in!!!

And just cause she's sweet and smiled at me nicely. sweet Sage. xxx

my creative space

I was going to have a bit of a whinge about how I'm getting zilch achieved at the moment but who wants to hear about that! and well to be honest it's not doing much for my mojo whining about it. So instead I'm going to tell you what I want to get done.

Well firstly, I'd really like to sew this jelly roll up into a lovely quilt. Such a shame it has become sage's #2 favourite thing to do. #1 fav thing of course involves boobies, but #2 is definitely sticking little owies into "her" jelly roll.



I would also really like to start sewing some sweet little faces on this pile of long legged polly and ollie dolly's. Look there's even a little pixie amongst the pile waiting for some arms and legs to be attached. My very fav part of making a softie is sewing their faces on. That and choosing the fabric of course. They're a very patient bunch this lot.



With all the chilly weather I also keep looking at my wolly stashes. Be it either the lovely wool blends waiting to be made into little jackets, here's hoping I'll get them done this winter or it will never happen! And then there's the absolute plethora of beautiful, beautiful crochet rugs i keep coming across like this one

And there's new skirts and dresses for my big girl, warm pants for my littlest boy (who now has teeth, eats, sits in a sort of wonky way and is on the move! slow down little man) and so so much more. And then if I go and take a look at all these creative spaces, well I'm sure to be hit with even more inspiration and NEEDS to make! If only there were more hours in the day, that and I had a nanny and a cleaner...Imagine!

settled

It's all been a bit NUTS of late in the my little part of the world. A house move with 4 little people was just a little more challenging than I expected. Boxes were packed and rapidly unpacked, floors were cleaned then muddied again. Finally we got everything out of the old house, hired a cleaner (genius) and started the big unpack at the new house. Finally after what seems like ages, e're pretty much settled in. There are still boxes to beunpacked and things rehomed, but it's nearly there.

I must say I do love our new home. We now have a very big blue lake pretty much in our backyard, well three houses down. Yep The Blue lake, we live in mount gambier. Our house is two storey, with my space taking up the room which is the second storey. No views of the lake though, just the town but that is pretty nice though. Today I've been up there with my smallest two rearranging bits and bobs and finishing off a few softies that seem like it's taken me ages to complete.




Finally, finally they are ready and all set to go. Two long legged polly dolly's and two long legged olly dolly's, which is my very first stocking of these guys, along with some babushka's and hopefully an alien, who is currently only half stuffed, will make an appearance over on my made it store Friday evening. Time yet to be confirmed, so please check out my facebook page for more details.

That's if these two little champs let me photograph, upload and do all that stocking jazz without too much hassle.

long legged Ollie Dollie mark 1

I have been thinking of this new softie for quite some time, so when the opportunity of a quiet weekend arose (aka a chance to sew) I took full advantage of it. Whilst Ollie Dollie isn't quite there, he isn't far off and has been warmly received by the little people of the household.



The main correction I'm planning for the next draft is not quite so loooong legs. Mind you Asher tells me he needs long legs as boys are bigger than girls. hmmm not sure about that one but for me they are just a touch long.



Mark 2 is already in development, with a bit of help from Asher who helped decide on fabric choices. Number 2 is looking much better too! His body is more streamlined and better proportioned.



I already have visions of little Ollie Dollie's in paisley shirts and tartan pants, retro geometrical outfits and of course little ties, bow ties and suspenders. His socks will always be stripey and his boots, well they are supposed to be little basketball boots.