Making Progress

Remember these.....

Well now they are looking like this.

And remember Georgetown Turnaround

Well now I am on to the little circles...about 11 of them I think

And here is the fairy costume....complete

Shirring

I have discovered shirring.....and best of all I have discovered how to sew on my machine with elastic.  I would have never thought it possible....(I know I don't get out much).

Think I will be shirring everything now....how quick will it be to make dresses for my little girl....

I discovered Shirring as I have had to make a fairy costume for my little girl for an upcoming birthday party.  I tried to buy one (this was the first choice of the time poor mum) and then realised that my girl is not your average sized 6 year old and none were fitting her...she is too tall.

So I went to the dreaded "S" shop, twice (lucky me) and here's where we are at.

 

The shirred bodice.  (I can't help but think 60's boob tube).  Then I have started the under skirt.

 

Then I have got some wings and head dress...(I bought these)

Then I have started the over skirt.

 

The party is next Saturday so I will be busy trying to get this finished in time.

 

 

And to finish ....a house progress update. 

 

Frame stage is finished. This is the back of the house

 

This is the front of the house.

As is the way....we have had gale force winds so there has been no further progress..as the next stage is putting on the roof...we are now in the queue waiting for the roofing guys.

Oh Dear.......

So I guess sewing in your pyjamas at lunch time with a sink full of breakfast dishes was not an option.....

At Last

The house has started.  But first...a picture of sunrise (in the middle of winter)

Meet Adrian...he's the man in the warm and dry cab making everything flat.

Two days later and Adrian is still going.

Adrian has had to go away and hes coming back to do the shed site and the driveways...so he's left a new toy for the kids to play on.

However see the water tank in the foreground...some how my BAM has to get it up to the top of the hill....and it is rather large...too big for any trailer I've seen

The most important milestone in the project has been met...the porta loo has turned up

Work so far.....all the sub floor is done...next week they pour the slab.

What else have I been doing?

I have finished this

And I have been shopping (at the craft fair at Jeff's shed in July) and got the new Kelly Wulfson pattern....very talented lady

Then I bought Jenny Mc Whinney Redwork book (and she even signed it). It is single thread and I think I could even manage to do one in Red and one in Blue for the boys......

400 of them

I have been busy with my queen size bed cover.  I am crocheting granny squares and then these are all going to be crocheted together to form a queen size bed cover.

The only draw back is that there are four hundred of these to be made.

 Which means  lots of these

Which then become lots of these

Which become these (not as many)

Look at all those tails that need sewing in......

Very ambitious I think! 

I have made 200 wheels and about 100 white squares......so half way there. 

My aim is to finish it before our new house is finished (which is March 2013)

A different sort of pillow

What do you do with the tooth that falls out and the tooth fairy has yet to collect?...do you leave them in a jar? or leave them on a tissue? or.....

Yeap I googled it and found that you can have tooth Fairy pillows.  So I made one.

I will save you from a picture of the tooth.  It did however work a treat.  She didn't let her tooth out of her sight from the moment it fell out so I was scared that she would hang onto it all night and the tooth fairy would not be able to find it and retrieve it.  I did convince her to put it in the cushion's pocket and she slept on it.

Much easier to retrieve the tooth in the night using the pillow