15 inches is a lot to carry around......

The new me!!

Still deciding on whether to add a colour but after seeing these photo's and all the grey emerging I think I'll be heading back to the hairdressers in the next couple of weeks to ask their advice lol.

A finish for October....

I finally finished those last 120 squares,stitched them together and added them to my project I've been working on over the last few months.You probably guessed it was a knee rug I was working on and you'd be right! This knee rug is for me,I'm always making things for other people....family,friends,new bubs so I thought it was time I made one for me.I love how the colours work together.

I'm still working on more squares as I thought a cushion or two in these colours would like nice on the couch next winter when I have the knee rug keeping me warm.I'm glad the rug is finished as it's starting to get hotter where I am and soon it will be too hot to crochet....mmmm will have to get back into organising my sewing room now the warmer weather has finally arrived.I'll post some photo's when I get a bit more done on it,at the moment it looks like a herd of elephants have run through it lol :)

I know,I know.....I couldn'd wait till next Friday!

I can hear my sister Anne having a quiet laugh while reading this post today.Anne and I had a gret day yesterday as she came over to my house with her machine and sat and sewed a quilt top together that's been waiting to be put together for two years. While Anne worked on her quilt I cut up the pieces I needed to make up two coin cot quilts ready to sew when she comes back next Friday for another day of sewing with me.

Mmmm Friday certainly arrived quicker than I was expecting lol.

I just couldn't resist making up one of them last night after Anne had headed home and just kept going till it was finished.I've been wanting to make up a coin quilt for a little while now and this one has me wanting to make one for our bed in similar colours ready for summer.....maybe for next year?? Anyway I'm pretty happy with the end result and can't wait to make up the 2nd one next Friday.

Another early Bird Christmas Gift finished....

Well the suspense is over with two of the tea towels made up into this kindergarten bag for my great niece.I didn't have enough of the green to make the lining totally out of it so I duplicated the outer bag minus the applique and voila a bag was made.I'm also planning on making a few other bits for her to fill the bag up.

I made the bag up using only what I had in my stash,some left over green I've been using for curtains that are going to go around my tables in my sewing room and the green and orange fabrics from my scrap box.So total cost of the bag was aound $6 as I bought the DMC threads when they were on special.Not bad for a bag!

Stay tuned for the third and final tea towel to be made into......... well you'll have to keep guessing till I post a photo LOL :)

An update on those squares.....

Remember those crocheted squares I showed you a few posts ago well they've all joined together to start forming this......but you'll have to wait just a bit longer to see them in all their glory.

Sorry for being such a tease but I can only do so much crochet before my hand gives out so you'll just have to wait till I make up some more squares...... only another 120 to see what it will turn into.

More Early Bird Christmas gifts...

I've had these two bags made up ready to be sewn together for about a week now and today they finally got put together....I love how they've come together.

Now to get onto the tea towel secret squirrel projects.

A secret squirrel project.....or two?

I spotted these tea towels at Spotlight last weekend and fell in love with the colours.I matched some threads and now to get to work....are you wondering what I'll be making? Keep tuned to this station,all I'll tell you is they're a couple of Christmas gifts for this years list.

A little something for my sewing room....Finally!

These swing tags are some of the things I've been wanting to make for my sewing room makeover for a little while now and yesterday I finally got my act together and started working on them.I still have a few more to make but I'm finally feeling like I'm getting somewhere with my sewing room makeover.I think spring has a lot to do with my motivation,the days are warmer and the sun is staying out longer.I love spring and summer......bring it on!

I've been busy.....

This is a sneak peak at something I've been crocheting for the last couple of months,aren't they just yummy colours!More on this project when I start putting it together.

Early Bird Christmas Crafting.....Does it matter if I've made it for me ???

I've been enjoying all the gift making I've been doing over the past couple of months for family and friends but decided I needed to make something for myself this month for christmas.I've had the fabric all cut up and ready to sew this bag together for a little while now and just needed to complete the stitcheries to be able to finally put it together which I finished yesterday and then decided to just keep at it and put it together.I made my handles shorter than the pattern as I want to use this bag to carry all my stuff to work on a daily basis like my lunch,a crafty project a book or magazine and let me tell you it will certainly be big enough to carry all these things at the same time it's enormous! I've enjoyed making this bag and I think a couple more are going on my to-do list for future presents.

This bag is called the "Baseco Mahai Kita" tote and is sold through Dawn Hays blog http://dawnhaydesigns.blogspot.com/ just click on this link and it will explain where all the proceeds from the sale of this pattern goes to help those less fortunate than us. http://dawnhaydesigns.blogspot.com/2010/03/baseco-mahal-kita.html