TGIF

The weekend is here!

I'm pulling out the pasta maker tonight and whipping up something (hopefully) delightful.
Then I will be drinking wine.
I will be sewing.

Tomorrow, I will be going to Yoga class.
I will be shopping and cooking.
I will be drinking some more wine.

On Sunday I will be sleeping in.
I will be watching AFL.
I will be sewing.

I will be thoroughly enjoying every second of my two days of freedom, much like in these vintage photobooth shots.  Maybe sans top hat and feather boa.  

How about you?  What exciting things will fill your weekend?

my creative space

My creative space this week has been a bit BLAH because I've been a bit BLAH.  So my apologies for not dazzling you with my creative brilliance.

I haven't been doing too much in the way of crafting at all.  I'm slowly working on another crochet washcloth.  Actually I was telling my 76 year old aunt about doing this and she was very intrigued.  She's going to make a few herself to sell at various school and church fetes she's forever making things for.  No doubt they will be about 4 billion times better than mine!  She's been crocheting and knitting for longer than I've been alive so it was nice to be able to offer her an idea for a change!  I wish we lived closer to her because I know she could teach me so many things.

My quilt-a-long  is more like a quilt-a-stop at the moment.  I haven't even touched it this week and I have heaps of cutting out to do.

I'm making another Shearwater Kaftan out of a gorgeous vintage sheet I purchased on ebay.  Photos to come when I've progressed a bit further with that (can you tell I'm counting down till my September trip to the Sunshine Coast?).

I guess that's not too bad, is it?

Check out what everyone else has been doing at kootoyoo's blog here

all on my lonesome

My hubby is away for work for a couple of days and I am all on my lonesome.  I don't much like being on my lonesome.  I mean, I do enjoy having complete control of the remote control, and noisily sewing away whilst watching Gilmore Girls (sans groans)...I just don't like sleeping in a big bed by myself in an empty house - because I am a big scaredy-cat.  Day time alone = excellent.  Night time along = scarediness.  It's crazy!  I am very good at giving myself lectures and reminding myself of how silly it is - just not so good at not being a scaredy cat!  Oh well...

Speaking of cats, cute little Jasper has been keeping me company in this kinda fashion.  I know he is only using me for my warmth, but I don't mind :)

my place and yours

Here's what's on my fridge - amid a many and varied collection of fridge magnets from different states, cities and countries.

Check out hellowl to see what's on fridges everywhere

konnichiwa

Here's a few pictures from our amazing trip to Japan back in March.  I can't believe it was that long ago already!




1.  best sign ever  2. our amazing chef at this amazing sushi restaurant in Tokyo  3.  paper cranes at Peace Park, Hiroshima  4.  me thoroughly enjoying the Hello Kitty merchandise at Kiddyland, Harajuku  5.  Ginza billboard  6.  beautiful Sakura  7.  making sure my fortune comes true - it was a good one!  8.  delicious Shabu Shabu in Tokyo

Happy weekend everyone!

my creative space

Do you remember a few weeks ago I ran into a bit of, let's call it drama, with the versatile wrap skirt?  Well this weekend I decided I would stop being angry with myself for cutting out the wrong size (too small!) and make the darn thing anyway.  I have younger sisters and it would be bound to fit one of them. I was still annoyed that someone else would be enjoying the beautiful fabric I had splurged on especially for myself but c'est la vie.

I worked my way through the easy to follow pattern and...

TA DA!



It fits me!  It fits me!  It fits me!

Are you getting the immense joy that came from this discovery?  Obviously the sizing was VERY generous.  I was so excited by it all that I wore it to work on Monday and got lots of lovely compliments which made me feel very happy indeed. (I did have another picture to share but I just clicked on "delete forever" instead of "edit" - oops!)

Oh, and I am still cutting out bits for the crazy mom quilts quilt-a-long.  I'm still a few weeks behind everyone else and I think it will probably stay that way.    

So hurrah! A happy and successful creative space for me this week.  I'm looking forward to reading what everyone else has been up to over here

winter days

Sometimes you just have to stop and photograph the flowers.  Or something to that effect.

I am really struggling with this whole Winter thing at the moment.  Having lived in Queensland for a number of years I didn't have to worry about the whole cold thing.  Winter in Queensland means jeans and a jacket.  No scarves.  No gloves.  No multiple layers of clothing.  And certainly no hot water bottles and ducted heating!  Winter in Queensland is pretty much the perfect temperature.  No humidity, just loveliness.  Ahh, I miss it!

Melbourne Winter is brutal!  And seemingly never-ending.  I am tired of wearing big jackets and gloves.  Stockings and tights are fun for a little while and then they become increasingly annoying.  I'm tired of hitching them up all day long.

I am absolutely dreaming about warmer weather right now.  Where I can wear skirts (without tights) and thongs and dresses.  And go outside without suffering.  When I actually want to go outside.

Ok.  I'll stop complaining now.